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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 26, 1994
Hideharu Iwasaki, Ibaraki, JP;
Koichi Yoneda, Chiba, JP;
Yoichi Kido, Ibaraki, JP;
Takeo Hosogai, Saitama, JP;
Kazuo Itoi, Okayama, JP;
Masahiko Kitayama, Ibaraki, JP;
Kuraray Co., Ltd., Kurashiki, JP;
Abstract
A compound that can be converted, at a low cost and in a simple way, into 2-aryl-1,3-propanediols serving as precursors for synthesizing felbamate acting as an antiepileptic has a structure represented by Formula (1): ##STR1## wherein Ar represents an aryl group; R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or is R.sup.4 or R.sup.5, where R.sup.4 represents an alkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms and R.sup.5 represents a hydroxy group or an acyloxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are hydrogen atoms at the same time or R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 together form a group represented by Formula (2): ##STR2## wherein R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, or R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 together form an oligomethylene group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms.