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Process for chiral 3-(1-amino-1,1-bisalkylmethyl)-1-substituted-pyrrolidines

US5347017A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 7, 1993
Grant dateSep 13, 1994
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Expiry dateJul 7, 2013

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07D207/09
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The process for the preparation of chiral 3-(1-amino-1,1-bisalkylmethyl)-1-substituted-pyrrolidines used as key intermediates for the preparation of naphthyridine and quinolone antibacterial agents which comprises reacting readily available chiral 1-substituted-3-pyrrolidinols to their corresponding chiral sulfonate esters; converting the sulfonate esters to chiral 1-substituted-3-cyanopyrrolidines having an inverse configuration, and then dialkylating the chiral cyanopyrrolidines with alkyl lithium in the presence of a Lewis acid without racemization at the asymmetric carbon atom is described.

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