作者:Todd S. McDermott、Lakshmi Bhagavatula、Thomas B. Borchardt、Kenneth M. Engstrom、Jorge Gandarilla、Brian J. Kotecki、Albert W. Kruger、Michael J. Rozema、Ahmad Y. Sheikh、Seble H. Wagaw、Steven J. Wittenberger
DOI:10.1021/op900197r
日期:2009.11.20
A convergent, scalable Synthesis of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor, ABT-279, has been developed and demonstrated on multikilogram scale. The cis-2,5-disubstituted pyrrolidine is generated by cyclization of a Boc-amine onto an alkynyl ketone followed by stereospecific reduction of the resulting acyliminium intermediate. The amine coupling partner was prepared by a novel Hofmann rearrangement promoted by 1,3-dibromo-5,5-dimethylhydantoin. The final product was isolated as the L-malic acid salt. The scale-up campaign consisted of 15 steps and delivered 42 kg of ABT-279 in 14% overall yield. A second-generation Synthesis that addresses some of the issues encountered during scale-up was developed and demonstrated on kilogram scale.