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US 4,526,988 AGranted
Difluoro antivirals and intermediate therefor
AssigneeEli Lilly and Company
InventorLarry W. Hertel
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Abstract
A 2,2-difluoro-2-desoxycarbohydrate is used to prepare antiviral nucleosides.
Claims3
A process for preparing a lactone of the formula ##STR11## which process comprises hydrolyzing, under very mild conditions, an alkyl 3-dioxolanyl-2,2-difluoro-3-hydroxypropionate of the formula ##STR12## wherein R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are independently C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl.
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