Rulin Zhao, Zhenqiu Hong, Bei Wang, Daniel Smith, Joseph M. Pawluczyk, Shishir Chourey, Roshan Y Nimje, Basavraj Koli, Manibalan Chidambaram, Ramakrishna Panchakharla, Anuradha Gupta, Pravin Shirude, Brian Fink, James Kempson, Arvind Mathur
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Abstract
An efficient large-scale synthesis of 2a·HCl, a key fragment to several KRAS inhibitors, is described. Optimization to a previously reported racemic route by Merck includes the development of a catalytic exocyclic olefin oxidation using RuCl3/NaIO4, followed by a highly diastereoselective reduction of the resulting ketone. A second-generation approach was then developed. The highlight of this synthesis includes a one-step intramolecular nucleophilic ring cyclization of 35a or 35b via a stable chelate with lithium cation 38 to give a stereoselective product, bicyclic scaffold 36a, with excellent diastereoselectivity and good yields. Consecutive deoxyfluorination followed by the reduction of benzyl ester 37a afforded 2a·HCl without the need for chiral separation utilized in the first-generation approach.
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The journal Organic Process Research & Development serves as a communication tool between industrial chemists and chemists working in universities and research institutes. As such, it reports original work from the broad field of industrial process chemistry but also presents academic results that are relevant, or potentially relevant, to industrial applications. Process chemistry is the science that enables the safe, environmentally benign and ultimately economical manufacturing of organic compounds that are required in larger amounts to help address the needs of society. Consequently, the Journal encompasses every aspect of organic chemistry, including all aspects of catalysis, synthetic methodology development and synthetic strategy exploration, but also includes aspects from analytical and solid-state chemistry and chemical engineering, such as work-up tools,process safety, or flow-chemistry. The goal of development and optimization of chemical reactions and processes is their transfer to a larger scale; original work describing such studies and the actual implementation on scale is highly relevant to the journal. However, studies on new developments from either industry, research institutes or academia that have not yet been demonstrated on scale, but where an industrial utility can be expected and where the study has addressed important prerequisites for a scale-up and has given confidence into the reliability and practicality of the chemistry, also serve the mission of OPR&D as a communication tool between the different contributors to the field.