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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2014
Applicant:
Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Inventors:
Ewart Grant, Devens, MA (US);
Brian Heinrich, Devens, MA (US);
Saroop Matharu, Devens, MA (US);
Nicolas Archer, Edinburgh, GB;
Assignee:
Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D 489/08 (2006.01); C07D 489/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D 489/02 (2013.01); C07D 489/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a process for preparing an oxymorphone acid adduct, said process comprising hydrogenating an aqueous solution of 14-hydroxymorphinone and an acid to form a solution of the oxymorphone acid adduct, wherein the hydrogenation is carried out at one or more temperatures greater than 40° C. in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst and hydrogen gas, wherein the level of 6α-oxymorphol produced is ≦3.00 area % as determined by HPLC.