Preparation of highly enantiopure stereoisomers of 1-(2,6-dimethylphenoxy)-2-aminopropane (mexiletine)
作者:Riina Aav、Omar Parve、Tõnis Pehk、Alf Claesson、Ivar Martin
DOI:10.1016/s0957-4166(99)00311-0
日期:1999.7
Mexiletine [1-(2,6-dimethylphenoxy)-2-aminopropane], an orally effective antiarrhythmic agent, exhibits enantioselective pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics during mexiletine therapy. The purpose of this paper is to emphasize the advantage of tetrahydropyranyl-protected mandelic acid (THPMA) in the resolution of mexiletine enantiomers. Both enantiomers of mexiletine were obtained in 99% enantiomeric excess. Judging by the differential shielding effects in the H-1 and C-13 NMR analyses, we have observed the opposite predominant conformation for the mexiletine mandelates in comparison with the O-methylmandelates. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.