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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 28, 1997
Atsusuke Terada, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshio Iizuka, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyuki Wachi, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Fujibayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Sankyo Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A process for preparing a compound of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are the same or different and each is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a heterocyclic ring which is unsubstituted or substituted and is a 5-membered or 6-membered N-heterocycle which optionally has a further heteroatom which is oxygen, nitrogen or sulfur; E is methylene; ring A is a unsubstituted or unsubstituted aryl ring, or a substituted or an unsubstituted heteroaryl ring; R.sup.3 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl and R.sup.4 is hydrogen, or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 together are a group of the formula --(CR.sup.a R.sup.b).sub.m --C(.dbd.Y)-- (IV), wherein each of R.sup.a and R.sup.b is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl, provided that there are not more than three alkyl groups in the formula (IV), m is 1, 2, or 3, and Y is two hydrogens or an oxygen; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; which process comprises reacting an acid of the formula (II) ##STR2## with an amine of the following formula (III) ##STR3##