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Hydrolysis of nitriles to yield amides or carboxylic acids can be performed under mild conditions (room temperature, neutral pH) using crude enzyme preparations or whole viable microbial cells.
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De Raadt, A., Klempier, N., Faber, K., Griengl, H. (1992). Microbial and Enzymatic Transformation of Nitriles. In: Servi, S. (eds) Microbial Reagents in Organic Synthesis. NATO ASI Series, vol 381. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2444-7_17
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