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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:
Apr. 25, 1989
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph P Burkhart, West Chester, OH (US);
Gene W Holbert, Loveland, OH (US);
Assignee:
Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
549480 ; 549475 ; 556420 ; 560180 ;
Abstract
This application relates to a stereospecific process for preparing specific enantiomers of 4-amino-4,5-dihydro-2-furancarboxylic acid and C.sub.1-6 lower alkyl esters thereof. These compounds are .gamma.-aminobutyric acid transaminase inhibitors useful in the treatment of epilepsy.