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An improved and scalable process for the synthesis of ezetimibe: An antihypercholesterolemia drug

Sasikala,Padi, Pratap Reddy,Sunkara, Vishnuvardhan,Ramayya, Pattabhi,Dubey,Uppala, Venkata Bhaskar Rao,Praveen, Cherukupally

, p. 907 - 910 (2009)

An efficient, cost-effective and large-scale synthesis of ezetimibe 1, an antihypercholesterolemia drug, is described. Chiral oxazolidinone chemistry was used to fix the required stereochemistry of the β-lactam ring, and the chiral oxazaborolidine chemistry was used to fix the hydroxyl group stereochemistry. The synthesis significantly lowers the cost and provides easy access to ezetimibe on large scale.