Preparation of a clinically investigated ras farnesyl transferase inhibitor

Peter E. Maligres; Marjorie S. Waters; Steven A. Weissman; J. Christopher McWilliams; Stephanie Lewis; Jennifer Cowen; Robert A. Reamer; R. P. Volante; Paul J. Reider; David Askin

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Preparation of a clinically investigated ras farnesyl transferase inhibitor

Peter E. Maligres, Marjorie S. Waters, Steven A. Weissman, J. Christopher McWilliams, Stephanie Lewis, Jennifer Cowen, Robert A. Reamer, R. P. Volante, Paul J. Reider, David Askin

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The synthesis of ras farnesyl-protein transferase inhibitor 1 is described on a multi-kilogram scale. Retrosynthetic analysis reveals chloromethylimidazole 2 and a piperazinone 3 as viable precursors. The 1,5-disubstituted imidazole system was regioselectively assembled via an improved Marckwald imidazole synthesis. A new imidazole dethionation procedure has been developed to convert the Marckwald mercaptoimidazole product to the desired imidazole. This methodology was found to be tolerant of a variety of functional groups providing good to excellent yields of 1,5-disubstituted imidazoles. A new Mitsunobu cyclization strategy was developed to prepare the arylpiperazinone fragment 3.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	229-241
Number of pages	13
Journal	Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry
Volume	40
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/jhet.5570400206
State	Published - 2003
Externally published	Yes

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Preparation of a clinically investigated ras farnesyl transferase inhibitor

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