Daniel P. Walker, John R. Rizzo, Mai Khanh Hawk, Matthew J. Genzink, Antonio Navarro, Dajiang Jing, Srinivas Gangula, Silong Zhang, Jianfei Dai, Panpan Sun
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Abstract
Herein, we describe the development of steps 5–7
for a large-scale
process to synthesize muvalaplin, a small-molecule lipoprotein(a)
inhibitor for the potential reduction of major adverse cardiovascular
events in participants with established cardiovascular disease or
at risk for a first cardiovascular event. Each step was optimized,
leading to improvements in safety, robustness, and cost of goods that
ultimately resulted in a 41% yield increase over three steps and a
60% reduction in PMI compared to the original discovery synthesis.
The process was safely scaled to >100 kg, thus ensuring clinical
supply
and laying the foundation for a commercial route.
期刊介绍:
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.