Heung Mo Kang, Chang Sang Moon, Yunchan Nam, Jiwoong Lim, Jiewan Kim, Tae-Hee Lee, Junho Lee, Mun Seog Chang* and Jae Yeol Lee*,
{"title":"Optimization and Scale-Up Synthesis of a Lappaconitine Alkaloid Derivative, QG3030, as a Novel Osteoanabolic Agent","authors":"Heung Mo Kang, Chang Sang Moon, Yunchan Nam, Jiwoong Lim, Jiewan Kim, Tae-Hee Lee, Junho Lee, Mun Seog Chang* and Jae Yeol Lee*, ","doi":"10.1021/acs.oprd.4c0034410.1021/acs.oprd.4c00344","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.oprd.4c00344https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.oprd.4c00344","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Our previous work revealed that the novel lappaconitine alkaloid derivative, <b>QG3030</b> (<b>6</b>), has an enhanced osteogenesis effect in the ovariectomized rat model without acute oral toxicity. <b>QG3030</b> (<b>6</b>) recently received approval for the Investigational New Drug application for its osteoporosis treatment from the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety. Therefore, the need for an economical, large-scale production of <b>QG3030</b> (<b>6</b>) motivated the development of a novel synthetic procedure for its clinical studies. We herein report an efficient, safe, and cost-effective synthesis of <b>QG3030</b> (<b>6</b>) as a clinical candidate for osteoporosis treatment. As an optimized synthetic procedure, the reaction of lappaconitine·HBr (<b>1</b>·HBr, 1.0 kg scale) with co-oxidizing agents PhI(OAc)<sub>2</sub>-TEMPO (1.5 and 2 equiv) as a key step in a mixed EtOAc-acetone solution (v/v = 2/1) furnished α,β-unsaturated ketone (<b>4</b>), which was then treated with aq. NaOH to provide pure <b>QG3030</b> (<b>6</b>, 352 g) in 58% overall yield with a purity of 99.8% after crystallization from EtOH–CH<sub>2</sub>Cl<sub>2</sub>. This pilot synthetic procedure was performed three times, and the reproducible results were obtained with both nearly identical yields and purities.</p>","PeriodicalId":55,"journal":{"name":"Organic Process Research & Development","volume":"28 12","pages":"4328–4337 4328–4337"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142858569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tristan M. McGinnis, Noah Porter, Apparao Bokka, Kun-Liang Wu, Brooke Gill, Jared Abbruzzese, Aaron M. Whittaker, Srinath Thirumalai rajan
{"title":"Process Development to Synthesize SGD-11275 Utilizing a Pd-Catalyzed Acetamide Arylation and Gallium-Mediated Friedel–Crafts Acylation","authors":"Tristan M. McGinnis, Noah Porter, Apparao Bokka, Kun-Liang Wu, Brooke Gill, Jared Abbruzzese, Aaron M. Whittaker, Srinath Thirumalai rajan","doi":"10.1021/acs.oprd.4c00375","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.oprd.4c00375","url":null,"abstract":"An improved synthesis of SGD-11275 was developed to address inefficiencies in cost, time, and safety associated with the previous supply route. The new route features a Buchwald-Hartwig amination with acetamide optimized by high-throughput experimentation as well as a GaCl<sub>3</sub>-mediated Friedel–Crafts acylation. Subsequent amide hydrolysis was demonstrated from the isolated Friedel–Crafts product and as a through-process with equal effectiveness. The new route reduced the commercial synthesis by three steps and increased the overall yield by 18.6%.","PeriodicalId":55,"journal":{"name":"Organic Process Research & Development","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142712873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tristan M. McGinnis*, Noah Porter, Apparao Bokka, Kun-Liang Wu, Brooke Gill, Jared Abbruzzese, Aaron M. Whittaker and Srinath Thirumalai rajan,
