INTERMEDIATES AND PROCESSES FOR 6-CARBOXY HMG-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS

摘要

F/3 6072S/1352A 17666 TITLE OF INVENTION INTERMEDIATES AND PROCESSES FOR 6-CARBOXY HMG-CoA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS This invention discloses intermediates and a process for the preparation of 6-desmethyl-6-carboxy derivatives of lovastatin and analogs thereof at the 8-acyl side chain. The compounds of the invention are of the general formula: