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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 24, 1977

Filed:

Mar. 28, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:

Edward Leon Grew, Edinburgh, SC;

Nigel David Wilson, Edinburgh, SC;

Assignee:

Macfarlan Smith Limited, Edinburgh, SC;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
260285 ;
Abstract

A process for the dehydrohalogenation of a 7-halo- or a 1,7-dihalodihydrocodeinone dialkyl ketal of the general formula (I): ##STR1## in which R represents an alkyl group containing from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, X represents hydrogen or chlorine or bromine and Y represents chlorine or bromine which comprises subjecting the ketal to the action of a base in the presence of a polar aprotic solvent. The process has utility in facilitating the production of codeine.


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