Process for the preparation of N-acetyl neuraminic acid derivatives
US5597933A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 8, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jan 28, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 8, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P20/55
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The invention provides a method for the preparation of the compound of formula(I) ##STR1## which comprises catalytic hydrogenolysis of a compound of formula (II) ##STR2## (wherein R is H or a C.sub.1-4 alkyl group and R.sup.1 is H or a hydroxyl protecting group for example an acyl group such as acetyl) in aqueous formic acid followed, where necessary, by hydrolysis.
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