Process for the preparation of tetrahydropterin and tetrahydropterin derivatives by hydrogenating pterin and pterin derivatives with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenating catalyst, in which the hydrogenation is carried out in a polar reaction medium and metal complexes that are soluble in the reaction medium are employed as the hydrogenation catalysts. The process is suited to the hydrogenation, particularly asymmetric hydrogenation, of folic acid, folio acid salts, folio acid esters, folio acid ester salts or dihydroforms thereof, with the proviso that in the event of using folic acid, carboxylic acid salts thereof or dihydroforms thereof the reaction medium is aqueous, and in the event of using folic acid esters, folic acid ester salts or dihydroforms thereof the reaction medium is an alcohol. The process opens up straightforward access to achiral and chiral pterin derivatives.
通过在存在氢化催化剂的情况下,用
氢气氢化葉酸和葉酸衍
生物制备四氢
生物葉酸和四氢
生物葉酸衍
生物的过程,其中氢化是在极性反应介质中进行的,并且可溶于反应介质的
金属配合物被用作氢化催化剂。该过程适用于葉酸、葉酸盐、葉酸酯、葉酸酯盐或其二氢形式的氢化,特别是不对称氢化,但若使用葉酸、其
羧酸盐或二氢形式,则反应介质为
水,若使用葉酸酯、葉酸酯盐或其二氢形式,则反应介质为醇。该过程为得到无手性和手性葉酸衍
生物提供了直接途径。