Synthesis of Mepivacaine and Its Analogues by a Continuous-Flow Tandem Hydrogenation/Reductive Amination Strategy

Autor: Nicolas S. Suveges, Rodrigo O. M. A. de Souza, Bernhard Gutmann, C. Oliver Kappe
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2017:6511-6517
ISSN: 1434-193X
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201700824
Popis: Herein we report a convenient, fast, and high-yielding method for the generation of the racemic amide anaesthetics mepivacaine, ropivacaine, and bupivacaine. Coupling of α-picolinic acid and 2,6-xylidine under sealed-vessel microwave conditions generates the intermediate amide after a reaction time of only 5 min at 150 °C. Subsequent reaction in a continuous-flow high-pressure hydrogenator (H-Cube ProTM) in the presence of the respective aldehyde directly converts the intermediate to the final amide anaesthetics in a continuous, integrated, multi-step ring-hydrogenation/reductive amination protocol. Merits and limitations of the protocol are discussed.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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