Patents by Inventor Catherine M. Gasparski

Catherine M. Gasparski has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Process for the preparation of 3-substituted-2-azetidinones
    Patent number: 5250676
    Abstract: Provided is a process for diastereoselectively preparing compounds of the formula ##STR1## which includes the step of subjecting a compound of the formula ##STR2## to a salt whose anion is a nucleophilic base whose conjugate acid has a pKa in the range of between about -7 to about 14, or a silylated derivative of the salt; whereinR.sub.1 is said nucleophile;R is hydrogen, or protected amino,R.sub.2 is R.sub.4 as defined herein below;R.sub.3 is a leaving group; andR.sub.4 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, or a group of the formula--CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --R.sub.6whereinR.sub.6 is 2-furyl, naphthyl, phenyl, phenyl substituted with 1, 2 or 3 substituents selected from C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkylthio, nitro, halo, carboxy and amido; orR.sub.6 is a group of the formula--COOR.sub.7or--COSR.sub.7in whichR.sub.7 is selected from C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkenyl, benzyl, phenyl, or benzyl or phenyl substituted with 1, 2 or 3 substituents selected from C.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1993
    Assignee: University of Notre Dame du Lac
    Inventors: Catherine M. Gasparski, Marvin J. Miller, Min Teng