Synthesis and resolution of nicotine

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9809567
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14962072

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The present disclosure generally relates to methods of preparing nicotine and resolving R,S nicotine to enrich the (S)(−) enantiomer. The method may comprise combining N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone or a salt thereof with a nicotinate compound in the presence of a solvent and a strong base to form 1-methyl-3-nicotinoyl-2-pyrrolidone or a salt thereof; and reducing the 1-methyl-3-nicotinoyl-2-pyrrolidone or salt thereof in solution with Na2S2O4 to produce racemic nicotine or salt thereof. Resolving the racemic nicotine (or other enantiomeric mixture) may comprise combining the nicotine with (−)-O,O′-di-p-toluoyl-L-tartaric acid (L-PTTA).

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WILMINGTON TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS COLLATERAL AGENT50 SOUTH SIXTH STREET SUITE 1290 MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402

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Ahmed, Mohammed Moinuddin Brevard, US 3 33
Freund, Wesley Arden, US 6 34
Sawyer, Douglas Gilbert, US 10 91
Willis, Bert Mills River, US 3 33

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