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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2007
Applicants:
Keisuke Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Ken Ohmori, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Higuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D 311/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for producing flavan derivatives having various substituent groups with controlling the stereochemistry. The method of the present invention includes the steps of: hydratively condensing a phenol compound expressed by formula (I) and an alcohol compound expressed by formula (II) to from an epoxide compound of formula (III); opening the epoxy ring of the epoxide compound of formula (III) to form an iodine-containing compound of formula (IV); and cyclizing the iodine-containing compound to form the flavan derivative of formula (V).