82413-20-5Relevant articles and documents
An expeditious synthesis of tamoxifen, a representative SERM (selective estrogen receptor modulator), via the three-component coupling reaction among aromatic aldehyde, cinnamyltrimethylsilane, and β-chlorophenetole
Shiina, Isamu,Sano, Yoshiyuki,Nakata, Kenya,Suzuki, Masahiko,Yokoyama, Toshikazu,Sasaki, Akane,Orikasa, Tomoko,Miyamoto, Tomomi,Ikekita, Masahiko,Nagahara, Yukitoshi,Hasome, Yoshimune
, p. 7599 - 7617 (2008/03/14)
Two new synthetic pathways to the anti-cancer agent tamoxifen and its derivatives were developed. The first route involved the aldol reaction of benzyl phenyl ketone with acetaldehyde followed by Friedel-Crafts substitution with anisole in the presence of Cl2Si(OTf)2 to produce 1,1,2-triaryl-3-acetoxybutane, a precursor of the tamoxifen derivatives. The second one utilized the novel three-component coupling reaction among aromatic aldehydes, cinnamyltrimethylsilane, and aromatic nucleophiles using HfCl4 as a Lewis acid catalyst to produce 3,4,4-triarylbutene, that is also a valuable intermediate of the tamoxifen derivatives. The former strategy requires a total of 10 steps from the aldol formation to the final conversion to tamoxifen, whereas the latter needs only three or four steps to produce tamoxifen and droloxifene including the installation of the side-chain moiety and the base-induced double-bond migration to form the tetra-substituted olefin structure. This synthetic strategy seems to serve as a new and practical pathway to prepare not only the tamoxifen derivatives but also the other SERMs (selective estrogen receptor modulators) including estrogen-dependent breast cancer and osteoporosis agents.
Nitrate prodrugs able to release nitric oxide in a controlled and selective way and their use for prevention and treatment of inflammatory, ischemic and proliferative diseases
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, (2008/06/13)
New pharmaceutical compounds of general formula (I): F-(X)q where q is an integer from 1 to 5, preferably 1; -F is chosen among drugs described in the text, -X is chosen among 4 groups -M, -T, -V and -Y as described in the text. The compounds of general formula (I) are nitrate prodrugs which can release nitric oxide in vivo in a controlled and selective way and without hypotensive side effects and for this reason they are useful for the preparation of medicines for prevention and treatment of inflammatory, ischemic, degenerative and proliferative diseases of musculoskeletal, tegumental, respiratory, gastrointestinal, genito-urinary and central nervous systems.
Preparation of grignard reagents: FTIR and calorimetric investigation for safe scale-up
Ende, David J.,Clifford, Pamela J.,Deantonis, David M.,Santamaria, Charles,Brenek, Steven J.
, p. 319 - 329 (2013/09/08)
Preparation of Grignard reagents from organic halides and magnesium pose potential safety hazards on scale-up due to their high exothermic potential which can lead to overpressurization, discharge of contents, or explosion. One of the main challenges arises in ensuring the reaction has initiated before excessive accumulation of organic halide occurs or that the reaction does not stall and then reinitiate. Specifically, in production-scale equipment, it is sometimes difficult to ascertain whether initiation has occurred at all and whether it is safe to proceed. By using in situ infrared technology (FTIR), we have developed a method for safer scale-up of Grignard chemistry that can definitively identify that initiation has occurred. The process would involve adding approximately 5% of the organic halide charge and waiting for the initiation to occur using an in situ FTIR probe. FTIR spectroscopy can be used to monitor the accumulation of the halide and reveal when initiation occurs by the resulting decrease in the infrared absorbance. Once it has been determined that the organic halide has reacted as a result of the initiation, it is safe to proceed with the remaining halide charge. The organic halide concentration can then be continuously monitored after initiation to ensure the reaction does not stall or to halt the feed if it does stall. Further, it was shown that IR can be used to quantify the amount of water that is present in THF which is needed to confirm that the THF is dry. The IR results along with reaction calorimetry and ventsizing data are discussed.
