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US 6,310,254 B1Granted
Method for producing optically active amino alcohols
AssigneeBayer Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsStefan Antons, Andreas Schulze Tilling, Erich Wolters
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Abstract
The invention relates to a process for preparing optically active amino alcohols from optically active amino acids by reducing an optically active amino acid with hydrogen in the presence of a ruthenium-containing catalyst and an acid.
Claims10
A process for preparing optically active amino alcohols from optically active amino acids comprising reducing an optically active amino acid with hydrogen in the presence of a ruthenium-containing catalyst and an organic or inorganic acid other than said optically active amino acid.
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