US Patent Issued to Bayer on Aug. 26 for "Photochemical process for producing (4R,4S)-4-(4-cyano-2-methoxyphenyl)-5-ethoxy-2,8-dimethyl-1,4-dihydro-1,6-naphthyridin-3-carboxamide" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,144, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Bayer AG (Leverkusen, Germany).

"Photochemical process for producing (4R,4S)-4-(4-cyano-2-methoxyphenyl)-5-ethoxy-2,8-dimethyl-1,4-dihydro-1,6-naphthyridin-3-carboxamide" was invented by Johannes Platzek (Berlin) and Kai Lovis (Dusseldorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for preparing racemic (4R,4S)-4-(4-cyano-2-methoxyphenyl)-5-ethoxy-2,8-dimethyl-1,4-dihydro-1,6-naphthyridine-3-carboxamide of the formula (I) from the enantiomers (Ia) or (Ib); a method for preparing (4S)-4-(4-cyano-2-methoxyphenyl)-5-ethoxy-2,8-dimethyl-1,4-dihydro-1,6-naphthyridine-3-...