PROCESS FOR PRODUCING OPTICALLY ACTIVE 3,5-DIHYDROXYCARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE

    公开(公告)号:CA2464446A1

    公开(公告)日:2003-05-15

    申请号:CA2464446

    申请日:2002-10-24

    Applicant: KANEKA CORP

    Abstract: A process for producing an optically active 3,5-dihydroxyhexanoic acid derivative by stereoselectively reducing an optically active 3-oxo-5- hydroxyhexanoic acid derivative. It necessitates neither an ultralow- temperature reactor nor an incubator and is a simple and economical process in which protection of the 5-position hydroxy is unnecessary. Hydrogen, which i s extremely inexpensive, is used as a reducing agent to asymmetrically hydrogenate an optically active 3-oxo-5-hydroxyhexanoic acid derivative by t he catalytic action of a ruthenium/optically active phosphine complex, especial ly an RuBr2BINAP complex prepared from 2,2'-bisdiarylphosphino-1,1'-binaphthyl (BINAP) and a ruthenium complex, to thereby produce an optically active 3,5- dihydroxyhexanoic acid derivative.

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    公开(公告)号:DE60225825T2

    公开(公告)日:2009-04-16

    申请号:DE60225825

    申请日:2002-10-24

    Applicant: KANEKA CORP

    Abstract: A method for producing an optically active 3,5-dihydroxyhexanoic acid derivative by stereoselectively reducing an optically active 3-oxo-5-hydroxyhexanoic acid derivative is provided. The method, which requires neither an ultralow-temperature reactor, an incubator, nor protection of the 5-position hydroxy group, is simple and economical. An optically active 3,5-dihydroxyhexanoic acid derivative is produced by asymmetrical hydrogenation of an optically active 3-oxo-5-hydroxyhexanoic acid derivative catalyzed by an RuBr2BINAP complex prepared from a ruthenium complex and a ruthenium-optically active phosphine complex, i.e., 2,2'-bisdiarylphosphino-1,1'-binaphthyl (BINAP), while using extremely inexpensive hydrogen as the reductant.

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