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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:
Feb. 19, 1991
Filed:
Jul. 10, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Koshi Koseki, Yokohama, JP;
Takashi Ebata, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Kawakami, Yokohama, JP;
Hajime Matsushita, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuo Itoh, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshitake Naoi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignees:
Japan Tabacco Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Gosei Kogyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ; C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
549323 ; 549397 ;
Abstract
A method of preparing (S)-.gamma.-hydroxymethyl-.alpha.,.beta.-butenolide includes the step of oxidizing a levoglucosenone with a peracid in an organic solvent. Peracetic acid, metha-chloroperbenzoic acid or magnesium monoperoxyphthalate hexahydrate can be used as the peracid. According to this method, an (S)-.gamma.-hydroxymethyl-.alpha.,.beta.-butenolide having high optical purity can be easily prepared from a levoglucosenone as a starting material at a high yield.