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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 1985
Filed:
May. 15, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hugh L Dryden, Jr, Deerfield, IL (US);
John B Hill, Woodstock, IL (US);
Assignee:
G. D. Searle & Co., Skokie, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2601 / ;
Abstract
This invention encompasses a method and intermediates for preparing a commercial sweetening agent, .alpha.-L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine methyl ester. The process involves reacting L-aspartic acid with diketene to form N-acetoacetyl-L-aspartic acid which is converted to N-acetoacetyl-L-aspartic anhydride by reaction with acetic anhydride. N-acetoacetyl-L-aspartic anhydride is reacted with L-phenylalanine methyl ester to provide N-acetoacetyl-.alpha.-L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine methyl ester which is converted to .alpha.-L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine methyl ester by reaction with hydroxylamine hydrochloride.