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Methods for making simvastatin and intermediates

US7700329B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 20, 2004
Grant dateApr 20, 2010
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 13, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07D309/30
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention provides synthetic chemical and chemoenzymatic methods of producing simvastatin and various intermediates. In one aspect, enzymes such as hydrolases, e.g., esterases, are used in the methods of the invention.

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