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Syntheses of (S)-fenfluramine from (R) or (S)-1-propan-2-ol
Goument, B.,Duhamel, L.,Mauge, R.
, p. 450 - 458 (2007/10/02)
(R) and (S)-1-propan-2-ol 3 are useful intermediates in the synthesis of fenfluramine (S)-1.They can be obtained from optically active propylene oxide (R) or (S)-7.The alcohol (R)-3 was transformed in two steps into (S)-fenfluramine using the action of ethylamine on a sulfonate (R)-4.We describe a new one-pot synthesis for (S)-fenfluramine from the azide (S)-5, which was obtained from the alcohol (R)-3 in two steps.We also propose an original and rapid procedure to transform the alcohol (S)-3 into (S)-fenfluramine via the chloride (R)-14 and the azide (S)-5, without preliminary inversion of the alcohol.All of these reactions have been achieved without any loss of chirality.Keywords - 1-propan-2-ol / fenfluramine / asymmetric synthesis / chiral methyloxirane / nucleophilic substitution