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Process for producing lacosamide

US8598386B2 · kind B2 · utility

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11Claims

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Assignee

Euticals GmbH · DE

Inventors

Richard Wisdom · Cambridge, GB
Joerg Jung · Frankenthal (Pfalz), DE
Andreas Meudt · Hofheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 17, 2011
Grant date	Dec 3, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 28, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC07B2200/07
WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for producing (R)-2-acetamido-N-benzyl-3-methoxypropionamide (lacosamide), by methylation of (R)-2-acetamino-2-N-benzyl-3-hydroxy-propionamide (V), in which the methylation is carried out at a temperature below 20° C.

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