CC BY 4.0 · Pharmaceutical Fronts 2022; 04(04): e237-e243
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1750423
Original Article

Industrial-Scale Preparation of a Key Intermediate for the Manufacture of Therapeutic SGLT2 Inhibitors

Lei Huang
1   Novel Technology Center of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry Co., Ltd., China State Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
2   Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Pharmaceutical Process, Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry Co., Ltd., Shanghai, People's Republic of China
,
Yi Zhang
1   Novel Technology Center of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry Co., Ltd., China State Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
2   Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Pharmaceutical Process, Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry Co., Ltd., Shanghai, People's Republic of China
,
Xiao-Hui Shan
3   Shandong Shenghua New Material Technology Co., Ltd., Laiyang, People's Republic of China
,
Yu Liu
1   Novel Technology Center of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry Co., Ltd., China State Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
2   Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Pharmaceutical Process, Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry Co., Ltd., Shanghai, People's Republic of China
,
Jian-Qi Li
1   Novel Technology Center of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry Co., Ltd., China State Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
2   Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Pharmaceutical Process, Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry Co., Ltd., Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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Abstract

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(3R,4S,5R,6R)-3,4,5-tris(benzyloxy)-6-methyltetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-one (1) is a key intermediate for the preparation of promising SGLT2 inhibitors currently undergoing clinical tests for diabetes therapy. However, fewer reports have demonstrated the preparation of compound 1 at an industrial scale. In this article, an efficient preparation of the intermediate for the industrial production was explored from commercially available methyl-α-D-glucopyranoside in seven steps, including TBS protection, benzyl protection, TBS removal, iodination, reduction, demethylation, and oxidation. The batch of the validation process was 42.82 kg with a HPLC purity of 99.31%. The main advantages of this approach are that the total cost is lower than the reported laboratory-scale synthetic method, the quality is reproducible, and the process is safe and environmentally friendly.



Publication History

Received: 23 February 2022

Accepted: 09 May 2022

Article published online:
03 August 2022

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