Zhushou Luo, M. Naguib
Jun 27, 2012
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Tetrahedron Letters
Abstract
Abstract ( S )-(3-Benzyl-3-methyl-2,3-dihydro-benzofuran-6-yl)-piperidin-1-yl-methanone, a selective CB2 receptor agonist, was obtained from 3-hydroxy-4-iodo benzoic acid in nine steps with 97.4% ee and 3.4% total yield, which involved palladium catalyzed tandem intramolecular Heck/Suzuki cross coupling reaction, chemical resolution with (+)-norephedrine and Wolf–Kishner reaction as the key steps. ( S )-(3-Benzyl-3-methyl-2,3-dihydro-benzofuran-6-yl)-piperidin-1-yl-methanone will be evaluated in vivo studies and this approach will be applied in the optimization process of CB2 receptor agonist.