- Characterization of two new degradation products of atorvastatin calcium formed upon treatment with strong acids
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Atorvastatin calcium (Lipitor, Sortis) is a well-established cholesterol synthesis enzyme (CSE) inhibitor commonly used in the therapy of hypercholesterolemia. This drug is known to be sensitive to acid treatment, but only little data has been published on the structures of the degradation products. Here we report the identification of two novel degradation products of atorvastatin, which are formed only under drastic acidic conditions. While treatment with conc. sulfuric acid led to a loss of the carboxanilide residue (accompanied by an expectable lactonization/dehydration process in the side chain), treatment with conc. aqueous hydrochloric acid gave a complex, bridged molecule under C–C-bond formation of the lactone moiety with the pyrrole, migration of the isopropyl group and loss of the carboxanilide residue. The novel degradation products were characterized by NMR spectroscopy, HRMS data and X-ray crystal structure analysis.
- Krau?, Jürgen,Klimt, Monika,Luber, Markus,Mayer, Peter,Bracher, Franz
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- PROCESS FOR PREPARING 5-(4-FLUOROPHENYL)-1-[2R,4R)-4-HYDROXY-6-OXO-TETRAHYDRO-PYRAN-2-YL)ETHYL]-2-ISOPROPYL-4-PHENYL-1H-PYRROLE-3-CARBOXYLIC ACID PHENYLAMIDE
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A method for preparing 5-(4-fluorophenyl)-1-[2R,4R)-4- hydroxy-6-oxo-tetrahydro-pyran-2-yl)ethyl]-2-isopropyl-4-phenyl-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxylic acid phenylamide (I), a key intermediate in the synthesis of atorvastatin calcium, is described.
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- NOVEL PROCESS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF 5-(4-FLUOROPHENYL)-1-[2-((2R,4R)-4-HYDROXY-6-OXO-TETRAHYDRO-PYRAN-2-YL)-ETHYL]-2-ISOPROPYL-4-PHENYL-1H-PYRROLE-3-CARBOXYLIC ACID PHENYLAMIDE
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An improved process for the preparation of 5-(4-fluorophenyl)-1-[2-((2R,4R)-4-hydroxy-6-oxo-tetrahydro-pyran-2-yl)-ethyl]-2-isopropyl-4-phenyl-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxylic acid phenylamide by a novel synthesis is described where methyl cyanoacetate is converted in eight operations or fewer to the desired product, as well as other valuable intermediates used in the process.
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