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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 21, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
K. S. Keshava Murthy, Brantford, CA;
Stephen E. Horne, Burlington, CA;
Gamini Weeratunga, Brantford, CA;
Shawn Young, Brantford, CA;
Assignee:
Brantford Chemicals Inc., Brantford, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
Abstract
A process for manufacturing Simvastatin is provided comprising reacting lovastatin with an organic boronic acid to produce a derivative of lovastatin (lovastatin phenylboronate) methylating the 2-methylbutyryloxy group on the lovastatin derivative to form a 2,2-dimethylbutyryloxy group on the lovastatin derivative and thereafter removing the boronate group to produce simvastatin.