Beecham Group Plc

Smithkline Beecham Corporation

Erol A Faruk

Steven Mark Bromidge

John Kitteringham

Gary Thomas Borrett

Mark Jason Hughes

Martyn Voyle

Frederick Cassidy

Roger T Martin

John Keogh

A process for the preparation of a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents ##STR2## in which r represents an integer of 2 to 4, s represents 1 or 2 and t represents 0 or 1;

Process for the preparation of azabicycloc derivatives

Derivatives of quinuclidine n-oxide as muscarinic receptor ligands

The (3S,4R)-isomer of a compound of formula (E) is disclosed. ##STR1##

Certain optically active 3,4-dihydrobenzopyran-4-ols which are

A process for the preparation of a pure (3S,4R)-isomer of a compound of formula (A): ##STR1## wherein the substituents are herein defined in which the pyrrolidonyl or piperidonyl ring is formed by cyclizing an appropriate precursor dihydrobenzopyranol compound that has already been resolved to the (3S,4R)-configuration, or a mixture in which the (3S,4R)-configuration predominates with respect to the (3S,4R)-configuration.

Process for preparing benzoypyranol derivatives

A process is disclosed for the preparation of a compound of formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Ar is aryl or substituted aryl and R.sup.3 is hydrogen, alkyl or aralkyl, which process comprises reducing a compound of formula (II): ##STR2## wherein Ar and R.sup.3 are as defined with respect to formula (I) and R.sup.4 is alkyl. Compounds of formula (I) are useful as chemical intermediates.

Process for preparing aryl-piperidine carbinols and novel intermediates

Compounds of formula (I): ##STR1## wherein: either one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is hydrogen and the other is selected from the class of C.sub.1-6 alkylcarbonyl, C.sub.1-6 alkoxycarbonyl, C.sub.1-6 alkylcarbonyloxy, C.sub.1-6 alkylhydroxymethyl, nitro, cyano, chloro, trifluoromethyl, C.sub.1-6 alkylsulphinyl, C.sub.1-6 alkylsulphonyl, C.sub.1-6 alkoxysulphinyl, C.sub.1-6 alkoxysulphonyl, C.sub.1-6 alkylcarbonylamino, C.sub.1-6 alkoxycarbonylamino, C.sub.1-6 alkyl-thiocarbonyl, C.sub.1-6 alkoxy-thiocarbonyl, C.sub.1-6 alkyl-thiocarbonyloxy, 1-mercapto C.sub.2-7 alkyl, formyl, or aminosulphinyl, aminosulphonyl or aminocarbonyl, the amino moiety being optionally substituted by one or two C.sub.1-6 alkyl groups, or C.sub.1-6 alkylsulphinylamino, C.sub.1-6 alkylsulphonylamino, C.sub.1-6 alkoxysulphinylamino or C.sub.1-6 alkoxysulphonylamino, or ethylenyl terminally substituted by C.sub.1-6 alkylcarbonyl, nitro or cyano, or --C(C.sub.1-6 alkyl(NOH or --C(C.sub.1-6 alkyl)NNH.sub.2, or one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is nitro, cyano or C.sub.1-3 alkylcarbonyl and the other is methoxy or amino optionally substituted by one or two C.sub.1-6 alkyl or by C.sub.2-7 alkanoyl;

Pyrrolidinyl benzopyrans as hypotensive agents

Compounds of formula (I): ##STR1## wherein: either one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is hydrogen and the other is selected from the class of C.sub.1-6 alkylcarbonyl, C.sub.1-6 alkoxycarbonyl, C.sub.1-6 alkylcarbonyloxy, C.sub.1-6 alkylhydroxymethyl, nitro, cyano, chloro, trifluoromethyl, C.sub.1-6 alkylsulphinyl, C.sub.1-6 alkylsulphonyl, C.sub.1-6 alkoxysulphinyl, C.sub.1-6 alkoxysulphonyl, C.sub.1-6 alkylcarbonylamino, C.sub.1-6 alkoxycarbonylamino, C.sub.1-6 alkyl-thiocarbonyl, C.sub.1-6 alkoxy-thiocarbonyl, C.sub.1-6 alkyl-thiocarbonyloxy, C.sub.1-6 alkyl-thiolmethyl, formyl or aminosulphinyl, aminosulphonyl or aminocarbonyl, the amino moiety being optionally substituted by one or two C.sub.1-6 alkyl groups, or C.sub.1-6 alkylsulphinylamino, C.sub.1-6 alkylsulphonylamino C.sub.1-6 alkoxysulphinylamino or C.sub.1-6 alkoxysulphonylamino or ethylenyl terminally substituted by C.sub.1-6 alkylcarbonyl, nitro or cyano, or --C(C.sub.1-6 alkyl)NOH or --C(C.sub.1-6 alkyl)NNH.sub.2, or one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is nitro, cyano or C.sub.1-3 alkylcarbonyl and the other is methoxy or amino optionally substituted by one or two C.sub.1-6 alkyl or by C.sub.2-7 alkanoyl;

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