Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation

Michi Watanabe

Jun Takehara

Shuji Ichikawa

Naoko Sumitani

Takeshi Nakato

Kazuaki Kanno

Takahiro Sugawara

Toshitaka Suzuki

Miwa Shirasaki

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

A modified strongly acidic ion exchange resin of a sulfonic acid type is disclosed. Modification is conducted by ionically binding a particular N,N-di-substituted mercaptoalkylamine to a strongly acidic ion exchange resin of a sulfonic acid type. The N,N-di-substituted mercaptoalkylamine is specifically represented by the following formulae: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents hydrogen or a C.sub.1-6 alkyl group, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 independently represent a C.sub.1-10 alkyl group, a and b denote 0-3, respectively, a+b denotes 2 or 3, and m denotes 4 or 5. The modified ion exchange resin makes an improved catalyst in the preparation of a bisphenol by the condensation reaction of a phenol with a ketone.

Modified ion exchange resins and use thereof

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Ibaraki, Japan

Michi Watanabe