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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 1984
Filed:
Jan. 03, 1983
Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A process for producing an optically active threo-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)serine represented by the formula ##STR1## which is useful as a remedy for peripheral orthostatic hypotension or as an antidepressant, which process comprises treating threo-3-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)serine or an N-carbobenzoxy derivative thereof represented by the formula ##STR2## wherein A represents a hydrogen atom or a carbobenzoxy group, with a Lewis acid to form threo-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)serine or an N-carbobenzoxy derivative thereof represented by the formula ##STR3## wherein A is as defined above, and, if A is a carbobenzoxy group, catalytically reducing the resulting compound of formula [2]; a racemic or optically active threo-N-carbobenzoxy-3-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)serine represented by the formula ##STR4## which is a novel compound useful as an intermediate in the above synthesis; and a process for producing said novel compound.