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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Carl Francis Deering, Fennville, MI (US);
Kenneth Earl Mennen, Holland, MI (US);
Robert Ramage, Edinburgh, GB;
Assignee:
Warner-Lambert Company, Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
Abstract
An improved process for the preparation of a cyclic amino acid by a novel synthesis is described where benzonitrile is treated with an alkali metal and an amine under Birch reduction conditions to generate in situ an anionic intermediate which is alkylated with an &agr;-haloacetic acid moiety which is subsequently converted to the desired product, as well as valuable intermediates used in the process.