The convergent scale-up synthesis of two complex TRPV1 antagonists to support exploratory toxicology studies is described. Both compounds contain three chiral centers introduced by asymmetric synthesis with chiral control being critical for the success of the project. Preparation of the key cyclopropyl intermediate utilised an asymmetric cyclopropanation using thermally unstable ethyl diazoacetate. Ellman's auxiliary was used to synthesize the chiral R-methyl benzylamine fragments. This paper highlights some of the key synthetic challenges, processing issues, and safety aspects from the scale-up of this chemistry.
The totally diastereoselective synthesis of new P-stereogenic (o-hydroxyaryl)diazaphospholidines, in the form of their borane complexes 4a-4h, is described. The efficiency of this procedure is based both, on a one-pot and totally diastereoselective synthesis of the precursors (ortho-bromoaryloxy)diazaphosphospholidine-borane complexes 3a-3h, and on a stereoselective P-O to P-C migration rearrangement. A X-ray
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