Patents by Inventor Hans P. Mettler

Hans P. Mettler 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).

  • Patent number: 5216160
    Abstract: 4-Amino-2-chloro-5-cyano-6-(methylthio)primidine is produced from dicyanoketene dimethyl thioacetal and cyanamide by condensation in the presence of a base and subsequent cyclization in the presence of hydrochloric acid. The dicyanoketenedimeth thioacetal is available by reaction of malononitrile, with carbon disulfide and a base and subsequent methylation with dimethyl sulfate. The reaction sequence yields the pyrimidine derivative in good yield and practically free of by-products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1993
    Assignee: Lonza Ltd.
    Inventors: Gary Ryan, Hans P. Mettler, Felix Previdoli
  • Patent number: 5149870
    Abstract: A new process is described for the production of 1-(aminomethyl)cyclohexane acetic acid, a pharmaceutical agent used as an anticonvulsant. For this purpose a (1-cyanocyclohexyl)malonic acid dialkyl ester is decarbalkoxylated to the corresponding (1-cyanocyclohexyl)acetic acid alkyl ester, then transesterified with a benzyl alcohol and finally hydrogenated to form the end product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1992
    Assignee: Lonza Ltd.
    Inventors: Hans P. Mettler, Felix Previdoli
  • Patent number: 5136091
    Abstract: A new process is described for the production of 1-(aminomethyl)cyclohexane acetic acid, a pharmaceutical agent used as an anticonvulsant. For this purpose a (1-cyanocyclohexyl)-malonic acid dialkyl ester is decarbalkoxylated to the corresponding (1-cyanocyclohexyl)acetic acid alkyl ester, then transesterified with a benzyl alcohol and finally hydrogenated to form the end product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1992
    Assignee: Lonza Ltd.
    Inventors: Hans P. Mettler, Felix Previdoli
  • Patent number: 5130455
    Abstract: A new process is described for the production of 1-(aminomethyl)cyclohexane acetic acid, a pharmaceutical agent used as an anticonvulsant. For this purpose a (1-cyanocyclohexyl)-malonic acid dialkyl ester is decarbalkoxylated to the corresponding (1-cyanocyclohexyl)acetic acid alkyl ester, then transesterified with a benzyl alcohol and finally hydrogenated to form the end product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1992
    Assignee: Lonza Ltd.
    Inventors: Hans P. Mettler, Felix Previdoli
  • Patent number: 5095148
    Abstract: A new process is described for the production of 1-(aminomethyl) cyclohexane acetic acid, a pharmaceutical agent used as an anticonvulsant. For this purpose a (1-cyanocyclohexyl)malonic acid dialkyl ester is decarbalkoxylated to the corresponding (1-cyanocyclohexyl) acetic acid alkyl ester, then transesterified with a benzyl alcohol and finally hydrogenated to form the end product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1992
    Assignee: Lonza Ltd.
    Inventors: Hans P. Mettler, Felix Previdoli
  • Patent number: 5003099
    Abstract: A large-scale industrial process for the production of aminocyanoacetamide is disclosed. A starting material is cyanoacetic acid ester, which is treated with a nitrous acid in a first step to a corresponding hydroxy-iminocyanoacetic acid ester. The hydroxy-iminocyanoacetic acid ester is then hydrogenated and, in a following step, treated with ammonia for obtaining the final product aminocyanoacetamide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1991
    Assignee: Lonza Ltd.
    Inventors: Hans P. Mettler, Felix Previdoli
  • Patent number: 4981996
    Abstract: A new method for the production of O-substituted hydroxylamines is disclosed. Hydroxylamine-O-sulfonic acid is reacted with alkali alkoxide in the presence of a polar aprotic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 1, 1991
    Assignee: Lonza Ltd.
    Inventors: Heinz Wyss, Hans P. Mettler, Felix Previdoli
  • Patent number: 4959475
    Abstract: Process for the production of 2,4-diamino-6-piperidinylpyridine-3-N-oxide starting from hydroxylamine and cyanamide by way of intermediate product 2,4-diamino-6-hydroxypyrimidine-3-N-oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 25, 1990
    Assignee: Lonza Ltd.
    Inventors: Lester Mills, Hans P. Mettler, Felix Previdoli, Francois Moulin
  • Patent number: 4958044
    Abstract: 2-Aza-4-(alkoxycarbonyl)spiro[4,5]-decan-3-one and a process for the production of it, starting either from cyclohexylidene malonic acid esters or cyclohexylidene cyanoalkylates. Process of using the product for the production of 1-(aminomethyl)cyclohexane acetic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 18, 1990
    Assignee: Lonza Ltd.
    Inventors: Hans P. Mettler, Gareth Griffiths, Lester Mills, Felix Previdoli
  • Patent number: 4956473
    Abstract: 2-Aza-4-(alkoxycarbonyl)spiro[4,5]-decan-3-one and a process for the production of it, starting either from cyclohexylidene malonic acid esters or cyclohexylidene cyanoalkylates. The cyclohexylidene malonic acid ester is reacted with hydrocyanic acid in the presence of a catalytic amount of alkali cyanide or with a stoichiometric amount of alkali cyanide, in an alcohol, and subsequently treated with an acid. The resultant (1-cyanocyclohexyl) malonic acid dialkyl ester is converted by catalytic hydrogenation into the product. The cyclohexylidene cyanoalkylate is reacted with a stoichiometric amount of alkali cyanide, in an alcohol or with hydrocyanic acid in the presence of a catalytic amount of an alkali cyanide. The resultant (1-cyanocyclohexyl)-cyanoacetic acid alkyl ester is reacted in an alcohol in an acid to provide (1-cyanocyclohexyl) malonic acid dialkyl ester. The later ester is converted by catalytic hydrogenation into the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1990
    Assignee: Lonza Ltd.
    Inventors: Hans P. Mettler, Gareth Griffiths, Lester Mills, Felix Previdoli