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Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited

Nkk Corporation

Takasago International Corporation

Japan Science and Technology Corporation

Asahi Kasei Pharma Corporation

Jun Takehara

Tsugihiko Hidaka

Tomoko Maeda

Masato Murai

Takashi Ohtani

Shuji Ichikawa

Akio Fujii

Ryoji Noyori

Hiroshi Kawabata

Hiroshi Iwane

Takao Ikariya

Kazuhiko Matsumura

Shohei Hashiguchi

Yasumasa Dekishima

Kazuaki Kanno

Nobuyuki Uematsu

Tatsuya Suzuki

Makoto Ueda

Takeshi Murakami

Ryoma Miyake

Youichi Matsumoto

Hisatoshi Uehara

Kyoko Endo

Kuniko Asada

Takeshi Nakato

Tomoko Sasaki

Yuuki Asuma

Michi Watanabe

Jingping Qu

Shihomi Suzuki

Hirotaka Ryutou

Kenichi Sugimoto

Toshihiko Yahata

A method for producing (2S,5S)/(2R,5R)-5-hydroxypiperidine-2-carboxylic acid represented by the formula (10) below: the method including removing the protecting group from the hydroxyl group in a compound represented by formula (7) below: (wherein P represents a protecting group, Rrepresents an alkyl group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and A represents an alkyl group containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl group containing 6 to 12 carbon atoms, an alkyloxy group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or an aralkyloxy group containing 7 to 20 carbon atoms)to synthesize a compound represented by formula (8) below: (wherein Rrepresents an alkyl group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and A represents an alkyl group containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl group containing 6 to 12 carbon atoms, an alkyloxy group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or an aralkyloxy group containing 7 to 20 carbon atoms).

Method for producing 5-hydroxypiperidine-2-carboxylic acid

A method for producing (2S,5S)/(2R,5R)-5-hydroxypiperidine-2-carboxylic acid represented by the formula (10) below: the method comprising the step of removing the protecting group from the hydroxyl group in a compound represented by the formula (7) below: (wherein P represents a protecting group, Rrepresents an alkyl group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and A represents an alkyl group containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl group containing 6 to 12 carbon atoms, an alkyloxy group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or an aralkyloxy group containing 7 to 20 carbon atoms) to synthesize a compound represented by the formula (8) below: (wherein Rrepresents an alkyl group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and A represents an alkyl group containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl group containing 6 to 12 carbon atoms, an alkyloxy group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or an aralkyloxy group containing 7 to 20 carbon atoms).

A method for producing (2S,5S)/(2R,5R)-5-hydroxypiperidine-2-carboxylic acid represented by the formula (10) below: the method including removing the protecting group from the hydroxyl group in a compound represented by formula (7) below: (wherein P represents a protecting group, Rrepresents an alkyl group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and A represents an alkyl group containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl group containing 6 to 12 carbon atoms, an alkyloxy group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or an aralkyloxy group containing 7 to 20 carbon atoms) to synthesize a compound represented by formula (8) below: (wherein Rrepresents an alkyl group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and A represents an alkyl group containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl group containing 6 to 12 carbon atoms, an alkyloxy group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or an aralkyloxy group containing 7 to 20 carbon atoms).

A method for producing (2S,5S)/(2R,5R)-5-hydroxypiperidine-2-carboxylic acid represented by formula (10) below: the method including removing the protecting group from the hydroxyl group in a compound represented by formula (7) below: (wherein P represents a protecting group, Rrepresents an alkyl group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and A represents an alkyl group containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl group containing 6 to 12 carbon atoms, an alkyloxy group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or an aralkyloxy group containing 7 to 20 carbon atoms)to synthesize a compound represented by formula (8) below: (wherein Rrepresents an alkyl group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and A represents an alkyl group containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl group containing 6 to 12 carbon atoms, an alkyloxy group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or an aralkyloxy group containing 7 to 20 carbon atoms).

