Total synthesis of levetiracetam

Org Biomol Chem. 2019 Mar 6;17(10):2770-2775. doi: 10.1039/c9ob00111e.

Abstract

Total synthesis of levetiracetam, an active ingredient of epilepsy treatment medications, is reported. The reported method is based on a one-pot dehydration/sigmatropic rearrangement of (R,E)-hept-4-en-3-ol carbamate to the corresponding allylamine derivative, an advanced precursor of levetiracetam.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anticonvulsants / chemical synthesis*
  • Anticonvulsants / chemistry
  • Carbamates / chemistry
  • Chemistry Techniques, Synthetic
  • Levetiracetam / chemical synthesis*
  • Levetiracetam / chemistry

Substances

  • Anticonvulsants
  • Carbamates
  • Levetiracetam