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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 1999
Filed:
May. 28, 1997
Guang-Zhong Wu, Somerville, NJ (US);
Xing Chen, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Yee-Shing Wong, Florham Park, NJ (US);
Doris P Schumacher, Bedminster, NJ (US);
Martin Steinman, Livingston, NJ (US);
Schering Corporation, Kenilworth, NJ (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a process for producing a compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are as defined in the specification, which comprises the steps of: (a) reacting a lactone with an imine to obtain a chiral diol of the formula IV; (b) oxidizing the diol to obtain an aldehyde of formula V; (c) condensing the aldehyde with an enolether followed by dehydration to obtain a compound of formula VI; (d) hydrogenating the compound of formula VI to obtain a ketone of formula VII; and (e) chirally catalytically reducing the ketone, wherein steps (b)-(d) are shown in the following reaction scheme: ##STR2##