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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 1995

Filed:

Apr. 22, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:

Yun Gao, Southborough, MA (US);

Yaping Hong, Worcester, MA (US);

Charles M Zepp, Berlin, MA (US);

Assignee:

Sepracor, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
564356 ; 564357 ; 564361 ; 564363 ; 564365 ; 564415 ; 564489 ;
Abstract

A method for the enantioselective reduction of an .alpha.-iminoketone to an .alpha.-aminoalcohol is disclosed. The method utilizes a borane reducing agent as the reducing agent and a chiral 1,3,2-oxazaborole as the catalyst. The method is applied to the synthesis of R-albuterol from methyl 5-acetylsalicylate in high yield and high optical purity.


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