PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF OPTICALLY ENRICHED ADRENALINE

摘要

A process for the production of (-)-adrenaline and (-)-adrenaline-L-tartrate is provided. The process provides for a new, efficient and commercially feasible process for the optical resolution of racemic adrenaline. In one aspect, a one pot process for the synthesis of (-)-adrenaline is provided. The process provides a simple and less expensive 5 process that can be used to prepare commercial scale batches of (-)-adrenaline and (-)-adrenaline-L-tartrate of API quality. The process avoids the use of expensive and unpredictable chiral catalysts.