{"title":"Process Development to Synthesize SGD-11275 Utilizing a Pd-Catalyzed Acetamide Arylation and Gallium-Mediated Friedel–Crafts Acylation","authors":"Tristan M. McGinnis*, Noah Porter, Apparao Bokka, Kun-Liang Wu, Brooke Gill, Jared Abbruzzese, Aaron M. Whittaker and Srinath Thirumalai rajan, ","doi":"10.1021/acs.oprd.4c0037510.1021/acs.oprd.4c00375","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.oprd.4c00375https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.oprd.4c00375","url":null,"abstract":"<p >An improved synthesis of SGD-11275 was developed to address inefficiencies in cost, time, and safety associated with the previous supply route. The new route features a Buchwald-Hartwig amination with acetamide optimized by high-throughput experimentation as well as a GaCl<sub>3</sub>-mediated Friedel–Crafts acylation. Subsequent amide hydrolysis was demonstrated from the isolated Friedel–Crafts product and as a through-process with equal effectiveness. The new route reduced the commercial synthesis by three steps and increased the overall yield by 18.6%.</p>","PeriodicalId":55,"journal":{"name":"Organic Process Research & Development","volume":"28 12","pages":"4400–4406 4400–4406"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142858859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Minji Kim, Hyewon Hwang, Yong-Tae Kim and In Seok Hong*,
{"title":"Atom-Economical and Environmentally Friendly Bts-Based Purine PNA Monomers without Base-Protecting Groups","authors":"Minji Kim, Hyewon Hwang, Yong-Tae Kim and In Seok Hong*, ","doi":"10.1021/acs.oprd.4c0041310.1021/acs.oprd.4c00413","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.oprd.4c00413https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.oprd.4c00413","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Traditionally, Fmoc/Bhoc or Bts/Bhoc monomers have been employed in the solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) of peptide nucleic acids (PNAs). The primary function of the Bhoc group as a base-protecting group is to prevent the exocyclic amine of the nucleobase from participating in the coupling reaction and to enhance the solubility of the monomer in the coupling solvent. However, regarding the nucleophilicity of the base, only the exocyclic amine at C4 of cytosine exhibits significant nucleophilicity, while the exocyclic amines of adenine (N6) and guanine (N2) have minimal nucleophilic character. In fact, the protection of the exocyclic amine in purine bases during SPPS is unnecessary if the sole objective is to improve the monomer’s solubility. In this study, we synthesized novel purine monomers based on cyclic Bts that lack base-protecting groups. Using these unprotected monomers, PNA oligomers were synthesized via the SPPS method and the crude purities of these oligomers were compared with those synthesized using fully Bhoc-protected monomers. The crude purity of 15-mer PNA oligomers using six purine monomers without protecting groups was superior to that of oligomers synthesized from Bts/Bhoc monomers. Moreover, we demonstrated that these unprotected monomers are effective for synthesizing poly purine PNA oligomers, which are otherwise challenging to synthesize by SPPS. As a result, we have synthesized the first Bts-based purine monomers without base-protecting groups, offering a more atom-efficient and environmentally friendly alternative to conventional Bhoc-protected purine monomers for large-scale PNA oligomer production.</p>","PeriodicalId":55,"journal":{"name":"Organic Process Research & Development","volume":"28 12","pages":"4492–4500 4492–4500"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142867871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Minji Kim, Hyewon Hwang, Yong-Tae Kim, In Seok Hong
{"title":"Atom-Economical and Environmentally Friendly Bts-Based Purine PNA Monomers without Base-Protecting Groups","authors":"Minji Kim, Hyewon Hwang, Yong-Tae Kim, In Seok Hong","doi":"10.1021/acs.oprd.4c00413","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.oprd.4c00413","url":null,"abstract":"Traditionally, Fmoc/Bhoc or Bts/Bhoc monomers have been employed in the solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) of peptide nucleic acids (PNAs). The primary function of the Bhoc group as a base-protecting group is to prevent the exocyclic amine of the nucleobase from participating in the coupling reaction and to enhance the solubility of the monomer in the coupling solvent. However, regarding the nucleophilicity of the base, only the exocyclic amine at C4 of cytosine exhibits significant nucleophilicity, while the exocyclic amines of adenine (N6) and guanine (N2) have minimal nucleophilic character. In fact, the protection of the exocyclic amine in purine bases during SPPS is unnecessary if the sole objective is to improve the monomer’s