Improvement of the C-glycosylation Step for the Synthesis of Remdesivir
Fei Xue1, Xinbo Zhou2, Ruijie Zhou1
1Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province, and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China.
Abstract:
The bulk supply of the antiviral C-nucleoside analogue remdesivir is largely hampered by a low-yielding C-glycosylation step in which the base is coupled to the pentose unit. Here, we disclose a significantly improved methodology for this critical transformation. By utilizing diisopropylamine as a cost-effective additive, the addition reaction furnishes an optimal yield of 75% of the desired ribofuranoside adduct, representing the highest yield obtained thus far for this key step. The method proved suitable for hectogram scale synthesis without column chromatographic operations.
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