Lady Mae Alabanza, Yan Dong, Ping Wang
May 2, 2013
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Organic Process Research & Development
Abstract
Development of a new route to the BTK intermediate, 5-(1-(azetidin-1-yl)-2-methylpropan-2-yloxy)pyridin-2-amine (7), has resulted in significant improvements in terms of yield, purity, and operability over the previously known synthesis. The new route was demonstrated on a multihundred-gram scale, and the overall yield of 7 from 2-chloro-5-hydroxypyridine (1) was improved to 72%. Lithium aluminum hydride, a Swern oxidation, cesium carbonate, azetidine free base, and four chromatographic purifications used in the earlier synthesis were eliminated.