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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 1977
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1973
Bruno Fechtig, Reinach, CH;
Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Ardsley, NY (US);
Abstract
Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1.sup.a represents hydrogen or an amino protective group R.sub.1.sup.A and R.sub.1.sup.b represents hydrogen or an acyl group Ac, or R.sub.1.sup.a and R.sub.1.sup.b together represent a bivalent amino protective group, and R.sub.2 represents hydroxyl or a radical R.sub.2.sup.A which together with the carbonyl grouping --C(=O)-- forms a protected carboxyl group, as well as 1-oxides thereof, and salts of such compounds with salt-forming groups, are prepared from compounds of the formula ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1.sup.a and R.sub.1.sup.b have the above mentioned meaning, R denotes an acyloxy group, R.sub.2.sup.a has the meaning of R.sub.2 or R and R.sub.2.sup.o together denote an epoxy group, from a 1-oxide thereof or a salt of such a compound, by reduction with a metal which has a normal potential of -2.4 to -0.40 volt, or an amalgam thereof, at a pH of 1 to 8, in the presence of water.