Synthesis of Akt Inhibitor Ipatasertib. Part 2. Total Synthesis and First Kilogram Scale-up
作者:Travis Remarchuk、Frederic St-Jean、Diane Carrera、Scott Savage、Herbert Yajima、Brian Wong、Srinivasan Babu、Alan Deese、Jeffrey Stults、Michael W. Dong、David Askin、Jonathan W. Lane、Keith L. Spencer
DOI:10.1021/op500270z
日期:2014.12.19
Herein, the first-generation process to manufacture Akt inhibitor Ipatasertib through a late-stage convergent coupling of two challenging chiral components on multikilogram scale is described. The first of the two key components is a trans-substituted cyclopentylpyrimidine compound that contains both a methyl stereocenter, which is ultimately derived from the enzymatic resolution of a simple triester starting material, and an adjacent hydroxyl group, which is installed through an asymmetric reduction of the corresponding cyclopentylpyrimidine ketone substrate. A carbonylative esterification and subsequent Dieckmann cyclization sequence was developed to forge the cyclopentane ring in the target. The second key chiral component, a beta(2)-amino acid, is produced using an asymmetric aminomethylation (Mannich) reaction. The two chiral intermediates are then coupled in a three-stage endgame process to complete the assembly of Ipatasertib, which is isolated as a stable mono-HCl salt.