Investigating Scale-Up and Further Applications of DABAL-Me<sub>3</sub> Promoted Amide Synthesis
作者:Darren S. Lee、Zacharias Amara、Martyn Poliakoff、Thomas Harman、Gary Reid、Barrie Rhodes、Steve Brough、Thomas McInally、Simon Woodward
DOI:10.1021/acs.oprd.5b00101
日期:2015.7.17
Methods for the batch scale up of DABAL-Me-3 promoted direct ester to amide synthesis have been demonstrated at 10-100 g scales using a tert-amide model compound. Procedures for 20 g scale couplings in standard laboratory glassware and up to 0.1 kg in industry-standard jacketed glass reactors in near quantitative yields are given. A derivative of the anticancer agent Imatinib (Gleevec) has been synthesized on a 26 g scale (98% yield, >98% purity) establishing DABAL-Me-3 as a potential alternative for the synthesis of amides in API scale preparations. Continuous flow methodology provides a method for larger scales (productivities of >50 g h(-1)). In addition, nitriles were coupled to primary amines and hydrazines with DABAL-Me-3, resulting in the clean formation of free amidines (16 examples) and amidrazones.