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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2019
Applicant:
University Court of the University of St Andrews, Fife, GB;
Inventors:
Magnus Widegren, Fife, GB;
Matthew Lee Clarke, Fife, GB;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D 307/77 (2006.01); B01J 31/18 (2006.01); B01J 31/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D 307/77 (2013.01); B01J 31/189 (2013.01); B01J 31/2295 (2013.01); B01J 2531/0208 (2013.01); B01J 2531/72 (2013.01); B01J 2531/842 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to the field of catalytic hydrogenation and, more particularly, to methods of manganese-catalysed hydrogenation of esters to alcohols. Advantageously, where the esters are chiral, the hydrogenations proceed with high or complete stereochemical integrity.