Chiral synthesis units from prochiral glycerol

US4922001A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Hoechst GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Manfred Schneider · Lichtenfels, DE
• Kurt Laumen · Wuppertal, DE
• Detlef Breitgoff · Wuppertal, DE
• Dieter Wullbrandt · Hofheim, DE
• Merten Schilingmann · Königstein, DE
• Reinhold Keller · Bad Soden am Taunus, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 20, 1987
• Grant date: May 1, 1990
• Expiry date: Jul 20, 2007

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12P7/62
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Differentiation of the two enantiotopic groups in prochiral glycerol derivatives gives chiral molecules directly, which in turn are easily converted either into the S-series or into the R-series by selective manipulation of the functional groups.