Process for the production of biotin precursors
US4851540A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 1, 1987 |
| Grant date | Jul 25, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 1, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P20/55
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Process for the production of imidazole derivatives of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is an (R)- or (S)-1-phenylalkyl group, an (R)- or (S)-1-alkoxycarbonyl-1-phenylmethyl group or an (R)- or (S)-1-aryloxycarbonyl-1-phenylmethyl group, R.sub.2 is hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkanoyl group, an unsubstituted or a substituted benzoyl group, a substituted or an unsubstituted benzyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, and aryloxycarbonyl group, an alkoxyalkyl group, a pyranyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted benzenesulfonyl group, an alkylsulfonyl group, a diarylphosphinyl group, a dialkoxyphosphinyl group or a trialkylsilyl group, and A is a sulfur or oxygen atom. A tetronic acid of the formula: ##STR2## wherein A has the above-mentioned meaning, is reacted with a diazonium salt, converting the resultant arylazotetronic acid or the tautomeric arylhydrazone in a further step with a chiral amine into an arylazoamino compound, reducing the arylazoamino compound, converting the resultant diamine, with phosgene or a phosgene-equivalent reagent, into the corresponding imidazole and optionally introducing a protective group by reaction with a substituted or unsubstituted …
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