Continuous and convergent access to vicinyl amino alcohols

Chem Commun (Camb). 2015 Oct 21;51(82):15133-6. doi: 10.1039/c5cc06093a. Epub 2015 Sep 1.

Abstract

Five active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) containing the vicinyl amino alcohol moiety were synthesized using a convergent chemical assembly system. The continuous system is composed of four flow reaction modules: biphasic oxidation, Corey-Chaykovsky epoxidation, phenol alkylation, and epoxide aminolysis. Judicious choice of reagents and module order allowed for two classes of β-amino alcohols, aryl and aryloxy, to be synthesized in good (27-69%) overall yields.

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / chemical synthesis
  • Antihypertensive Agents / chemical synthesis
  • Bronchodilator Agents / chemical synthesis
  • Chemistry Techniques, Synthetic
  • Epichlorohydrin / chemistry
  • Epoxy Compounds / chemical synthesis
  • Phenoxypropanolamines / chemical synthesis*
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Anti-Arrhythmia Agents
  • Antihypertensive Agents
  • Bronchodilator Agents
  • Epoxy Compounds
  • Phenoxypropanolamines
  • Epichlorohydrin