Patent ID: 6838566

Claim:
A salt of a HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor with an amine, characterized in that said salt is an intermediate or a starting substance in a process for preparing the HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, wherein the HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor is selected from the group consisting of mevastatin, pravastatin, lovastatin, simvastatin, fluvastatin and atorvastatin; and wherein the amine is selected from the group consisting of (±)-1,2-dimethylpropylamine, 3-(2-aminoethylamino)-propylamine, n-butylamine, secondary butylamine, tertiary butylamine, dibutylamine, tertiary amylamine, cyclopentylamine, cyclohexylamine, cycloheptylamine, dicyclohexylamine, N-methylcyclohexylamine, N,N′-diisopropylethylenediamine, N,N′-diethylenediamine, N-methyl-1,3-propanediamine, N-methylethylenediamine, N,N,N′,N′-tetramethyl-1,2-diaminoethane, N,N,N′,N′-tetramethyl-1,4-diaminobutane, N,N,N′,N′-tetramethyl-1,6-diaminohexane, 1,2-dipiperidinethane, dipiperidinemethane, 2-amino-3,3-dimethylbutane, N,N-dimethylcyclohexylamine, neopentylamine, adamantylamine, N,N-diethylcyclohexylamine, N-isopropylcyclohexylamine, N-methylcyclohexylamine, cyclobutylamine and norborylamine.