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Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitutions of 2-Halo-5-(sulfamoyl)benzoic Acids and N, O-Bis-alkylation via Phase Transfer Catalysis: Synthesis of RoRγInverse Agonist GSK2981278A
Barcan, Gregg A.,Conde, Jose J.,Mokhallalati, Mohamed K.,Nilson, Mark G.,Xie, Shiping,Allen, C. Liana,Andemichael, Yemane W.,Calandra, Nicholas A.,Leitch, David C.,Li, Ling,Morris, Michael J.
, p. 1396 - 1406 (2019/07/04)
GSK2981278A (1) is a RORγinverse agonist used as a potential topical nonsteroidal therapy for psoriasis. New synthesis of 1 was developed based on a SNAr reaction of (tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-yl)methanol with an aryl halide intermediate, prepared from 2-halobenzoic acids. The dianion underwent in situ N,O-bis-isobutylation, followed by a reduction to provide 1. The new route eliminated a genotoxic tosylate of (tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-yl)methanol and a difficult reductive amination from the original synthesis starting from methyl salicylate. A primary version of the route has been scaled up to deliver 125 kg of 1. However, the heating of a strong base in DMSO for an extended period during the bis-alkylation was found to be a safety concern for manufacturing. A safer and greener process was then developed utilizing a facile N,O-bis-alkylation, which was conducted under phase transfer conditions with mild bases such as potassium carbonate and in green solvents such as water. The concise four stage sequence from 2-halobenzoic acids to GSK2981278A (1) had an overall yield of 41%.
