title: Use of statistical design of experiments in the optimization of amide synthesis utilizing polystyrene-supported N-hydroxybenzotriazole resin.
abstract: Two fields that routinely perform reaction optimization studies are chemical development (prior to scale-up) and medicinal or combinatorial chemistry (prior to analogue synthesis or library production). To date, the use of statistical design of experiments (DoE) in conjunction with automated synthesizers has been applied in process research to a greater extent than in the medicinal or combinatorial laboratories. We have applied DoE in conjunction with an automated synthesizer to optimize the synthesis of amides employing resin-bound N-hydroxybenzotriazole (PS-HOBt) active esters as intermediates. This methodology allowed the rapid development of an improved protocol for the parallel synthesis of amides by conversion of carboxylic acids to PS-HOBt esters followed by treatment with appropriate amines. Product isolation involved only simple filtration and evaporation.
authors.affiliation: Argonaut Technologies, 1101 Chess Drive, Foster City, California 94404, USA. ogooding@argotech.com
authors.forename: Owen W
authors.initials: OW
authors.lastname: Gooding
authors.forename: Lanchi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vo
authors.forename: Sukanta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhattacharyya
authors.forename: Jeff W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Labadie
mesh_terms: D000577:Amides / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D020650:Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques; D015195:Drug Design; D011137:Polystyrenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D012117:Resins, Synthetic / Q000737:chemistry; D014230:Triazoles / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000577:Amides; D011137:Polystyrenes; D012117:Resins, Synthetic; D014230:Triazoles