Patent ID: 6900342

Claim:
A process for the preparation of taxanes comprising wherein R is a tert. butoxycarbonyl or benzoyl group; PMP is p-methoxyphenyl group; G 1 is acetyl group; G 2 is haloacetyl group comprising a) protecting the C-7 hydroxyl group of 10-deacetylbaccatin III with haloacetyl chlorides and then acetylating the C-10 hydroxyl group with acetyl chloride to obtain a protected 10-deacetylbaccatin III (1); b) subjecting the protected 10-deacetylbaccatin III (1) to coupling with an oxazolidine-5-caboxylic acid of formula 2 wherein R is tert. butoxycarbonyl or benzoyl; PMP is p-methoxyphenyl group in the presence of a condensation agent and an activating agent to obtain C-13 esters of formula 3; c) treating the coupled products 3 with weak acidic medium to open the oxazolidine ring to obtain intermediates of formula 4; wherein R is a tert. butoxycarbonyl or benzoyl group; G 1 is acetyl group; G 2 is haloacetyl group; and d) subjecting the intermediates of compound 4 to selective deprotection of haloacyl group in the presence of acetyl group under mild alkaline condition at −20 to +40° C. for 6-24 h in the presence of ammonia or aliphatic amine or aromatic amines or their combination to obtain paclitaxel or docetaxel.