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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:
Jun. 25, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 28, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Marc Bonato, Aramon, FR;
Charles Eck, Schrewsbury, MA (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
546116 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to stereospecific processes for the preparation of enantiomers of 3-substituted-furo[3,4-c]pyridine of formula I, wherein R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.6 stand for various substituents, comprising the steps of: oxidation of a racemic pyridine derivative of formula II, reduction of the resulting ketone with a reducing agent, sterospecific locking or blocking of the OH group of the enantiomer alcohol, opening of the acetonide ring and cyclization of the resulting compound. ##STR1##