Appeal No. 95-0865 Application 08/08/007,950 Bisacchi contains an extensive discussion of the manner in which protective groups are removed (col. 8, line 17 through col. 10, line 14). Step (c) involves treatment of the deprotected compound to convert the Y group from a chloro ()Cl) to an oxo group to 1 produce the compound [1R-(1",2$,3")]-2-amino-9-[2,3- bis(hydroxymethyl)-cyclobutyl]-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one according to the following reaction scheme: Slusarchyk describes the conversion of a chloro-compound to an oxo-compound (page 8, lines 28-48). - 35 -Page: Previous 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007