Patents
A process for the production of 2-methylheptylisonicotinate of the formula I comprises : growing Streptomyces sp on nutrient agar at pH 7 to 9 for a period of 6 days and subculturing in the conventional throntons medium at a temperature in the range of 28 to 32°C for atleast 3 days, extracting culture broth with water immiscible solvent as herein described, evaporating the solvent to get crude oily substance, purifying the crude oily substance by known chromatographic methods to obtain 2-methylheptylisonicotinate.