DIPHENYLOXIRANES, PROCESS FOR PREPARATION THEREOF, AND ITS USE IN AN ENANTIOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF (+)-SERTRALINE

摘要

The present invention discloses substituted diphenyloxiranes and process for synthesis thereof. The present invention also provides a process for production of enantiomerically pure anti-3,3'-diphenylmethyloxirane and anti-3,3'-diphenylpropan- 1,2-diol from racemic anti-3,3'-diphenylmethyloxirane using hydrolytic kinetic resolution. Further it provides a process for preparation of enantioselective (+)- Sertraline from anti-3,3'-diphenylpropan-1,2-diol.