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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:
Oct. 27, 1992
Filed:
Aug. 24, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals Company, Limited, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
549519 ; 549556 ;
Abstract
A process for selective production of a threo-epoxy compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein Ar is a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group and R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each a lower alkyl group, which comprises reacting a ketone compound of the formula: ##STR2## wherein Ar, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each as defined above with a sulfur methylide of the formula: ##STR3## wherein A is a lower alkyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group and B is a lower alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group or a di(lower)-alkylamino group in an aqueous organic solvent.