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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2014
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Rahway, NJ (US);
Feng Xu, Staten Island, NY (US);
Richard Desmond, Lebanon, NJ (US);
Guy R. Humphrey, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Hongming Li, Westfield, NJ (US);
Ji Qi, Beijing, CN;
Rebecca T. Ruck, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Zhiguo Jake Song, Edison, NJ (US);
Tao Wang, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Yong-Li Zhong, Edison, NJ (US);
Jeonghan Park, Whippany, NJ (US);
Laura Marie Artino, Oakhurst, NJ (US);
Richard John Varsolona, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Rahway, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention includes compounds useful as intermediates in the preparation of macrolactams, methods for preparing the intermediates, and methods for preparing macrolactams. One use of the methods and intermediates described herein is in the production of macrolactam compounds able to inhibit HCV NS3 protease activity. HCV NS3 inhibitory compounds have therapeutic and research applications.