An economical synthesis of famciclovir

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An economical synthesis of famciclovir from N-2-acetyl-7-benzylguanine by a novel regioselective alkylation with the diester cyclopropane compound was developed.

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An Economical Synthesis of Famciclovir
Toyoto Hijiya a , Keizo Yamashita a , Mitsuhiko Kojima a , Yumiko
Uchida a , Satoshi Katayama a , Takayoshi Torii a , Hiroshi Shiragami a
& Kunisuke Izawa a
a AminoScience Laboratories , Ajinomoto Co. Inc. , Suzuki-Cho,
Kawasaki-Ku, Kawasaki, 210-8681, Japan
Published online: 04 Oct 2006.
To cite this article: Toyoto Hijiya , Keizo Yamashita , Mitsuhiko Kojima , Yumiko Uchida , Satoshi
Katayama , Takayoshi Torii , Hiroshi Shiragami & Kunisuke Izawa (1999) An Economical Synthesis of
Famciclovir, Nucleosides and Nucleotides, 18:4-5, 653-654, DOI: 10.1080/15257779908041530
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