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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1992
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jean-Michel Grosselin, Lyons, FR;
Assignee:
Rhone-Poulenc Sante, Antony, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
562401 ; 548217 ; 548444 ; 548572 ; 549 58 ; 562460 ; 562461 ; 562462 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to a process for preparing an optically active 2-arylpropionic acid of general formula (I), by the hydrogenation, in a heterogeneous aqueous-organic medium, of a 2-arylacrylic acid of general formula (II) in the presence of a catalyst consisting of a rhodium derivative and a water-soluble chiral ligand. In the general formulae (I) and (II), Ar represents an optionally substituted monocyclic or polycyclic aromatic radical or an optionally substituted aromatic heterocyclic radical: ##STR1##