Abstract: Process for the continuous production of L-carnitine by the microbiological method. A microorganism of the strain DSM No. 3225 (HK 1331b) type is cultivated in a bioreactor with crotonobetaine and/or .gamma.-butyrobetaine in the presence of a growth substrate. The culture fluid passes outside of the bioreactor in a circulation in which a separation of the cell is carried out. A quantity of cell-free solution, which is as large as the amount fed to the bioreactor as a substrate, is withdrawn from the bioreactor. The L-carnitine is separated from the cell-free solution.

Abstract: Process for the production of 2-amino-4-methylbenzothiazole from o-tolylthiourea using chlorine as a ring closure reactant. The reaction is carried out without a catalyst. By the use of methylene chloride as a solvent, no ring chlorination takes place. The product is removed from the resultant HCl-salt form by treatment with sodium hydroxide solution.