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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2003
Richard A. Silva, Foxborough, MA (US);
Richard A. Silva, Foxborough, MA (US);
Rhodia Pharma Solutions Inc., Cranbury, NJ (US);
Abstract
A process for producing enantiomerically enriched (S)-α-(2-chlorophenyl)-6,7-dihydrothieno[3,2-c]pyridine-5 (4H)-acetic acid hydrocarbyl ester, represented by the formula:Is provided, wherein Rand Rare hydrogens and Ris methyl (i.e., (S)-Clopidogrel). The process includes the steps of: (a) contacting N-2-chlorobenz-aldehyde-ylidene-1-ethylamine-2(2-thiophenyl)imine and an HCN source, in the presence of a non-metallic asymmetric Strecker catalyst to form enantiomerically enriched (S)-α,α-(2-thiophenylethylamino)(2-chlorophenyl)acetonitrile; (b) contacting the enantiomerically enriched (S)-α,α-(2-thiophenylethylamino)(2-chlorophenyl)acetonitrile and a formaldehyde equivalent, in the presence of an acid catalyst to form enantiomerically enriched α-5(4,5,6,7-tetrahydro[3,2-c]thienopyridyl)(2-chlorobenzyl)-nitrile; and (c) contacting the enantiomerically enriched α-5(4,5,6,7-tetrahydro[3,2-c]thienopyridyl)(2-chlorobenzyl)-nitrile and a reagent capable of converting a cyano group into an ester group to form enantiomerically enriched hydrocarbyl ester of (S)-α-(2-chlorophenyl)-6,7-dihydrothieno-[3,2-c]pyridine-5(4H)-acetic acid.