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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2005
Applicants:
Paride Grisenti, Milan, IT;
Paolo Prestileo, Milan, IT;
Inventors:
Paride Grisenti, Milan, IT;
Paolo Prestileo, Milan, IT;
Assignee:
Poli Industria Chimica SpA, Milan, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) in which an ester of mycophenolic acid (MPA) with a low-molecular-weight aliphatic alcohol is transesterified with N-(2-hydroxyethyl)morpholine in the presence oflipase, and in which the MPA esterification reaction is carried out in the presence oflipase using the corresponding alcohol as the solvent.