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Synthesis of (-)-oseltamivir by using a microreactor in the curtius rearrangement
Ishikawa, Hayato,Bondzic, Bojan P.,Hayashi, Yujiro
experimental part, p. 6020 - 6031 (2011/12/15)
A microflow reaction of the Curtius rearrangement by using trimethylsilyl azide as an azide source, followed by trapping of the generated isocyanate with a nucleophile was established, which is safe, inexpensive, and suitable for large-scale synthesis. By this flow reaction in the Curtius rearrangement and recrystallization of the late-stage acetamide intermediate the third-generation synthesis of (-)-Oseltamivir has been established, which is efficient, practical, and safe. A safe and efficient total synthesis of (-)-Oseltamivir has been developed by using the Curtius rearrangement with a microflow system, which avoids the isolation of a hazardous and potentially explosive intermediate. In addition, the product, possessing an acetamide group, was easily purified by recrystallization. Thus, this procedure can be scaled up as an industrial process.
