Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Kinetic resolution
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Application No.: US14496157Application Date: 2014-09-25
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Publication No.: US09346755B2Publication Date: 2016-05-24
- Inventor: Stephen Joseph Connon , Aldo Peschiulli , Barbara Procuranti
- Applicant: THE PROVOST, FELLOWS, FOUNDATION SCHOLARS, AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF BOARD, OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH, NEAR DUBLIN
- Applicant Address: IE Dublin
- Assignee: THE PROVOST, FELLOWS, FOUNDATION SCHOLARS, AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF BOARD, OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH, NEAR DUBLIN TRINITY COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN
- Current Assignee: THE PROVOST, FELLOWS, FOUNDATION SCHOLARS, AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF BOARD, OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH, NEAR DUBLIN TRINITY COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN
- Current Assignee Address: IE Dublin
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Priority: EP09178565 20091209
- Main IPC: C07D453/04
- IPC: C07D453/04 ; C07C327/22 ; C07B57/00 ; C07C227/32 ; C07C231/18 ; C07C319/02 ; C07C319/12 ; C07C319/28 ; C07C327/28 ; C07C51/083

Abstract:
While methodologies for the Kinetic Resolution of alcohols are well established, no analogous direct methods exist for the highly selective, direct catalytic Kinetic Resolution of thiols (i.e., R—SH). The present invention relates to a method for resolving stereoisomeric mixtures of thiols. In particular, the present invention relates to purely organocatalytic mediated resolution of enantiomeric mixtures of thiols without the need for enzymes. Also disclosed are some novel catalysts. Such catalysts may comprise a cinchona alkaloid-derived moiety.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150073170A1 KINETIC RESOLUTION Public/Granted day:2015-03-12
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