Synthesis of 3-aminopyrazinone mediated by 2-pyridylthioimidate-ZnCl2 complexes. Development of an efficient route to a thrombin inhibitor

…, L DiMichele, DJ Mathre, JR Chilenski…

Index: Chung, John Y. L.; Cvetovich, Raymond J.; Tsay, Fuh-Rong; Dormer, Peter G.; DiMichele, Lisa; Mathre, David J.; Chilenski, Jennifer R.; Mao, Bing; Wenslow, Robert Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2003 , vol. 68, # 23 p. 8838 - 8846

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Abstract

A six-step preparation of thrombin inhibitor drug candidate 1 from pyrazinone 7 in 47% overall yield is described. The problem of low reactivity between weak amine nucleophile 4 and poor electrophile 3-bromopyrazinone 17 was overcome with the use of pyridinylthioimidate 27 in the presence of ZnCl2 to afford adduct 3 in high yield. Several zinc complexes were characterized by solution and solid-state NMR and X-ray crystallographic ...