Creanova, Inc.

Wyeth

Zheng Wang

Chitoor S Subramaniam

Derek Cecil Cole

Anthony Frank Kreft

Madelene M Antane

Joseph Raymond Stock

Lynn Resnick

Thomas V John

Dennis Martin Kubrak

Richard J Kucera, Jr

A process is provided for preparing chirally pure S-enantiomers of &agr;-amino acids comprising the steps of: a) preparing an organometallic reagent from an alkyl halide of the formula (R) CH(CH ) CH X; b) adding the organometallic reagent to carbon dioxide to afford a carboxylic acid; c) activating the carboxylic acid with an acid chloride, phosphorus trichloride, acid anhydride, or thionyl chloride in the presence of a tertiary amine base; d) reacting the product of step c) with an alkali metal salt of S-4-benzyl-2-oxazolidinone; e) treating the product of step d) with a strong non-nucleophilic base to form an enolate anion; f) trapping the enolate anion with 2,4,6-triisopropylbenzenesulfonyl azide to afford an oxazolidinone azide; g) hydrolyzing the oxazolidinone azide with an aqueous base to afford an &agr;-azido acid; h) reducing the &agr;-azido acid to the &agr;-amino acid; and i) recrystallizing the &agr;-amino acid to the chirally pure &agr;-amino acid. A process is also provided for preparing chirally pure S-enantiomers of &bgr;-amino alcohols further comprising the steps of reducing the crude &agr;-amino acid to the &bgr;-amino alcohol and recrystallizing the &bgr;-amino alcohol to the chirally pure &bgr;-amino alcohol. A process is further provided for preparing chirally pure S enantiomers of N-sulfonyl &bgr;-amino alcohols further comprising the steps of sulfonylating the &bgr;-amino alcohol with 5-chloro-thiophene-2-sulfonyl halide; and recrystallizing to afford the chirally pure N-sulfonyl &bgr;-amino alcohols.

Process for the synthesis of chirally pure beta-amino-alcohols

An improved process for the commercial production of malononitrile by the dehydration of cyanoacetamide employs cyanuric chloride in the presence of a catalytic amount of N,N-dimethylformamide and in a polar solvent that is removed by vacuum distillation at a temperature below 100&deg; C. The N,N-dimethylformamide is added in a molar ratio of 0.16 moles for each mole of cyanoacetamide present in the starting solution.

Process for the production of malononitrile

The present invention relates to a general synthesis for producing secondaryalkoxy-1-alkenes in commercial quantities in good yields by reacting cyclic and acyclic ketones and the corresponding alcohol with a secondary alkyl orthoformate ester in the presence of an acid catalyst, a Lewis acid, ferric chloride being preferred, and recovering the produce as a liquid of high purity.

Production of secondaryalkoxy-1-alkenes

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East Brunswick, NJ, United States of America

Zheng Wang