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SECTION C — CHEMISTRY AND METALLURGY

CHEMISTRY

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ORGANIC CHEMISTRY (such compounds as the oxides, sulphides, and oxysulphides of carbon, cyanogen, phosgene, hydrocyanic acid and salts thereof Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C01; macromolecular compounds Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C08; dyes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C09; fermentation products Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C12; production of organic compounds by electrolysis or electrophoresis Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C25B 3/00)

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Note(s) Salts of a compound, unless specifically provided for, are classified as that compound, e.g. aniline hydrochloride is classified as containing carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen only (in Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07C 87/52), sodium oxalate is classified as oxalic acid (in Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07C 55/06), and a mercaptide is classified as the mercaptan. Metal chelates are dealt with in the same way. Similarly, metal alcoholates and metal phenates are classified in Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07C and not in sub-class Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07F— the alcoholates in Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07C 31/28-C07C 31/32 and the phenates as the corresponding phenols in Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07C 39/00. Salts formed between two or more organic compounds are classified as the compound providing the essential ion with secondary classification as the compound providing the other ion. In the absence of an indication to the contrary, and with the exception referred to below, a compound is always classified in the last appropriate place in the classification system, e.g. a compound containing an acyclic chain and a heterocyclic ring is classified only as a heterocyclic compound, and a sterol is classified only as a cyclopentanophenanthrene compound. In general, and in the absence of an indication to the contrary (such as groups Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07C 59/25, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07C 59/26), the terms "acyclic" and "aliphatic" are used to describe compounds in which there is no ring; and, if a ring were present, the compound would be taken by the "last place" rule to a later group for cycloaliphatic or aromatic compounds, if such a group exists. Where a compound or an entire group of compounds exists in tautomeric forms, it is classified as though existing in the form which is classified last in the system, unless the other form is specifically mentioned earlier in the system. Albumens, proteins, alkaloids of unknown structure, glucosides of unknown structure are examples of compounds to be found unter Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07G. Inventions dealing with chemical compounds and their preparation are classified in the groups for the type of compound prepared. The processes of preparation should be secondarily classified in the groups for the types of reaction employed when such groups exist. General processes for the preparation of a class of compounds falling into more than one main group are classified in the groups for the processes employed when such groups exist. The compounds prepared may be secondarily classified in the groups for the types of compounds prepared.

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GENERAL METHODS AND APPARATUS OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

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ACYCLIC AND CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS

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Note(s) Inventions dealing with chemical compounds and their preparation are classified in the groups for the type of compound prepared. The processes of preparation should be secondarily classified in the groups for the types of reactions employed when such groups exist. General processes for the preparation of a class of compounds falling into more than one main group are classified in the groups for the processes employed when such groups exist. The compounds prepared may be secondarily classified in the groups for the types of compounds prepared. The term "preparation" in main-groups is to be understood as including purification, separation or stabilisation unless a separate main-group is provided therefor.

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HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS (cyclo-peptides, peptides containing proline, hydroxyproline, histidine or tryptophane Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07C 103/52; steroids containing hetero rings Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07J)

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Note(s) Notes on scope A compound containing a saccharide radical is classified in Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07H. For a definition of the therm "saccharide radical" see Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07H. Where a compound may exist in tautomeric forms, it is classified as though existing in the form which is classified last in the system. Therefore, double bonds between ring members and non-ring members and double bonds between ring members themselves are considered equivalent in determining the degree of hydrogenation of the ring. Formulae are considered to be written in Kekulé form. For the purpose of this sub-class, the following definitions apply: A "hetero ring" is a ring having at least one halogen, nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur, selenium, or tellurium atom as a ring member. Two rings are "condensed" if they share at least one ring member, i.e. "spiro" and "bridged" are considered as condensed. The term "bridged" denotes the presence of at least one fusion other than ortho, peri and spiro. A "condensed ring system" is a ring system in which all rings are condensed among themselves. The "number of relevant rings" in a condensed ring system equals the number of scissions necessary to convert the ring system into one acyclic chain. The "relevant rings" in a condensed ring system are chosen according to the following criteria consecutively: Lowest number of ring members; Highest number of hetero atoms as ring members; Lowest number of members shared with other rings; Last place in the classification scheme. For the purpose of classification, the following rules apply: Compounds having only one hetero ring are classified in the last appropriate place in one of the groups Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07D 203/00-C07D 347/00. The same applies for compounds having more hetero rings covered by the same main group, neither condensed among themselves nor condensed with a common carbocyclic ring system. Compounds having two or more hetero rings covered by different main groups neither condensed among themselves nor condensed with a common carbocyclic ring system are classified in the last appropriate place in one of the groups Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07D 401/00-C07D 421/00. Compounds having two or more relevant hetero rings, covered by the same or by different main groups, which are condensed among themselves or condensed with a common carbocyclic ring system, are classified in the last appropriate place in one of the groups Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07D 451/00-C07D 519/00. When applying the "last place rule", an acyclic side-chain on a hetero ring is considered to be terminated by every bond to a ring an element other than carbon a carbon atom having three bonds to hetero atoms, with at the most one bond to halogen, e.g. ester or nitrile radicals. For example, the compound: is classified in Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07D 203/10 and not in Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07D 203/12. In compounds containing a hetero ring covered by group Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07D 295/00 and at least one other hetero ring, the hetero ring covered by group Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07D 295/00 is considered as an acyclic chain containing nitrogen atoms. In this sub-class it is desirable to add, in conformity with paragraph 61 of the Guide, after the double oblique stroke the symbols relating to complementary information concerning individual constituents of an invention unit which is already classified as such. The set of classification symbols allotted to such complementary information is placed between brackets; first, the classification symbol of the invention unit is indicated again, followed by the symbol relating to each of the individual components, chosen according to the following guidelines: For compounds classified in groups Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07D 203/00-C07D 347/00 one or more appropriate places which precede the classification place may be given as complementary information, e.g. in order to show essential substituents. In compounds containing two or more hetero rings covered by different main groups, neither condensed among themselves nor with a common carbocyclic ring system, each hetero ring is shown as complementary information. The appropriate marks are determined by scission of all other hetero rings and considering them as substituents. The locations of the scissions are chosen so as to obtain the substituents which appear in the later place in the classification, e.g. the relevant rings of are considered to be For compounds containing one condensed ring system having two or more relevant hetero rings, and for which no specific group is provided, all relevant rings having hetero atoms as ring members are shown as complementary information. These rings are indicated by the main group symbols of groups Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07D 203/00-C07D 347/00, except of groups Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07D 207/00, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07D 211/00-C07D 219/00, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07D 233/00, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07D 295/00 and Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07D 309/00. For compounds containing two ore more condensed ring systems each having two or more hetero rings, each condensed system is shown as complementary information. The appropriate marks are found in the groups Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07D 451/00-C07D 517/00 and determined by considering separately each condensed system in turn.

