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US 4,228,295 AGranted
Novel cycloheptathiophene intermediates for the synthesis of biotin
AssigneeHoffmann-La Roche Inc.
InventorsPasquale N. Confalone, Elizabeth D. Lollar, Giacomo Pizzolato, Milan R. Uskokovic
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Abstract
A novel process for the preparation of biotin is disclosed wherein said process employs inexpensive starting materials and reagents resulting in the obtention of biotin devoid of the biologically inactive stereoisomers.
Claims3
A compound of the formula:
- ##STR23## wherein Q is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, --COR.sub.4, --COCX.sub.3 and tosyl where R.sub.4 is lower alkyl and X is halogen, the racemates and optical antipodes thereof.
A compound of the formula:
- ##STR25## the acid salts thereof, the racemates and optical antipodes thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.