Method for the synthesis of pharmacologically active compounds and intermediates for such synthesis (US Patent 4777293)

Patent number: 4777293 Granted: 1988-10-11 Filed: 1985-07-10 Inventors: Bo R. Lamm (Goteborg, SE) Assignees: Aktiebolaget Hassle (Molndal, SE)

Abstract

A process for the preparation of an aryloxypropanolamine of the formula Ar--OCH.sub.2 CH(OH)CH.sub.2 NH--R I wherein Ar is a carbocyclic or heterocyclic aromatic group and R is an alkyl or substituted alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, characterized in subjecting a compound of the formula ##STR1## to oxidative