PROCESSES FOR THE PREPARATION OF SUMATRIPTAN AND RELATED COMPOUNDS
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Abstract not available for EP1226116 Abstract of corresponding document: WO0134561 The present invention relates to a process for preparing phenylhydrazines of formula (I) in which R represents CH2SO2NHCH3, CH2CH2SO2Ph, CH2CH2SO2NHMe or a group of structure (A), (B), (C), in which a diazonium salt of formula (II) in which X represents an anion derived from hydrochloric acid, sulphuric acid, acetic acid, phosphoric acid, tetrafluoroboric acid or hydrobromic acid is reduced by a dithionite salt. The resulting phenylhydrazines can be converted to the corresponding indole derivatives by the Fischer indole synthesis.
Inventors:
Holman, Nicholas John (GB)
Friend, Christopher Lyndon (GB)