Patents by Inventor Francis J. Okuniewicz

Francis J. Okuniewicz 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).

  • Dynamic resolution of isomers and resolved isomers
    Patent number: 7388098
    Abstract: Provided is a dynamic resolution method of enriching a desired isomer of an alpha-substituted carboxylic acid relative to an undesired isomer, the method comprising: (a) in a solvent, contacting the alpha-substituted carboxylic acid, wherein the alpha substitution is with a leaving group and wherein the alpha carbon is chiral, with a homochiral amine to form a salt that is partially insoluble under selected reaction conditions, wherein the homochiral amine is selected so that the solubility of the amine salt of the undesired alpha-substituted carboxylic acid is greater than that of the amine salt of the desired alpha-substituted carboxylic acid under the selected reaction conditions; (b) reacting under the selected reaction conditions the salt with a nucleophile, wherein the reacting is effective in producing a net increase in the less soluble amine salt of the alpha-substituted carboxylic acid, and wherein the selected conditions are selected to (i) promote nucleophilic substitution of the nucleophile and th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: John J. Venit, Gary D. Madding, Victor W. Rosso, Francis J. Okuniewicz, Robert P. Discordia, Susanne Kiau, Atul S. Kotnis, Michael E. Randazzo, D. David Hennings, Jingyang Zhu, Jason G. Chen
  • Dynamic resolution of isomers and resolved isomers
    Publication number: 20020111512
    Abstract: Provided is a dynamic resolution method of enriching a desired isomer of an alpha-substituted carboxylic acid relative to an undesired isomer, the method comprising: (a) in a solvent, contacting the alpha-substituted carboxylic acid, wherein the alpha substitution is with a leaving group and wherein the alpha carbon is chiral, with a homochiral amine to form a salt that is partially insoluble under selected reaction conditions, wherein the homochiral amine is selected so that the solubility of the amine salt of the undesired alpha-substituted carboxylic acid is greater than that of the amine salt of the desired alpha-substituted carboxylic acid under the selected reaction conditions; (b) reacting under the selected reaction conditions the salt with a nucleophile, wherein the reacting is effective in producing a net increase in the less soluble amine salt of the alpha-substituted carboxylic acid, and wherein the selected conditions are selected to (i) promote nucleophilic substitution of the nucleophile and th
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2001
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventors: John J. Venit, Gary D. Madding, Victor W. Rosso, Francis J. Okuniewicz, Robert P. Discordia, Susanne Kiau, Atul S. Kotnis, Michael E. Randazzo, D. David Hennings, Jingyang Zhu, Jason G. Chen