A PROCESS TO PREPARE FLORFENICOL.

Application 806/CHE/2003 published 2006-05-26, filed 2003-10-06
An industrially advantageous process to prepare a broad spectrum antibiotic, Florfenicol of Formula I is disclosed. The process makes use of a novel N-acylated oxazolidine derivative, namely (4R,5R)-3- acetyl- 2,2-dimethyl-4-hydrox ymethyl-5-[ 4-( methylsulfonyl )phenyl]-l ,3 -oxazolidine, represented by Fonnula II

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AUROBINDO PHARMA LIMITED,
PLOT NO-2, MAITRIVIHAR COMPLEX,

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Classification: A 61 K 31/165
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