US Patent 7563914 Method for preparing paclitaxel

The invention concerns a method for preparing paclitaxel characterized in that it consists in starting with 10-deacetyl-baccatine in accordance with a “one-pot” reaction including the following three steps: a) protecting the hydroxy radical in position 7 of 10-deacetylbaccatine with a silylated radical, then b) acetylating the hydroxy radical in position 10, c) optionally crystallizing the resulting baccatine III derivative, followed by condensation of (4S,5R)-3-N-benzoyl-2RS-methoxy-4-phenyl-1,3-oxazolidine-5-carboxylic acid, by esterifying in position 13 the acetylated 10-baccatine III derivative previously obtained, then opening the oxazolidine of the cyclic side chain and simultaneously releasing the hydroxy radical in position 7.