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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2023
The United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD (US);
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD (US);
Craig Thomas, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Carlos Zarate, Germantown, MD (US);
Ruin Moaddel, Bel Air, MD (US);
Todd Gould, Elkridge, MD (US);
Panos Zanos, Baltimore, MD (US);
Patrick Morris, Columbia, MD (US);
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Bethesda, MD (US);
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
The disclosure provides a method for synthesizing free base foams of (2R,6R)-hydroxynorketamine (HNK) and (2S,6S)-hydroxynorketamine. In an embodiment synthesis of (2R,6R)-hydroxynorketamine (HNK) includes preparation of (R)-norketamine via chiral resolution from racemic norketamine via a chiral resolution with L-pyroglutamic acid. The disclosure also provided crystal foams of the corresponding (2R,6R)-hydroxynorketamine (HNK) and (2S,6S)-hydroxynorketamine hydrochloride salts.