Development of a First-Generation Stereocontrolled Manufacturing Process of TRPA1 Inhibitor GDC-6599

Abstract

We report a fit-for-purpose, stereocontrolled, and chromatography-free first-generation manufacturing process for GDC-6599 (1), a TRPA1 inhibitor, to enable first-in-human clinical trials. Key steps in the process include consecutive KREDmediated asymmetric ketone reductions, nucleophilic cyanation, 1,2,4-oxadiazole formation, and late stage purinone N-alkylation. The 13-step process successfully produced 4.39 kg of GDC-6599 (1) in 11% overall yield with 99.6 A% HPLC purity, >99.9:0.1 er, and >99.9:0.1 dr.