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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. 15, 1994
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Takasago International Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
549420 ;
Abstract
A (3R,5S)-3,5,6-trihydroxyhexanoic acid derivative and a process of producing the (3R,5S)-3,5,6-trihydroxyhexanoic acid derivative which comprises the step of enantioselectively hydrogenating an (S)-5,6-dihydroxy-3-oxohexanoic acid derivative with a specific ruthenium-optically active phosphine complex represented as a catalyst are disclosed. The (3R,5S)-3,5,6-trihydroxyhexanoic acid derivative which is a useful compound capable of being easily converted into a lactone moiety, which is the active part of an inhibitor on HMG-CoA reductase, can be easily and efficiently obtained under a mild reaction condition with a high selectivity for the syn-diol form.