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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:
Dec. 06, 1994
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Lonza Ltd., Gampel/Valais, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
548544 ;
Abstract
Process for the production of 4-hydroxy-2-oxoyrrolidin-1-yl-acetamide, a cerebrally active pharmaceutical agent. A 4-halo-3-alkoxy-butenoic acid ester is reacted with glycine to new intermediate products of the formula: ##STR1## There is further by acid hydrolysis of the alkoxy group, subsequent hydrogenation, esterification of the carboxyl function and finally conversion to the end product by reaction with ammonia.