Stereoselective Preparation of a Cyclopentane-Based NK1 Receptor Antagonist Bearing an Unsymmetrically Substituted Sec−Sec Ether
作者:Jeffrey T. Kuethe、Jean-Francois Marcoux、Audrey Wong、Jimmy Wu、Michael C. Hillier、Peter G. Dormer、Ian W. Davies、David L. Hughes
DOI:10.1021/jo061268x
日期:2006.9.1
A highly efficient synthesis of the potent and selective NK-1 receptor antagonist 1 is described. The key transformation involved the etherification reaction between cyclopentanol 12 and chiral imidate 30 which was catalyzed by HBF4 to initially give ether 14 as a 17:1 mixture of diastereomers and in 75% combined yield. The diastereoselectivity was upgraded to 109:1 by crystallization of the triethylamine solvate 44 which was isolated in 54% yield from 12. Mechanistic studies confirmed that the etherification reaction proceeds through an unprecedented S(N)2 reaction pathway under typical S(N)1 reaction conditions.