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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. 02, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 19, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roger D Tung, Arlington, MA (US);
Thomas E D'Ambra, North Greenbush, NY (US);
Assignee:
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Cambridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
560 16 ; 549518 ; 549552 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to functionalized ketones and novel processes for synthesizing those ketones. The processes of this invention are especially well suited for synthesizing .alpha.-methyl leaving group functionalized ketones. This invention also relates to processes for using .alpha.-methyl leaving group functionalized ketones to produce other compounds and intermediates useful in those processes.