A stereoselective, catalytic strategy for the in-flow synthesis of advanced precursors of rasagiline and tamsulosin

Autor: Davide Brenna, Maurizio Benaglia, Anthony J. Burke, Margherita Pirola, Laura Raimondi
Přispěvatelé: Waldmann, Herbert
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC)-FCT-Sociedade da Informação
instacron:RCAAP
ISSN: 0968-0896
DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2017.01.023
Popis: The diastereoselective, trichlorosilane-mediate reduction of imines, bearing different and removable chiral auxiliaries, in combination either with achiral bases or catalytic amounts of chiral Lewis bases, was investigated to afford immediate precursors of chiral APIs (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients). The carbon-nitrogen double bond reduction was successfully performed in batch and in flow mode, in high yields and almost complete stereocontrol. By this metal-free approach, the formal synthesis of rasagiline and tamsulosin was successfully accomplished in micro(meso) flow reactors, under continuous flow conditions. The results of these explorative studies represent a new, important step towards the development of automated processes for the preparation of enantiopure biologically active compounds.
Databáze: OpenAIRE