Evolution of the process strategies to prepare CEP-28122, an anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) inhibitor, is presented. The initial medicinal chemistry route, used for the preparation of key supplies for biological screening, is reviewed. In addition, the process research and development of the final optimized process for manufacture of preclinical and clinical supplies is discussed. Details regarding a blocking group strategy for selective nitration; discovery of a one-pot transfer hydrogenation to effect a reductive amination, nitro group reduction, and dehalogenation; an enzymatic resolution of a critical intermediate; and the discovery of a novel, stable, in situ generated mixed mesylate hydrochloride salt of the API are disclosed.
[formula: see text] An efficient and unique route to the 5-7-6 core of guanacatepene A (1) is described. The installation of the desired stereochemistry at the C8 position was achieved via the desymmetrization of the cyclohexadienone by reductive ring closure of the seven-membered ring. That the closure of the seven-membered ring produced only the desired isomer is hypothesized to be a result of the more stable trans relationship between the C8 and C11 methyl groups.
Fmoc-O-benzyl-l-phosphoserine is an important building block in the synthesis of Forigerimod, a phosphopeptide being investigated for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). An efficient one-pot process was developed using inexpensive, readily available starting materials. This general procedure was used to prepare a variety of protected phosphoamino acids.
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