A process for preparation of enantiomerically pure polysubstituted 1,4-dihydropyridines

• Main Authors: ZALIANI ANDREA, DOMENICO ROBERTO DI, RIVA CARLO, LONG GIORGIO, GANDOLFI CARMELO A, FRIGERIO MARCO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 10.01.1996
• Edition: 5
• Subjects: APPARATUS THEREFOR; CHEMISTRY; GENERAL METHODS OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS

A process for the optical resolution of racemic 1,4-dihydropyridines, containing isothioureido groups. Salification of racemic isothioureas with optically active acids produces diasteroisomeric mixtures of isothiouronium salts, that, using conventional techniques, are separated in the individual components to give optically pure isothioureides of 1,4-dihydropyridines and salts thereof with conventional acids. Said optically pure 1,4-dihydropyridines can then be subjected to desulphuration and to different transformations to give other enantiomerically pure and therapeutically useful 1,4-dihydropyridines.