title: Novel synthetic approach to 6,7-dihydro-5H-imidazo[1,5-a]-pyrazin-8-ones.
abstract: [reaction: see text] A novel route to highly substituted chiral 6,7-dihydro-5H-imidazo[1,5-a]pyrazine-8-ones starting from Meldrum's acid is disclosed. The key features of the methodology are the incorporation of amino esters as a chiral pool and facile mild intramolecular cyclization to form the pyrazine ring. Incorporation of various substituents at different stages of the synthesis from various building block sets makes this methodology readily amenable to parallel synthesis.
authors.affiliation: Chemical and Screening Sciences, Wyeth Research, Pearl River, New York 10965, USA. gopalsa@wyeth.com
authors.forename: Ariamala
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gopalsamy
authors.forename: Mengxiao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shi