An Efficient Enantioselective Synthesis of the D1 Agonist (5aR,11bS)-4,5,5a,6,7,11b-Hexahydro-2-propyl-3-thia- 5-azacyclopenta[c]phenanthrene-9,10-diol (A-86929).
(5aR,11bS)-4,5,5a,6,7,11b-Hexahydro-2-propyl-3-thia-5-azacyclopenta[c]phenanthrene-9,10-diol (A-86929, 1), a potent selective dopamine D1 agonist, was synthesized enantioselectively from D-aspartic acid. Key features of the 10-step synthesis are the following: (1) there is no chromatography required; (2) formation of 15 occurs in >99% ee; (3) the electrophilic cyclization to provide the desired trans stereochemisry in 18 is achieved with no loss of enantiomeric integrity.
Ehrlich
Paul P.
PP
Neuroscience Research Division, Pharmaceutical Product Discovery, Department 47C, Abbott Laboratories, 100 Abbott Park Road, Abbott Park, Illinois 60064-3500.
Ralston
Jeffrey W.
JW
Michaelides
Michael R.
MR