| abstract |
Processes for making compounds of Formulae XIV, XV, and XVII ##STR1## wherein R 6 is lower alkyl, R 7 is lower alkyl, R is lower alkyl, Y is H, F or Cl, R 8 is a compound of Formula XVIII ##STR2## wherein n is 1, 2, or 3, R 11 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl and R 12 is the same as R 11 , or R 11 and R 12 together form cyclopentane or cyclohexane, and R 13 is: n (a) phenyl substituted 1 to 5 times with C 3 -C 7 secondary alkyl or C 4 -C 7 ; tertiary alkyl, or n (b) selected from the group consisting of naphthyl, anthryl, and phenanthryl optionally substituted 1 to 5 times with C 3 -C 7 secondary alkyl or C 4 -C 7 tertiary alkyl groups, n R 10 is C 6 -C 10 alkyl, aryl or alkyl aryl, n and Y is H, F or Cl, n are disclosed. These processes can be used to make optically enhanced and optically pure forms of the compounds, which are useful in the making of camptothecin and analogs thereof. |