Api Corporation

Hideki Oomiya

Masaki Nagahama

Daiki Okado

Takanobu Iura

Naoyuki Watanabe

Hirotsugu Taniike

Production of pitavastatin calcium safely on an industrial scale with a high yield and high selectivity at low cost. A method of producing pitavastatin calcium including step (i) for acetalizing a compound represented by the formula (1) to give a compound represented by the formula (3), step (ii) for reacting a compound represented by the formula (3) with an acid to give a compound represented by the formula (4), and step (iii) for hydrolyzing a compound represented by the formula (4) and reacting same with a calcium compound. 

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Hideki Oomiya