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Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003

Filed:

Dec. 04, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:

Masahiro Urushihara, Kanagawa, JP;

Yoshitomi Morizawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 6/974 ; C07C 6/934 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 6/974 ; C07C 6/934 ;
Abstract

An alkene (1) is added to cyclopentenone (2) under the action of an alkyl lithium and an organic copper reagent to form an adduct, said adduct is reacted with e.g. a carboxylic anhydride (4) to obtain a prostaglandin derivative (6), which is then treated with a nitrogen-containing compound such as 2,2′-bipyridyl to efficiently remove the organic copper reagent used in the synthesis and by-products derived from said reagent, to obtain a purified prostaglandin derivative (6) having a high purity:


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