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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 1980
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gary F Cooper, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Albert R Van Horn, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Syntex (U.S.A.) Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2603 / ; 2603973 ; 2605 / ;
Abstract
The tricyclic intermediate ##STR1## is prepared in a three step sequence from the bicyclic intermediate ##STR2## The key step of this process involves the addition of a Grignard reagent to a mixed anhydride. Tricyclic compound of formula (I) may be readily converted by known methods to valuable steroids.