Appeal No. 2001-1932 Application No. 08/829,512 APPENDIX Claims 18 and 19 18. A process for the preparation of an amide of formula: I wherein: A1 is nitrogen or CR1, A2 is nitrogen or CR2, A3 is nitrogen or CR3, A4 is nitrogen or CR4, and A5 is nitrogen or CR5, with the proviso that at least one of the ring members is A1 to A5 is nitrogen and that two nitrogen atoms are not bonded directly to one another; R1 to R5,if present, independently of one another are each a member of the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-4,-alkyl or aryl, also one of the substituents R1 to R5 being a group of the formula -OR, in which R is an aromatic radical, a heteroaromatic radical, an aromatic radical substituted with at least one lower alkyl, halogerated [sic] alkyl, lower alkoxy, lower alkylthio or alkanesulfonyl, or (p-) fluorophenyl, or a hetero- aromatic radical substituted with at least one lower alkyl, halogenated alkyl, lower alkoxy, lower alkylthio or alkanesulfonyl; R6 is hydrogen or C1-4-alkyl; and 11Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007