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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1999
Gerard Anthony Quash, Francheville, FR;
Jacques Gore, Calluire et Cuire, FR;
Guy Fournet, Villeurbanne, FR;
Abstract
The present invention provides 6,8-Dimercaptooctanoic acid derivatives substituted at the 6-S and/or 8-S position with the (3-methylthiopropanoyl) radical, wherein they correspond to the following formula (I): ##STR1## in which: R represents OR.sub.3 or ##STR2## R.sub.3 representing a hydrogen atom, a linear or branched alkyl radical, or a radical of the formula ##STR3## n being an integer from 1 to 10 and r' and r', which are identical or different, representing a hydrogen atom, a linear or branched alkyl radical or, taken together, form with the nitrogen atom, a nitrogen-containing heterocycle optionally substituted with an optionally substituted oxygen or nitrogen atom,