It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel method for producing (1R,2S)/(1S,2R)-1-amino-1-alkoxycarbonyl-2-vinylcyclopropane which is useful as a synthetic intermediate of therapeutic agents for hepatitis C and a synthetic intermediate thereof. According to the present invention, when a trans-2-butene derivative having a leaving group at each of the 1- and 4-positions is reacted with a malonic ester in the presence of a base, a specific amount of an alkali metal alkoxide or an alkali metal hydride is used as the base, and further a specific amount of a malonic ester is used to produce a cyclopropane diester, and further, chiral or achiral 1-amino-1-alkoxy-carbonyl-2-vinylcyclopropane and a salt thereof are synthesized using the cyclopropane diester.

Method for producing 1-amino-1-alkoxycarbonyl-2-vinylcyclopropane

The object of the present invention is to provide 3-hydroxy-3-(2-thienyl)propionamides useful as synthesis intermediates of pharmaceutical preparations and the like and a method for obtaining optically active 3-amino-1-(2-thienyl)-1-propanols using the same with high reaction yield, high optical yield and industrially low cost. According to the present invention, 3-amino-1-(2-thienyl)-1-propanols are obtained by carrying out asymmetric reduction of a &#x3b2;-ketocarbonyl compound having thiophene ring in the presence of a catalyst constituted from a compound of a group VIII or IX metal in the periodic table (e.g., a ruthenium compound) and an asymmetric ligand represented by a specified optically active diamine derivative (e.g., a diphenylethylenediamine derivative), or using a cell, a treated product of said cell or the like of a microorganism, and as occasion demands, carrying out amidation of the ester group and then carrying out reduction of the amido group. (each of the substituents is as described in claim).

3-Hydroxy-3-(2-thienyl) propionamides and production method thereof, and production method of 3-amino-1-(2-thienyl)-1-propanols using the same

A method for producing optically active compounds is disclosed. The method is highly practical for producing optically active compounds useful for various utilities such as intermediates for synthesizing pharmaceutical agents, liquid crystal materials and agents for optical resolution.

Method for producing optically active compounds

A process for producing 1H-3-aminopyrrolidine and derivatives thereof is disclosed. The process is especially useful for producing optically active 1H-3-aminopyrrolidine and derivatives thereof and in this case comprises reacting an optically active amino-protected aspartic anhydride represented by the formula (1) with a primary amine represented by the formula R&prime;NH , subjecting the reaction product to cyclodehydration to obtain an optically active 1-aralkyl-3-(protected amino)pyrrolidine-2,5-dione compound represented by the formula (2), subsequently eliminating the protective group from the 3-position amino group of the compound represented by the formula (2) to obtain an optically active 1-aralkyl-3-aminopyrrolidine-2,5-dione compound represented by the formula (3), reducing the carbonyl groups of the compound represented by the formula (3) to obtain either an optically active 1-aralkyl-3-aminopyrrolidine compound represented by the formula (4) or a salt thereof with a protonic acid, and then subjecting the compound represented by the formula (4) or the salt thereof to hydrogenolysis to obtain an optically active 1H-3-aminopyrrolidine or a protonic acid salt thereof.

Process for producing 1H-3-aminopyrrolidine and derivatives thereof

This document describes a novel and practically excellent process for the preparation of optically active compounds, such as optically active alcohols or amines which are useful for various applications, for example, as synthetic intermediates of pharmaceuticals, liquid crystal materials, and reagents for optical resolution, wherein a hydrogen transfer type asymmetric reduction is carried out in the presence of both a transition metal complex and an optically active nitrogen compound or a transition metal complex having an optically active nitrogen compounds as an asymmetric ligand, and a hydrogen-donating organic or inorganic compound.

Process for preparing optically active compounds

Disclosed is a method for purifying homocystine comprising treating crude homocystine with a base, a method for purifying homocystine comprising recovering homocystine by neutralizing an alkaline aqueous solution of crude homocystine with an acid, and a homocystine powder containing 1,000 ppm or less of a polysulfide.

Method for purifying homocystine

Homocystine is produced by heating methionine in the presence of sulfuric acid and a hydrogen halide.

Method for producing homocystine

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