Patents by Inventor Hirohito Oooka

Hirohito Oooka 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: 9896451
    Abstract: A 9-azabicyclo[3.3.1]nonan-3-one derivative is reacted with a hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst composed of a ruthenium complex to obtain, at a low cost, an endo-9-azabicyclo[3.3.1]nonan-3-ol derivative useful as a production intermediate for agrochemical agents or medicines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaya Akashi, Tsutomu Inoue, Hirohito Oooka
  • Publication number: 20160200726
    Abstract: A 9-azabicyclo[3.3.1]nonan-3-one derivative is reacted with a hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst composed of a ruthenium complex to obtain, at a low cost, an endo-9-azabicyclo[3.3.1]nonan-3-ol derivative useful as a production intermediate for agrochemical agents or medicines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: NIPPON SODA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaya AKASHI, Tsutomu INOUE, Hirohito OOOKA
  • Patent number: 8759524
    Abstract: A process is provided for efficiently producing an optically active 3-quinuclidinol derivative of high optical purity using a readily available ruthenium compound as an asymmetric reduction catalyst. This process is a process for producing an optically active 3-quinuclidinol derivative represented by the following formula (III) comprising asymmetrically hydrogenating a 3-quinuclidinone derivative represented by the following formula (I) in the presence of a ruthenium compound (II) represented by formula (II): Ru(X)(Y)(Px)n[R1R2C*(NR3R4)-A-R5R6C*(NR7R8)] (in the formulas, R represents a hydrogen atom or C7 to C18 aralkyl group and the like, X and Y represent hydrogen atoms or halogen atoms and the like, Px represents a phosphine ligand, n represents 1 or 2, R1 to R8 represent hydrogen atoms or C1 to C20 alkyl groups and the like, * represents an optically active carbon atom and A represents an ethylene group and the like).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Ohkuma, Noriyoshi Arai, Masaya Akashi, Hirohito Oooka, Tsutomu Inoue
  • Publication number: 20130225824
    Abstract: A process is provided for efficiently producing an optically active 3-quinuclidinol derivative of high optical purity using a readily available ruthenium compound as an asymmetric reduction catalyst. This process is a process for producing an optically active 3-quinuclidinol derivative represented by the following formula (III) comprising asymmetrically hydrogenating a 3-quinuclidinone derivative represented by the following formula (I) in the presence of a ruthenium compound (II) represented by formula (II): Ru(X)(Y)(Px)n[R1R2C*(NR3R4)-A-R5R6C*(NR7R8)] (in the formulas, R represents a hydrogen atom or C7 to C18 aralkyl group and the like, X and Y represent hydrogen atoms or halogen atoms and the like, Px represents a phosphine ligand, n represents 1 or 2, R1 to R8 represent hydrogen atoms or C1 to C20 alkyl groups and the like, * represents an optically active carbon atom and A represents an ethylene group and the like).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: NIPPON SODA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi OHKUMA, Noriyoshi ARAI, Masaya AKASHI, Hirohito OOOKA, Tsutomu INOUE
  • Patent number: 8461340
    Abstract: There are provided, according to the present invention, a method for producing a cis-3-substituted-3-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-8-ol derivative, the method characterized in that a trans-3-substituted-3-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-8-ol derivative or a mixture of the trans- and cis-3-substituted-3-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-8-ol derivatives is isomerized in the presence of an aluminum compound represented by a formula Al(OR1)3 (wherein R1 represents a hydrocarbon group in which a carbon atom having an oxygen atom bonded thereto is a secondary carbon atom). In the process, a ketone compound may be further added, in addition to the aluminum compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hakuta, Tsutomu Imagawa, Hirohito Oooka, Shinya Fukuhara
  • Patent number: 8436181
    Abstract: A process is provided for efficiently producing an optically active 3-quinuclidinol derivative of high optical purity using a readily available ruthenium compound as an asymmetric reduction catalyst. This process is a process for producing an optically active 3-quinuclidinol derivative represented by the following formula (III) comprising asymmetrically hydrogenating a 3-quinuclidinone derivative represented by the following formula (I) in the presence of a ruthenium compound (II) represented by formula (II): Ru(X)(Y)(Px)n[R1R2C*(NR3R4)-A-R5R6C*(NR7R8)] (in the formulas, R represents a hydrogen atom or C7 to C18 aralkyl group and the like, X and Y represent hydrogen atoms or halogen atoms and the like, Px represents a phosphine ligand, n represents 1 or 2, R1 to R8 represent hydrogen atoms or C1 to C20 alkyl groups and the like, * represents an optically active carbon atom and A represents an ethylene group and the like).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Ohkuma, Noriyoshi Arai, Masaya Akashi, Hirohito Oooka, Tsutomu Inoue
  • Patent number: 8431707
    Abstract: The object is to produce an azabicycloalkanol derivative, particularly a cis-3-substituted-3-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-8-ol derivative which is a useful intermediate for agricultural chemicals or pharmaceutical agents, with a good yield and at an industrially low cost. A diastereomer of an azabicyclo-C6-10-alkanol derivative having a methyne substituted a hydroxyl group as an asymmetric carbon (e.g., a trans-3-substituted-3-azabicyclo[3.2.1]-8-ol derivative) is isomerized in the presence of a transition metal complex, thereby producing an excess amount of a thermodynamically more stable one of diastereomers (e.g., a cis-3-substituted-3-azabicyclo[3.2.1]-8-ol derivative). In this manner, a thermodynamically more stable one of diastereomers of the azabicyclo-C6-10-alkanol derivatives can be produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirohito Oooka, Shinya Fukuhara
  • Publication number: 20120209004
