US Patent Issued to Southwest Research Institute on May 13 for "Synthetic route to scopolamine and/or atropine" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,195, issued on May 13, was assigned to Southwest Research Institute (San Antonio).

"Synthetic route to scopolamine and/or atropine" was invented by Shawn T. Blumberg (San Antonio), Paul W. Miguel (San Antonio) and Daniel A. Hinojosa (Zapata, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A synthetic route to scopolamine and/or atropine. In such context, the present invention identifies a method for preparing 6,7-dehydro atropine, which can be converted into either scopolamine and/or atropine, along with a method for converting a protected pyrrole into a tetrachlorobicylic compound, such as benzyl 3-oxo-8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]oct-6-ene-8-carboxylat...