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Synthesis of C-pyrazole alcohol 12
a white solid (37 mg, 6.6 mCi) in 94% yield. The RCP was 99.7% by HPLC3.
The product was dissolved in 20.0 ml of MeCN solution and used in the
next step.
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To a solution of C-vinylogous acid 18 (160 mg, 0.375 mmol) in EtOH
4.0 ml) was added hydrazine hydrate (91 μl, 1.88 mmol) at RT. The reaction
(
was heated to 55 °C for 10 min then cooled to RT and stored in À20 °C
freezer over 2 days. The crude product was warmed to RT and concentrated
to oil. Purification via Biotage (10 g SNAP column, 1–15% MeOH/DCM) led
to 155 mg of C-pyrazole alcohol 12 as light yellow oil with 98.7% RCP
by RP-HPLC1 in 94% yield.
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Synthesis of [ C]MK 3102 API (low SA)
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[
C]MK 3102 high SA (0.30 ml, 0.099 mCi, 0.33 mCi/ml in MeCN) was
concentrated under reduced pressure and mixed with unlabeled
MK-3102 (999 mg). The mixed solid was co-evaporated with DCM
(5.0 ml) under reduced pressure then dissolved in DCM (5.80 ml) at 30 °
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Synthesis of C-sulfonylated pyrazole 8 and 8a
C under N
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. Isopropyl acetate (9.60 ml) was added dropwise in 15 min.
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h. Heptane (2.90 ml) was added over 10 min and stirred at 25 °C under
2
for 1 h. The suspension was filtered and the solid was washed with
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To a solution of C-pyrazole alcohol 12 (155 mg, 0.35 mmol, 19.4 mCi) in
DCM (5.0 ml) was added Hünig’s base (184 μl, 1.06 mmol) and cooled to
The suspension was gradually cooled to 25 °C and stirred under N
2
N
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2
°C under N . MsCl (69 μl, 0.88 mmol) was added dropwise and the
reaction was allowed to warm to RT. Analysis by HPLC1 after 30 min
showed ~70% conversion to the sulfonylated pyrazole 8a and 8. Hence
additional Hünig’s base (61 μl) and MsCl (14 μl) were added and stirred
in the same condition. After >90% conversion was achieved, the reaction
was concentrated and purified via Biotage (10 g SNAP column, 1–15%
MeOH/DCM, gradient) to give 183 mg (11.5 mCi, 59% yield) mixture of
heptane (2 × 3 ml). The solid was dried under vacuum to generate the
final product, [ C]MK 3102 API (912 mg, 0.0841 uCi/mg, 76.7 Ci) in 91%
yield. The purity of the final API is 99.3% RCP by HPLC3.
The batch was fully released and successfully used in a human AME
clinical study.
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C-sulfonylated pyrazole 8a and 8 (8: 8a = 15:85) as a yellow solid with
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Conclusion
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7.0% RCP of (8a + 8) by RP-HPLC2. LC-MS m/z: 501 [M + H] .
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A new radiolabeled synthon C-biphenylmethylformate was
synthesized from readily available biphenylmethyl bromide and
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Synthesis of C-sulfonylated pyrazole 8 through
isomerization
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C-sodium formate in one step in 92% yield. The [ C]MK 3102
high specific activity batch was synthesized in five steps from
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To the flask containing the mixture of C-sulfonylated pyrazole 8a and 8
183 mg, 11.5 mCi) was added 1.0 ml of THF (anhydrous). The resulting
cloudy yellow suspension was cooled to 0 °C and KOtBu (0.12 ml, 1.0 M
in THF) was added over 5 min. The slurry was stirred at 0 °C under N
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C-biphenylmethylformate with 25% overall yield through a
dehydration/sulfonation–isomerization sequence. The batch was
(
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used to prepare the clinical [ C]MK 3102 API and successfully used
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for 2 h, then warmed to RT and stirred for an additional 2 h. Analysis by for the human AME study with the tracer labeling approach
HPLC2 showed that the reaction had stalled. The suspension was combined with AMS for analysis.
quenched with EtOAc (30 ml) and H
of sat’d NaHCO to adjust the pH to ~7. The mixture was extracted with
DCM (3 × 30 ml). The combined organic phase was dried over Na SO
filtered and concentrated. The crude product was purified by Teledyne
Isco CombiFlash® systems (40 g Gold silica column, 0-10% CH OH/
DCM), 5.0 mCi of the desired regioisomer 8, 2.7 mCi of the undesired
regioisomer 8a and 2.0 mCi of the des-SO Me 13 were isolated. The
2
O (10 ml), followed by the addition
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The authors are grateful to Dr. Ingrid Mergelsberg and Mr. Nelo
Rivera for helpful discussions and proofreading of the paper.
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recovered undesired isomer 8a (2.7 mCi) was recycled. The reaction References
was set up as described above but a volume of only 0.10 ml THF was
used, which is 57% less volume compared to the above procedure. The
reaction reached 99% conversion within 3 h, and an additional 2.0 mCi
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