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ACYCLIC, CARBOCYCLIC, OR HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS CONTAINING ELEMENTS OTHER THAN CARBON, HYDROGEN, HALOGEN, OXYGEN, NITROGEN, SULPHUR, SELENIUM, OR TELLURIUM (metal-containing porphyrins Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07D 487/22)

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Note(s) Organic acid salts, alcoholates, phenates, chelates or mercaptides are classified as the parent compounds. Attention is also drawn to Note (1) following the class title of class Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07. [2]

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COMPOUNDS OF UNKNOWN CONSTITUTION

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SUGARS; DERIVATIVES THEREOF (derivatives of aldonic or saccharic acids Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07C, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07D; aldonic acids, saccharic acids Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07C 59/17; cyanohydrins Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07C 121/36; glycals Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07D; compounds of unknown constitution Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07G; polysaccharides, derivatives thereof Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C08B; sugar and starch industry Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C13) [2]

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Note(s) This sub-class is concerned with compounds containing saccharide radicals. Excluded are polysaccharides which for the purpose of this sub-class are defined as having more than five saccharide radicals attached to each other by glycosidic linkages. A "saccharide radical" is derived from acyclic polyhydroxy-aldehydes or acyclic polyhydroxy-ketones, or from their cyclic tautomers, by removing hydrogen atoms or by replacing hetero bonds to oxygen by the same number of hetero bonds to halogen, nitrogen, sulphur, selenium, or tellurium, in accordance with either of the following definitions: A "saccharide radical" consists of an uninterrupted carbon skeleton and oxygen atoms directly attached thereto, and is considered to be terminated by every bond to a cyclic structure and by every bond to a carbon atom having three bonds to hetero atoms, e.g. ester or nitrile radicals, and contains within the carbon skeleton an unconjugated sequence of at the most six carbon atoms in which at least three carbon atoms—at least two in the case of a skeleton having only four carbon atoms—have one single bond to an oxygen atom as the only hetero bond., and in a cyclic or acyclic sequence, at least one other carbon atom has two single bonds to oxygen atoms as the only hetero bonds, or in an acyclic sequence, at least one other carbon atom has one double bond to an oxygen atom as the only hetero bond. A "saccharide radical" is also a radical derived from a radical as defined in (a) above by replacing at the most four of the specified hetero bonds to oxygen by the same number of hetero bonds to halogen, nitrogen, sulphur, selenium, or tellurium. [2] Attention is drawn to the notes following the title of class Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07. [2] In the absence of an indication to the contrary, a compound is classified in the last appropriate place. [2] The terms "heterocyclic radical" and "hetero ring" are considered to exclude saccharide radicals as defined above. [2]

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STEROIDS (Seco-steroids Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07C) [2]

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Note(s) This sub-class comprises compounds containing a cyclopenta (a) phenanthrene skeleton or a ring structure derived therefrom by contraction or expansion of one ring by one or two atoms, by contraction or expansion of two rings each by one atom, by contraction of one ring by one atom and expansion of one ring by one atom, by substitution of one or two carbon atoms of the cyclopenta (a) phenanthrene skeleton by hetero atoms, in combination with the above defined contraction or expansion or not, or by condensation with carbocyclic or heterocyclic rings in combination with one or more of the foregoing alterations or not. [2]