Patent ID: 8461393

Claim:
A method for synthesizing a compound according to Formula I, comprising: hydrolyzing a compound represented by Formula A wherein x is an integer between 0 and 4 inclusive; R an alcohol protecting group or is selected from the group consisting of H, straight or branched (C 1 -C 6 )alkyl, (C 6 -C 14 )aryl, and (C 6 -C 14 )aryl(C 1 -C 6 )alkylene-; and R a , R b and R c are each independently selected from the group consisting of H, straight or branched (C 1 -C 6 )alkyl, (C 3 -C 6 )cycloalkyl, (C 3 -C 14 )aryl, (C 3 -C 14 )aryl(C 1 -C 6 )alkylene- and (C 3 -C 6 )cycloalkyl(C 1 -C 6 )alkylene-.