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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:
Jan. 19, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung, Darmstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ; C07D / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
5483154 ; 5483421 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of racemic pilosinine derivatives as precursor for the alkaloid pilocarpine of pharmacological importance from a 5-formyl-1-alkylimidazole of the formula I ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is a straight-chain or branched alkyl chain with 1-6 C atoms which, via the stage of the thioacetal, is added onto .gamma.-crotonolactone.