Askat Inc.

Bas Dros

Yoshiyuki Okumura

Yukari Inami

Michel Sebastiaan Leeman

This invention relates to a method for preparing a desired isomer of a substituted 2-trifluoromethyl-2H-chromene-3-carboxylic acid, which is characterized by comprising: (a) contacting the substituted 2-trifluoromethyl-2H-chromene-3-carboxylic acid with a chiral amine to form salts, wherein the chiral amine is selected so that the solubility of the amine salt of the undesired substituted 2-trifluoromethyl-2H-chromene-3-carboxylic acid is greater than the amine salt of the desired substituted 2-trifluoromethyl-2H-chromene-3-carboxylic acid, and (b) irradiating the mixture with an ultraviolet (UV) light, wherein the irradiation increases the amount of the less soluble chiral amine salt of the substituted of the 2-trifluoromethyl-2H-chromene-3-carboxylic acid in the mixture.

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Bas Dros