Process for the manufacture of the calcium salt of rosuvastatin (E)-7-[4-(4-fluorophenyl)-6-isopropyl-2-[methyl(methylsulfonyl)amino]-pyrimidin-5-yl](3R,5S)-3,5-Dihydroxyhept-6-enoic acid and crystalline intermediates thereof
US9371291B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 19, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jun 21, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 14, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P20/55
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process for the manufacture of the calcium salt of (E)-7-[4-(4-fluorophenyl)-6-isopropyl-2-[methyl(methylsulfonyl)amino]pyrimidin-5-yl](3R,5S)-3,5-dihydroxyhept-6-enoic acid, useful as an HMGCoA reductase inhibitor, from a compound of the formula (7)wherein A is an acetal or ketal protecting group and R is alkyl, via isolated crystalline compounds of the formula (8) or of formula (10)is described. Crystalline intermediates of formulae 7, 8 and 10 are also described.
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