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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2010
Megan Alene Foley, Somerville, MA (US);
Timothy F. Jamison, Somerville, MA (US);
Oljan Repic, Randolph, NJ (US);
Megan Alene Foley, Somerville, MA (US);
Timothy F. Jamison, Somerville, MA (US);
Oljan Repic, Randolph, NJ (US);
Novartis AG, Basel, CH;
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a novel process for opening a lactone and/or a lactam ring. More particularly, the present invention provides a process that employs a novel catalyst in the opening of a lactone ring and/or a lactam ring. Additionally, the present invention also provides a novel deprotection process of any protecting group present in either the lactone ring-containing and/or lactam ring-containing compound and/or in the ring-opened product thereof.