Patent ID: 6906098

Claim:
A compound of the following structural formula 1 or an epimer at C(″4) wherein n is 0, 1, 2 or 3; R is H; ethanoyl, propanoyl, or benzoyl; R1 is H, methyl, ethyl, or isopropyl; R2 is H, methyl, or ethyl; R3 is H, methyl, or ethyl; R4 is H, methyl, ethyl, tert-butyl, phenyl, p-hydroxyphenyl, p-methoxyphyl, or p-nitrophonyl, or wherein Y is a C 1 -C 4 straight or branched-chain alkoxy, hydroxyl or wherein W is N, R5 is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, or methyl ethanoate 2-yl, and R6 is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, or n-propyl, or R5 and R6 together with the N to which they are attached form a pyrrolidino or piperidine ring; X is OH, a C 1 -C 4 straight or branched-chain alkoxy, a primary amino, a N-alkylamino wherein the alkyl is a straight-chain alkyl groups containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, methyl ethanoate-2-yl, N-phenylamino, p-nitrophenyl, N,N-dimethylamino, N,N-diethylamino, N,N-di(n-propyl)amino, N-pyrrolidino, or N-piperidino.