The Chemical Development of CI-972 and CI-1000: A Continuous Nitration, A MgCl<sub>2</sub>/Et<sub>3</sub>N-Mediated C-Alkylation of a Chloronitropyrimidine, A Catalytic Protodediazotization of a Diazonium Salt, and an Air Oxidation of an Amine
作者:Randall L. De Jong、James G. Davidson、Gary J. Dozeman、Philip J. Fiore、Punam Giri、Margaret E. Kelly、Timothy P. Puls、Ronald E. Seamans
DOI:10.1021/op000298d
日期:2001.5.1
Efficient, large-scale processes were developed for the preparation of the potent PNP inhibitors 2,6-diamino-3,5-dihydro-7-(3-thienylmethyl)-4H-pyrrolo[3,2-d]pyrimidin-4-one hydrochloride, monohydrate (1) and 2-amino-3,5-dihydro-7-(3-thienylmethyl)-4H-pyrrolo[3,2-d]pyrimidin-4-one hydrochloride, monohydrate (2), We report (1) a safe, continuous nitration process for the preparation of 2-amino-6-chloro-5-nitro-4-pyrimidinol (8a) and its stable diisopropylamine salt (8b), (2) the first MgCl2/ Et3N-mediated C-alkylation of a chloronitropyrimidine, (3) a rare catalytic protodediazotization of the diazonium salt 2-amino-4-oxo-7-thiophen-3-ylmethyl-4,5-dihydro-3H-pyrrolo[3,2-d]pyrimidine-6-diazonium chloride (14), (4) a single-step process to prepare 2 directly from 2-amino-6-hydroxy-5-nitro-alpha-(3-thienylmethyl)-4-pyrimidineacetonitrile (12) using a sponge nickel-catalyzed reduction, and (5) a method to convert the over-reduction by-product 2,5-diamino-6-(1-aminomethyl-2-thiophen-3-yl-ethyl)-pyrimidin-4-ol (16) into 2 using air oxidation.