Patents by Inventor Francine Agbossou

Francine Agbossou has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for preparing optically active .alpha.-substituted benzyl alcohols
    Patent number: 6118025
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for preparing an optically active alcohol of formula (I) in which the carbon atom indicated by the symbol * can have the configuration (R) or (S) and X represents a non-substituted amino group or a mono- or di-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)alkylamino group optionally salified from corresponding ketones by catalytic hydrogenation in the presence of a rhodium complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Sanofi-Synthelabo
    Inventors: Francine Agbossou, Marc Devocelle, Jean-Robert Dormoy, Andre Mortreux