US Patent Issued to KANEKA on Sept. 8 for "Method for producing (2-methylpyrimidin-5-yl)boronic acid derivative" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,212, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to KANEKA Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Method for producing (2-methylpyrimidin-5-yl)boronic acid derivative" was invented by Yoshinori Hirai (Hyogo, Japan), Kohei Mori (Hyogo, Japan) and Hiroaki Yasukouchi (Hyogo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing a (2-methylpyrimidin-5-yl)boronic acid derivative (3) includes the step of decarboxylating a 5-bromopyrimidine derivative (1) to synthesize 5-bromo-2-methylpyrimidine (2). The method enables efficient production of 5-bromo-2-methylpyrimidine (2) with less environmental impact, leading to efficient production of (2-methylpyrimidin-5-yl...