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Process for preparing chiral tetracyclic dopaminergic compounds

US5659037A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 5, 1995
Grant dateAug 19, 1997
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Expiry dateJun 5, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07D495/04
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for preparing a chiral tetracyclic compound of formula: ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl group and Z is oxygen, sulfur or --CH.dbd.CH--, the compounds having uses as dopamine agonists. The process involves reacting a chiral starting material and subsequent chiral intermediates in a series of chirality-preserving synthetic reactions.

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