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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 1979
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ulf-H Dolling, Westfield, NJ (US);
Edward J Grabowski, Westfield, NJ (US);
Erwin F Schoenewaldt, Watchung, NJ (US);
Meyer Sletzinger, North Plainfield, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
562574 ; 562560 ; 562561 ;
Abstract
The racemate of 3-fluoro-alanine, and salts thereof, are prepared by reductive amination of 3-fluoro-pyruvic acid, its hydrate, or salts thereof, via the intermediate 2-imino-3-fluoro propionic acid salt, using alkali metal borohydrides as reducing agents. The racemates thus obtained are valuable in the production of 3-fluoro-D-alanine and its pharmacologically acceptable salts, and derivatives thereof, which are potent antibacterial agents.