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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2000

Filed:

Jul. 22, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:

Ramesh N Patel, Bridgewater, NJ (US);

Laszlo J Szarka, East Brunswick, NJ (US);

Amit Banerjee, Yardley, PA (US);

Clyde G McNamee, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C07C / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435129 ; 435280 ; 435822 ;
Abstract

An enzymatic reduction method, particularly a stereoselective enzymatic reduction method, for the preparation of halohydrins from haloketones. The halohydrin products are particularly useful in the preparation of epoxides, which may be employed as intermediates in the preparation of protease inhibitors such as retroviral protease inhibitors.


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