Three-Step Synthesis of the Antiepileptic Drug Candidate Pynegabine
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Three-Step Synthesis of the Antiepileptic Drug Candidate Pynegabine
Abstract
Pynegabine, an antiepileptic drug candidate in phase I clinical trials, is a structural analog of the marketed drug retigabine with improved chemical stability, strong efficacy, and a better safety margin. The reported shortest synthetic route for pynegabine contains six steps and involves the manipulation of highly toxic methyl chloroformate and dangerous hydrogen gas. To improve the feasibility of drug production, we developed a concise, three-step process using unconventional methoxycarbonylation and highly efficient Buchwald-Hartwig cross coupling. The new synthetic route generated pynegabine at the decagram scale without column chromatographic purification and avoided the dangerous manipulation of hazardous reagents.
Keywords: Buchwald–Hartwig cross coupling; antiepileptic drug; pynegabine.
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The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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