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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2006
Giovanni Cotticelli, Milan, IT;
Silvia Rocchietti, Domodossola, IT;
Marco Terreni, Milan, IT;
Massimo Pregnolato, Carbonara al Ticino, IT;
Raul Salvetti, Malonno, IT;
Giovanni Cotticelli, Milan, IT;
Silvia Rocchietti, Domodossola, IT;
Marco Terreni, Milan, IT;
Massimo Pregnolato, Carbonara al Ticino, IT;
Raul Salvetti, Malonno, IT;
Adorken Technology SpA, S. Costa Volpino (Bergamo), IT;
Abstract
A process for preparing an intermediate for synthesizing escitalopram and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof from 4-(4-dimethylamino)-1-(4'-fluorophenyl)-1-(hydroxybutyl)-3-(acyloxymethyl)benzonitrile is described. The process involves converting said intermediate into the (S+) enantiomer of citalopram by means of enzymatic enantiomeric resolution.