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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2020
Akebia Therapeutics, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Kazufumi Ootsuki, Osaka, JP;
Muneki Kishida, Osaka, JP;
Atsushi Moroda, Osaka, JP;
Kohki Fukuhara, Osaka, JP;
Hirotoshi Yagishita, Osaka, JP;
Akebia Therapeutics, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a novel process for preparing the compound I containing the compound [I(A)] (vadadustat) and the compound [I(B)] (roxadustat) which are useful as a medicine in an industrially advantageous manner, and a process for preparing the compound I which comprises reacting the compound (a1) or the compound (b1), the compound (2) or salts of the compound (2), with carbon monoxide in the presence of a palladium catalyst, in the presence or absence of a ligand, in the presence of a base, in a solvent to prepare the compound I (wherein structure formulae of the compound (a1), the compound (b1) or the compound (2), and the definitions of groups in the formulae are defined in the description.