Claims
- 1. A process for the preparation of the individual stereoisomers of the formula ##STR18## wherein * denotes asymmetric carbon atoms and R is hydrogen or alkyl of 1-3 carbon atoms which comprises:
- (a) converting a chitally fixed pyrrolidin-5-one-3-carboxylic acid of the formula ##STR19## wherein *' is either R or S by known methods to a diastereomeric pair of oximes of the formula ##STR20## wherein * is an asymmetric carbon atom; (b) separating the diastereomers by column chromatography;
- (c) reducing each diastereomeric oxime by known means to a diastereomeric pair of amines of the formula ##STR21## (d) separating each diastereomeric pair of amines into the individual diastereomers by column chromatography;
- (e) reducing the 5-pyrrolidinone by known methods and protecting the free amino group with a suitable protecting group by known methods, if desired, and
- (f) removing the fixed chiral .alpha.-methylbenzyl group by hydrogenolysis, and converting, if desired, by known means the resulting compounds where R is hydrogen to those where R is independently hydrogen or alkyl of 1-3 carbon atoms.
- 2. A substantially pure individual stereoisomer of the formula ##STR22## wherein * denotes asymmetric carbon atoms;
- R is hydrogen or alkyl or 1-3 carbon atoms;
- R" is alkyl of 1-3 carbon atoms of the 3R,1'S configuration.
- 3. The stereoisomer of claim 2, wherein R is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl, and R" is methyl or ethyl.
- 4. The compound of claim 2 which is 3R,1'S-3-(1'-N-methylamino)ethyl)pyrrolidine.
Parent Case Info
This is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/084,044 filed Jun. 28, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,344,940, which is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 07/966,651 filed Oct. 26, 1992, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,258,528, which is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 07/731,825 filed Jul. 15, 1991, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 07/621,201 filed Nov. 30, 1990, now abandoned.
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