solubility. In this study, we synthesized novel purine monomers based on cyclic Bts that lack base-protecting groups. Using these unprotected monomers, PNA oligomers were synthesized via the SPPS method and the crude purities of these oligomers were compared with those synthesized using fully Bhoc-protected monomers. The crude purity of 15-mer PNA oligomers using six purine monomers without protecting groups was superior to that of oligomers synthesized from Bts/Bhoc monomers. Moreover, we demonstrated that these unprotected monomers are effective for synthesizing poly purine PNA oligomers, which are otherwise challenging to synthesize by SPPS. As a result, we have synthesized the first Bts-based purine monomers without base-protecting groups, offering a more atom-efficient and environmentally friendly alternative to conventional Bhoc-protected purine monomers for large-scale PNA oligomer production.","PeriodicalId":55,"journal":{"name":"Organic Process Research & Development","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142712966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development of a Scalable Method for the Synthesis of Ethoxy(pentafluoro)cyclotriphosphazene","authors":"Lijun Zhu, Desheng Zhang, Zilong Li, Raoling Ge, Banglong Wan, Qiang Tian* and Pengfei Xu*, ","doi":"10.1021/acs.oprd.4c0024310.1021/acs.oprd.4c00243","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.oprd.4c00243https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.oprd.4c00243","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Ethoxy(pentafluoro)cyclophosphazene (<b>1</b>) exhibits excellent flame retardancy and various biological activities, and there are numerous synthesis methods available. However, most of these methods have certain problems and shortcomings, such as the use of expensive raw materials and toxic and harmful reagents. To address these issues and uncertainties, we reported the development of a facile and sustainable synthesis method of <b>1</b>, which involves only two concise chemical steps. In this process, the first step contains the reaction of hexachorocyclotriphosphazene (<b>3</b>) with sodium fluoride to yield hexafluorocyclotriphosphazene (<b>2</b>). The second step includes ethoxylation using an ethoxylation reagent, ethanol, and sodium hydroxide as an acid-binding agent to produce <b>1</b> with good quality and an overall yield of 76%. Several advantages are offered by this new synthetic approach, including good reactivity, high yield, low cost, environmental friendliness, and, finally, being industrially viable. The optimized process has been successfully demonstrated on a large scale to support the development of the new energy electric vehicle industry.</p>","PeriodicalId":55,"journal":{"name":"Organic Process Research & Development","volume":"28 12","pages":"4294–4302 4294–4302"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142858837","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development of a Scalable Method for the Synthesis of Ethoxy(pentafluoro)cyclotriphosphazene","authors":"Lijun Zhu, Desheng Zhang, Zilong Li, Raoling Ge, Banglong Wan, Qiang Tian, Pengfei Xu","doi":"10.1021/acs.oprd.4c00243","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.oprd.4c00243","url":null,"abstract":"Ethoxy(pentafluoro)cyclophosphazene (<b>1</b>) exhibits excellent flame retardancy and various biological activities, and there are numerous synthesis methods available. However, most of these methods have certain problems and shortcomings, such as the use of expensive raw materials and toxic and harmful reagents. To address these issues and uncertainties, we reported the development of a facile and sustainable synthesis method of <b>1</b>, which involves only two concise chemical steps. In this process, the first step contains the reaction of hexachorocyclotriphosphazene (<b>3</b>) with sodium fluoride to yield hexafluorocyclotriphosphazene (<b>2</b>). The second step includes ethoxylation using an ethoxylation reagent, ethanol, and sodium hydroxide as an acid-binding agent to produce <b>1</b> with good quality and an overall yield of 76%. Several advantages are offered by this new synthetic approach, including good reactivity, high yield, low cost, environmental friendliness, and, finally, being industrially viable. The optimized process has been successfully demonstrated on a large scale to support the development of the new energy electric vehicle industry.","PeriodicalId":55,"journal":{"name":"Organic Process Research & Development","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142684789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Morgan E. John*, Daven Foster, Stephen A. Moggach, George A. Koutsantonis, Reto Dorta and Scott G. Stewart*,
