Process for producing fused imidazole compound, reformatsky reagent in stable form, and process for producing the same
申请人:Nuwa Shigeru
公开号:US20050043544A1
公开(公告)日:2005-02-24
The present invention provides an industrially advantageous process for producing a steroid C
17,20
lyase inhibitor represented by the general formula (I):
and a Reformatsky reagent in a stable form suitable for the process.
In the present invention, a compound represented by the general formula (I) is produced by reducing a specific β-hydroxy ester compound derivative or a salt thereof obtained from a specific carbonyl compound in a Reformatsky reaction in the presence of a metal hydride complex and a metal halide, and then subjecting it to a ring-closing reaction. In the above Reformatsky reaction, it is useful to use a stable solution of a compound represented by the general formula BrZnCH
2
COOC
2
H
5
or a crystal of the compound which is represented by the formula (BrZnCH
2
COOC
2
H
5
.THF)
2
.