The use of laboratory-scale equipment to measure intrinsic oxidation kinetics in supercritical
water environments was evaluated in this study. The objectives were two-fold: (1) to compare
the use of hydrogen peroxide with dissolved oxygen as an oxidant and (2) to characterize the
dynamics and intensity of mixing organic reactant and oxidant streams. Methanol was used as
the model organic as the oxidation rate exhibits a first-order dependence according to extensive
earlier studies. No statistically significant difference was observed in the reaction rates or product
distributions for the use of either dissolved oxygen gas or hydrogen peroxide that was preheated
and fully decomposed before mixing with methanol at supercritical water conditions (500 °C,
246 bar). The intensity of mixing was shown to be an important factor in determining effective
mixing times for the reactant and oxidant. Although hydrodynamic effects are certainly
dependent on the design and geometry of the mixing tee in the reactor system, fully turbulent
(Re > 10 000) cross-flow between entering oxidant and organic streams was found to reduce
mixing times to 1 s or less.
Chiral amide 1 (MK-0364, taranabant) is a potent, selective,
and orally bioavailable cannabinoid-1 receptor (CB-1R) inverse
agonist indicated for the treatment of obesity. An asymmetric
synthesis featuring a dynamic kinetic resolution via hydrogenation for the preparation of the bromo alcohol 5 is disclosed.
Conversion of the alcohol intermediate to the chiral amide 1 is
accomplished in good overall yield.
[reaction: see text] The palladium-catalyzed cyanation reaction is known to be sensitive to dissolved cyanide. Investigation into some causes of high levels of dissolved cyanide is presented here, along with a robust solution to this problem.
Taranabant (1) is a cannabinoid-1 receptor (CB1R) inverse agonist that was recently in late-stage clinical development for the treatment of obesity. The previously employed synthesis exhibited a number of shortcomings for continuing development, and in this paper we report an improved synthesis of the target molecule that is suitable for large-scale implementation. Palladium-catalyzed amidation of an enol tosylate afforded a stereodefined tetrasubstituted enamide, and asymmetric hydrogenation thereof provided the target molecule.
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