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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Giuseppe Vecchi, Aldesago, CH;
Assignee:
APR Applied Pharma Research S.A., Lugano, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
544258 ; 544259 ; 544260 ;
Abstract
Process for the preparation of the optically active [6(S)(-)]N.sup.5 alkaline earth metal salts of methyltetrahydrofolic acid and formyltetrahydrofolic acid wherein an aqueous solution of folic acid is hydrogenated with a high stoichiometric excess of sodium borohydride followed by treating the reaction product with formic aldehyde and optionally further with sodium borohydride when the methyl derivative is desired. Reaction with a salt of the alkaline earth metal precipitates the desired optically active alkaline earth metal salt.