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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:
Jul. 25, 2006

Filed:

May. 21, 2003
Applicants:

Akihiro Ishii, Saitama, JP;

Manabu Yasumoto, Saitama, JP;

Yokusu Kuriyama, Saitama, JP;

Masatomi Kanai, Saitama, JP;

Kanjin Inomiya, Saitama, JP;

Inventors:

Akihiro Ishii, Saitama, JP;

Manabu Yasumoto, Saitama, JP;

Yokusu Kuriyama, Saitama, JP;

Masatomi Kanai, Saitama, JP;

Kanjin Inomiya, Saitama, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 209/28 (2006.01); C07C 251/24 (2006.01); C07C 211/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Optically active (R)-1-(4-trifluoromethylphenyl)ethylamine is a novel compound as an important intermediate for medicines and agricultural chemicals. This compound can be obtained with high optical purity and high yield by a process including the steps of (a) a dehydrocondensation of 4'-(trifluoromethyl)acetophenone and an optically active (R)-1-phenylethylamine to obtain an optically active imine; (b) asymmetrically reducing the imine into an optically active secondary amine; (c) reacting the amine with an organic acid (phthalic acid or benzenesulfonic acid), thereby obtaining a product that is a phthalate of or benzenesulfonate of the amine; (d) subjecting the product of the step (c) to a hydrogenolysis, thereby obtaining a product that is a phthalate of or benzenesuilfonate of optically active (R)-1-(4-trifluoromethylphenyl)ethylamine; and (e) neutralizing the product of the step (d) into the optically active (R)-1-(4-trifluoromethylphenyl)ethylamine.


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