Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a method that efficiently produces ( 6R )- tetrahydrobiopterin in high yield and purity. The method includes the step of hydrolyzing diacetylbiopterin to biopterin under basic conditions in a biphasic mixture comprising an organic phase and an aqueous phase. After substantially complete hydrolysis of diacetylbiopterin, the aqueous phase containing biopterin can be separated from the organic phase containing most of the organic impurities, which avoids the time-consuming step of isolating biopterin as a solid. The aqueous solution containing biopterin is stereoselectively hydrogenated to ( 6R )-tetrahydrobiopterin under basic conditions and high hydrogen pressure in the presence of a metal catalyst ( e.g. , a platinum catalyst). To improve the purification of an acid addition salt of ( 6R )-tetrahydrobiopterin ( e.g. , ( 6R )-tetrahydrobiopterin dihydrochloride), any residual salts ( e.g. , sodium salts) in the aqueous solution after the hydrogenation reaction can be removed by contacting the aqueous solution with an ion ( e.g. , cation) exchange resin or column. Alternatively, removal of residual salts from the aqueous solution can be omitted if an organic amine ( e.g. , diethylamine or triethylamine) rather than an inorganic base is used in the hydrolysis and/or hydrogenation reactions
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of substituted 3-aminobenzonitriles of formula (I) in which: R is hydrogen or C1-C12alkyl, C3-C8cycloalkyl, COR1, C1-C8alkoxyalkyl, C1-C6hydroxyalkyl, C1-C8aminoalkyl, C1-C8alkyl-NH(C1-C4alkyl), C1-C8alkyl-N(C1-C4alkyl)2 or substituted or unsubstituted benzyl; and R1 is C1-C8alkyl, C3-C8cycloalkyl or phenyl; and which comprises reacting a substituted 3-aminochlorobenzene of formula (II) with a cyano-donating reagent. Compounds of formula (I) are important intermediates in the preparation of benzothiadiazole-7-carboxylic acid, which is obtained by diazotizing and hydrolysing the compounds of formula (I) in any desired sequence.
Abstract:
ghis invention relates to a novel advantageous process for the stereoselective preparation of 2-hydroxy-4-phenylbutyrates (HPB esters) and of their precursors. This is done by starting from readily accessible alpha -unsaturated alpha -hydroxy- gamma -keto esters which can be prepared by Claisen condensation.