| Literature DB >> 29711532 |
Lushi Tan1, Cheng-Yi Chen1, Richard D Tillyer1, Edward J J Grabowski1, Paul J Reider1.
Abstract
Kilogram-scale synthesis of the HIV reverse transcriptase inhibitor efavirenz was achieved by means of a highly enantioselective alkynylation of prochiral ketones 1 with alkynyllithium or alkynylmagnesium reagents in the presence of chiral zinc aminoalkoxides as mediators. With the achiral auxiliary 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol (R3 =CF3 CH2 ), the efavirenz precursor 2 (R1 =H, R2 =cyclopropyl) was obtained with an ee of 99.2%. © 1999 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH, Weinheim, Fed. Rep. of Germany.Entities:
Keywords: Alkynylations; Amino alcohols; Ketones; Nucleophilic additions; Zinc
Year: 1999 PMID: 29711532 DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19990301)38:5<711::AID-ANIE711>3.0.CO;2-W
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Angew Chem Int Ed Engl ISSN: 1433-7851 Impact factor: 15.336