The invention provides methods of synthesizing compounds in an asymmetric or enantioenriched fashion, wherein the compounds are useful intermediates in the synthesis of viral protease inhibitors.

The present disclosure provides treprostinil derivatives that can act as prodrugs of treprostinil. The treprostinil derivatives can be used to treat any conditions responsive to treatment with treprostinil, including pulmonary hypertension, such as pulmonary arterial hypertension.

The presently disclosed subject matter is directed to novel compounds of Formula I, Formula II, and Formula III, and stereoisomers thereof, and flavor compositions comprising the novel compounds.

The presently disclosed subject matter is directed to novel compounds of Formula I, Formula II, and Formula III, and stereoisomers thereof, and flavor compositions comprising the novel compounds.

The present invention provides methods for producing cannabinoid prodrugs. Also described are pharmaceuticals acceptable compositions of the prodrugs and a system for the large-scale production of the prodrugs.

The invention relates to polyoxyalkylenes having pendant long-chain acyloxy radicals and to a process for preparation thereof by an alkoxylation reaction using double metal cyanide (DMC) catalysts.

The invention relates to polyoxyalkylenes having pendant long-chain acyloxy radicals and to a process for preparation thereof by an alkoxylation reaction using double metal cyanide (DMC) catalysts.

To provide a process for producing a desired perfluorinated product at a high yield in a fluorination reaction of a partially fluorinated ester. A perfluorinated compound (4) is obtained by fluorinating in a liquid phase a compound (3) (wherein the fluorine content is at least 30 mass %) obtained by reacting a compound (1) and a compound (2), wherein the compound (1) is HOCH.sub.2—R.sup.A—CH.sub.2OH, the compound (2) is X.sup.1C(═O)—C(R.sup.B)(R.sup.C)(R.sup.D), R.sup.A is a bivalent saturated hydrocarbon group or the like which has no hetero atom such as an etheric oxygen atom, X.sup.1 is a halogen atom, and —C(R.sup.B)(R.sup.C)(R.sup.D) is a branched group.

To provide a process for producing a desired perfluorinated product at a high yield in a fluorination reaction of a partially fluorinated ester. A perfluorinated compound (4) is obtained by fluorinating in a liquid phase a compound (3) (wherein the fluorine content is at least 30 mass %) obtained by reacting a compound (1) and a compound (2), wherein the compound (1) is HOCH.sub.2—R.sup.A—CH.sub.2OH, the compound (2) is X.sup.1C(═O)—C(R.sup.B)(R.sup.C)(R.sup.D), R.sup.A is a bivalent saturated hydrocarbon group or the like which has no hetero atom such as an etheric oxygen atom, X.sup.1 is a halogen atom, and —C(R.sup.B)(R.sup.C)(R.sup.D) is a branched group.

The present invention relates to novel Ruthenium complexes of formulae A1-A4 and their use, inter alia, for (1) dehydrogenative coupling of alcohols to esters; (2) hydrogenation of esters to alcohols (including hydrogenation of cyclic esters (lactones) or cyclic di-esters (di-lactones), or polyesters); (3) preparing amides from alcohols and amines—(including the preparation of polyamides (e.g., polypeptides) by reacting dialcohols and diamines and/or polymerization of amino alcohols and/or forming cyclic dipeptides from p-aminoalcohols; (4) hydrogenation of amides (including cyclic dipeptides, polypeptides and polyamides) to alcohols and amines; (5) hydrogenation of organic carbonates (including polycarbonates) to alcohols or hydrogenation of carbamates (including polycarbamates) or urea derivatives to alcohols and amines; (6) dehydrogenation of secondary alcohols to ketones; (7) amidation of esters (i.e., synthesis of amides from esters and amines); (8) acylation of alcohols using esters; (9) coupling of alcohols with water and a base to form carboxylic acids; and (10) preparation of amino acids or their salts by coupling of amino alcohols with water and a base. The present, invention further relates to the use of certain known Ruthenium complexes for the preparation of amino acids or their salts from amino alcohols.