Process for preparing optically active carboxylic acids
US5739385A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 19, 1995 |
| Grant date | Apr 14, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 19, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P20/582
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
This invention relates to a process for preparing optically active carboxylic acids by oxidizing an optically active aldehyde with a peracid in the presence of an amine and/or amine N-oxide catalyst selected from the group consisting of a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl amine, alkyl amine N-oxide, aromatic amine, aromatic amine N-oxide, heterocyclic amine, heterocyclic amine N-oxide and mixtures thereof, to produce the optically active carboxylic acid. Such optically active carboxylic acids have utility for example as pharmaceuticals.
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