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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:
Sep. 02, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 23, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Andrew S Thompson, Mountainside, NJ (US);
Edward G Corley, Old Bridge, NJ (US);
Martha Huntington, Edison, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
585359 ; 585534 ;
Abstract
An improved synthesis of cyclopropylacetylene involving cyclization of 5-halo-1-pentyne in strong base is disclosed, and is useful for preparing compounds with a cyclopropylethynyl substituent, such as an intermediate for a highly potent HIV reverse transcriptase inhibitor or other pharmaceutically active compounds.