Process for the preparation of tetrasubstituted imidazole derivatives and novel crystalline structures thereof

US7067671B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Hua Zhong · Acton, US
• Silke Dubberke · Frankenthal (Pfalz), DE
• Stefan Muller · Weil am Rhein, DE
• Armin Rossler · Tengen, DE
• Thomas W. Schultz · Edina, US
• Daniel Korey · Yardley, US
• Thomas Otten · Zürich, CH
• Donald G. Walker · Pipersville, US
• Ahmed Abdel-Magid · Ambler, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 22, 2002
• Grant date: Jun 27, 2006
• Expiry date: Dec 25, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07D213/51
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process for preparing tetrasubstituted imidazole derivatives of the general formula (I) The present invention further relates to a process for preparing the compound of formula (II)