| abstract |
Process for the preparation of reactive, couplable derivatives of the thyroid hormones 3,3',5-triiodothyronine (T3) and 3,3',5,5'-tetraiodothyronine (T4) by reaction with reactive carboxylic acid derivatives, which process comprises sylylating all the functional groups of the thyroid hormone by reaction with a reactive triorganosylyl derivative and then reacting the persylylated derivative of the thyroid hormone thus obtained with an activated carboxylic acid derivative. |