{"title":"Practical, Large-Scale Preparation of Ni(tmeda)(o-tol)Cl","authors":"Morgan E. John*, Daven Foster, Stephen A. Moggach, George A. Koutsantonis, Reto Dorta and Scott G. Stewart*, ","doi":"10.1021/acs.oprd.4c0040810.1021/acs.oprd.4c00408","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.oprd.4c00408https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.oprd.4c00408","url":null,"abstract":"<p >A convenient, inexpensive synthesis of the previously reported, well-defined complex Ni(tmeda)(<i>o</i>-tol)Cl is described. This protocol enables rapid and safe access to Ni(tmeda)(<i>o</i>-tol)Cl, obviating the use of the hazardous reagent AlMe<sub>3</sub> or air-sensitive Ni(COD)<sub>2</sub>. Ni(tmeda)(<i>o</i>-tol)Cl is prepared at room temperature from commercially available and easily synthesized precursor Ni(acac)<sub>2</sub> and can be isolated at gram scale in air via simple filtration. We expect this simple method to be attractive to chemical industry and academia given the types of solvents, reaction temperature, and reagents used.</p>","PeriodicalId":55,"journal":{"name":"Organic Process Research & Development","volume":"28 12","pages":"4485–4491 4485–4491"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142858780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Morgan E. John, Daven Foster, Stephen A. Moggach, George A. Koutsantonis, Reto Dorta, Scott G. Stewart
{"title":"Practical, Large-Scale Preparation of Ni(tmeda)(o-tol)Cl","authors":"Morgan E. John, Daven Foster, Stephen A. Moggach, George A. Koutsantonis, Reto Dorta, Scott G. Stewart","doi":"10.1021/acs.oprd.4c00408","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.oprd.4c00408","url":null,"abstract":"A convenient, inexpensive synthesis of the previously reported, well-defined complex Ni(tmeda)(<i>o</i>-tol)Cl is described. This protocol enables rapid and safe access to Ni(tmeda)(<i>o</i>-tol)Cl, obviating the use of the hazardous reagent AlMe<sub>3</sub> or air-sensitive Ni(COD)<sub>2</sub>. Ni(tmeda)(<i>o</i>-tol)Cl is prepared at room temperature from commercially available and easily synthesized precursor Ni(acac)<sub>2</sub> and can be isolated at gram scale in air via simple filtration. We expect this simple method to be attractive to chemical industry and academia given the types of solvents, reaction temperature, and reagents used.","PeriodicalId":55,"journal":{"name":"Organic Process Research & Development","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142637776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Practical and Efficient Approach to Scalable Synthesis of Rucaparib","authors":"Jinjae Park, and , Cheol-Hong Cheon*, ","doi":"10.1021/acs.oprd.4c0036610.1021/acs.oprd.4c00366","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.oprd.4c00366https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.oprd.4c00366","url":null,"abstract":"<p >A scalable synthesis of rucaparib was developed from methyl 5-fluoro-2-methyl-3-nitrobenzoate and 4-cyanobenzaldehyde. Methyl 5-fluoro-2-methyl-3-nitrobenzoate was converted into a 2-aminocinnamonitrile derivative, which was subjected to the imino-Stetter reaction with 4-cyanobenzaldehyde to yield trisubstituted indole-3-acetonitrile. The reduction of both nitriles, followed by azepinone scaffold construction and selective monomethylation, completed the synthesis of rucaparib. This synthetic route features the use of inexpensive starting materials, scalability, and ease of purification through recrystallization.</p>","PeriodicalId":55,"journal":{"name":"Organic Process Research & Development","volume":"28 12","pages":"4392–4399 4392–4399"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142858781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}