Patent 7385072 was granted and assigned to Suven Life Sciences on June, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The invention disclosed in this application relates to an improved process for the preparation of Entacapone. In one embodiment the process involves: (i) reacting a 3-alkoxy-4-hydroxy-5-nitrobenzadehyde with N,N-diethylaminocyanoacetamide in the presence of a mild acid catalyst and a solvent, to provide a 3-O-alkylated Entacapone, and treating the 3-O-alkylated Entacapone with an acid catalyst in the presence of an organic base to provide Entacapone.