Appeal No. 95-0865 Application 08/08/007,950 18. A nitroimidazole in its tetrabutylammonium salt form is described at page 1312. 19. A reaction of nitroimidazole in its tetrabutylammonium salt form with a benzyl halide (e.g., benzyl chloride; first example in Table 1) proceeds generally along the following lines (chemical reaction equation is not balanced): Slusarchyk European Patent Application 0 352 013 20. Slusarchyk is similar to Bisacchi. As will become apparent, however, there are some differences. 21. Slusarchyk describes the preparation of Compound 15, which is a 2-amino-6-chloro-9-[3-monosubstituted] purine having the formula (page 7, line 47 through page 8, line 10): - 11 -Page: Previous 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007