| abstract |
PCT No. PCT/GB95/02247 Sec. 371 Date May 30, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date May 30, 1997 PCT Filed Sep. 22, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO96/09290 PCT Pub. Date Mar. 28, 1996A process for the racemisation of an optically-enriched piperidine-2-carboxanilide compound, comprises heating the compound in the presence of an alkanoic or arylalkanoic acid. A process for the asymmetric transformation of such a compound comprises heating the compound in the presence of an acid as defined above, a chiral acid resolving agent and an inert cosolvent. |