Isonipecotic acid

MK-677, an orally active spiroindoline-based growth hormone secretagogue (GHS) agonist, discovered by Merck and currently in Phase II clinical studies, was synthesized with a Fischer indolization as a key step. The synthesis of this agonist involved a Fischer indole/reduction process and was achieved in 48% overall yield from the relatively cheap starting material, isonipecotic acid 72. ... 

A mixture of 23 parts of the ethyl ester of 4 phenylisonipecotic acid and 15 parts of 2,2-diphenyl-4-bromobutyronitrile in 19 parts of xylene is heated for 24 hours at 100°-120°C and then cooled and filtered to remove the precipitate of the hydrobromide of the ethyl ester of 4-phenylisonipecotic acid. The filtrate is then extracted with dilute hydrochloric acid and the extract is rendered alkaline by addition of concentrated aqueous potassium hydroxide and extracted with ether. This ether extract is treated with gaseous hydrogen chloride. The resulting precipitate is collected on a filter. The hydrochloride of the ethyl ester of 2,2 diphenyl-4-(4 -carboxy-4 -phenyl-1 -piperidino) butyronitrile thus obtained melts at about 220.5-222°C. See Meperidine hydrochloride for synthesis of 4-phenyl-isonipecotic acid ethyl ester. 

Synthesis of pyrazole 3 by the Medicinal Chemistry route was straightforward from N-Boc isonipecotic acid (45), so we utilized the route after some optimizations, as summarized in Table 2.4. The key 1,3-diketone intermediate 48 was prepared from 45 without issues. A minor problem in the original route was the exothermic nature of the Claisen condensation between methyl ketone 47 and methyl phenylacetate. Slow addition of l.lequiv of methyl phenylacetate to a mixture of 47, 0.2equiv of MeOH, and 2.5equiv of NaH in THF at room temperature solved this exothermic issue and reduced the amount of self-condensation of... 

Fmoc-amino acids used as building blocks of testing compounds are as follows Fmoc-Asp(OtBu)-OH, Fmoc-Cys(Trt)-OH, Fmoc-Asn(Trt)-OH, Fmoc-Gln(Trt)-OH, Fmoc-Met-OH, Fmoc-Glu(OtBu)-OH, Fmoc-Lys (Boc)-OH, Fmoc-Ile-OH, Fmoc-His(Trt)-OH, Fmoc-Tyr(tBu)-OH, Fmoc-Arg(Pmc)-OH, Fmoc-Phe-OH, Fmoc-Ser(tBu)-OH, Fmoc-Thr(tBu)-OH, Fmoc-Val-OH, Fmoc-Pro-OH, Fmoc-Trp(Boc)-OH, Fmoc-D-Ala-OH, Fmoc-D-Arg(Pmc)-OH, Fmoc-D-Trp(Boc)-OH, Fmoc-D-Cys(Trt)-OH, Fmoc-D-Asp(OtBu)-OH, Fmoc-D-Glu(OtBu)-OH, Fmoc-D-His(Trt)-OH, Fmoc-D-Gln(Trt)-OH, Fmoc-D-Leu-OH, Fmoc-D-Met-OH, Fmoc-D-Pro-OH, Fmoc-D-Ser(tBu)-OH, Fmoc-D-Lys(Boc)-OH, Fmoc-D-Tyr(tBu)-OH, Fmoc-D-Thr(tBu)-OH, Fmoc-D-Phe-OH, Fmoc-D-Asn(Trt)-OH, Fmoc-3-(4-pyridyl)alanine, Fmoc-D-3-(3-pyridyl)alanine, Fmoc-4-tert-butoxyproline, Fmoc-3-chlorophenylalanine, Fmoc-norleucine, Fmoc-2-cyclohexylglycine, Fmoc-2-aminoisobutyric acid, Fmoc-tranexamic acid, Fmoc-(i ,S)-3-amino-3-(2-furyl)propionic acid, Fmoc-(i ,S)-(6,7-di-methoxy)-l,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline-3-carboxylic acid, Fmoc- (R, S)-3-amino-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propionic acid, Fmoc-(i ,S)-3-aminovaleric acid, Fmoc-(i ,5 )-3-amino-3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)propionic acid, Fmoc-isonipecotic acid, Fmoc-(i ,S)-3-amino-3-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)... 

N1 - ISONIPECOTIC ACID, 1-METHYL-6-PHENYL-, ETHYL ESTER RN - 57-62-1... 

N1 - ISONIPECOTIC ACID, l-METMYl-6-PHENYL- ETHYL ESTER, HYDROCHLORIDE RN - 50-13-5... 

Isonipecotic acid 4-Piperidinecarboxylic acid Oxalacetic acid Butanedioic acid, oxo-... 

In this manuscript we disclose new synthetic methodology to prepare a member of a class of tetrasubstituted imidazole p38 inhibitors. The optimal route involves a thiazolium catalyzed cross acyloin-type condensation of a pyridinealdehyde with an iV-acylimine. The pyridinealdehyde was prepared in 3 steps and 68% yield from 2-chloro-4-cyano pyridine. The tosylamide precursor to the iV-acyl imine was prepared in two steps and 93% yield from isonipecotic acid. We have demonstrated the scope and some preliminary mechanistic studies concerning this new reaction. The resulting a-keto-amide is then cyclized with methyl ammonium acetate to provide the desired tetrasubstituted imidazole. Cbz deprotection and formation of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt completes the synthesis in 6 steps and 38% overall yield. 

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