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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2012
Sunny Pharmtech Inc., Taoyuan County, TW;
Jien-Heh Tien, Hayward, CA (US);
Chu-yi Pang, Taipei, TW;
Sunny Pharmtech Inc., Taoyuan County, TW;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for making 6-aminocaproic acid as an active pharmaceutical ingredient. The method comprises: performing a hydrolysis procedure to have ε-caprolactam react with acid or base to generate a first reaction mixture, performing a modification procedure to have a solubility regulating agent reacts with 6-aminocaproic acid in the first reaction mixture to form a second reaction mixture including an aminocaproic acid intermediate, performing a separation procedure to have the intermediate separated from the second reaction mixture and performing a hydrogenation procedure to have the aminocaproic acid intermediate hydrogenated to form a 6-aminocaproic acid product.