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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1996
Nicholas James Bach, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Stephen Richard Baker, Surrey, GB;
Jeremy Gilmore, Surrey, GB;
Russell Andrew Lewthwaite, Cambridge, GB;
Alexander McKillop, Norwich, GB;
Jason Scott Sawyer, Indianapolis, IN (US);
George Richard Stephenson, Norwich, GB;
Michael William Urquhart, Kent, GB;
The University of East Anglia, Norwich, GB;
Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A process for producing a compound of the formu5la ##STR1## comprising the step of reacting a compound of the formula ##STR2## with a compound of the formula ##STR3## to form a compound of the formula ##STR4## wherein R.sup.2a is selected from the groups recited above for R.sup.2, or R.sup.2a --X-- is a protected hydroxyl group, and Z is a group of formula --Y--R.sub.5 recited above, or a group that can be converted into a group of said formula --Y--R.sup.5. Intermediates of formula IV and composition containing substantially optically pure enantiomers of Formula (I) are included within the scope of the invention.