    Abstract: The object is to produce an azabicycloalkanol derivative, particularly a cis-3-substituted-3-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-8-ol derivative which is a useful intermediate for agricultural chemicals or pharmaceutical agents, with a good yield and at an industrially low cost. A diastereomer of an azabicyclo-C6-10-alkanol derivative having a methyne substituted a hydroxyl group as an asymmetric carbon (e.g., a trans-3-substituted-3-azabicyclo[3.2.1]-8-ol derivative) is isomerized in the presence of a transition metal complex, thereby producing an excess amount of a thermodynamically more stable one of diastereomers (e.g., a cis-3-substituted-3-azabicyclo[3.2.1]-8-ol derivative). In this manner, a thermodynamically more stable one of diastereomers of the azabicyclo-C6-10-alkanol derivatives can be produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Hirohito Oooka, Shinya Fukuhara
  • Patent number: 8188286
    Abstract: The object is to produce an azabicycloalkanol derivative, particularly a cis-3-substituted-3-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-8-ol derivative which is a useful intermediate for agricultural chemicals or pharmaceutical agents, with a good yield and at an industrially low cost. A diastereomer of an azabicyclo-C6-10-alkanol derivative having a methyne substituted a hydroxyl group as an asymmetric carbon (e.g., a trans-3-substituted-3-azabicyclo[3.2.1]-8-ol derivative) is isomerized in the presence of a transition metal complex, thereby producing an excess amount of a thermodynamically more stable one of diastereomers (e.g., a cis-3-substituted-3-azabicyclo[3.2.1]-8-ol derivative). In this manner, a thermodynamically more stable one of diastereomers of the azabicyclo-C6-10-alkanol derivatives can be produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirohito Oooka, Shinya Fukuhara
  • Patent number: 8173802
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a piperidin-4-one derivative useful as an intermediate for agricultural chemicals or pharmaceutical products. A piperidin-4-one derivative represented by formula (III-a) or formula (III-b) is produced by reacting a cyclic bis(aminol)ether compound represented by formula (I) and an acetone derivative represented by formula (II) in the presence of at least one substance selected from the group consisting of protonic acids, Lewis acids, acid halides and dialkyl sulfuric acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirohito Oooka, Yasushi Shibata, Hiroki Inoue, Tsutomu Imagawa
  • Publication number: 20100286398
    Abstract: There are provided, according to the present invention, a method for producing a cis-3-substituted-3-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-8-ol derivative, the method characterized in that a trans-3-substituted-3-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-8-ol derivative or a mixture of the trans- and cis-3-substituted-3-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-8-ol derivatives is isomerized in the presence of an aluminum compound represented by a formula Al(OR1)3 (wherein R1 represents a hydrocarbon group in which a carbon atom having an oxygen atom bonded thereto is a secondary carbon atom). In the process, a ketone compound may be further added, in addition to the aluminum compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: NIPPON SODA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hakuta, Tsutomu Imagawa, Hirohito Oooka, Shinya Fukuhara
  • Publication number: 20100174081
    Abstract: A process is provided for efficiently producing an optically active 3-quinuclidinol derivative of high optical purity using a readily available ruthenium compound as an asymmetric reduction catalyst. This process is a process for producing an optically active 3-quinuclidinol derivative represented by the following formula (III) comprising asymmetrically hydrogenating a 3-quinuclidinone derivative represented by the following formula (I) in the presence of a ruthenium compound (II) represented by formula (II): Ru(X)(Y)(Px)n[R1R2C*(NR3R4)-A-R5R6C*(NR7R8)] (in the formulas, R represents a hydrogen atom or C7 to C18 aralkyl group and the like, X and Y represent hydrogen atoms or halogen atoms and the like, Px represents a phosphine ligand, n represents 1 or 2, R1 to R8 represent hydrogen atoms or C1 to C20 alkyl groups and the like, * represents an optically active carbon atom and A represents an ethylene group and the like).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicants: National University Corporation Hokkaido University, Nippon Soda Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Takeshi Ohkuma, Noriyoshi Arai, Masaya Akashi, Hirohito Oooka, Tsutomu Inoue
  • Publication number: 20100004455
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a piperidin-4-one derivative useful as an intermediate for agricultural chemicals or pharmaceutical products. A piperidin-4-one derivative represented by formula (III-a) or formula (III-b) is produced by reacting a cyclic bis(aminol)ether compound represented by formula (I) and an acetone derivative represented by formula (II) in the presence of at least one substance selected from the group consisting of protonic acids, Lewis acids, acid halides and dialkyl sulfuric acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2007
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Inventors: Hirohito Oooka, Yasushi Shibata, Hiroki Inoue, Tsutomu Imagawa
  • Publication number: 20090259045
    Abstract: The object is to produce an azabicycloalkanol derivative, particularly a cis-3-substituted-3-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-8-ol derivative which is a useful intermediate for agricultural chemicals or pharmaceutical agents, with a good yield and at an industrially low cost. A diastereomer of an azabicyclo-C6-10-alkanol derivative having a methyne substituted a hydroxyl group as an asymmetric carbon (e.g., a trans-3-substituted-3-azabicyclo[3.2.1]-8-ol derivative) is isomerized in the presence of a transition metal complex, thereby producing an excess amount of a thermodynamically more stable one of diastereomers (e.g., a cis-3-substituted-3-azabicyclo[3.2.1]-8-ol derivative). In this manner, a thermodynamically more stable one of diastereomers of the azabicyclo-C6-10-alkanol derivatives can be produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2007
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: NIPPON SODA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirohito Oooka, Shinya Fukuhara