Synthesis of Akt Inhibitor Ipatasertib. Part 2. Total Synthesis and First Kilogram Scale-up

Herein, the first-generation process to manufacture Akt inhibitor Ipatasertib through a late-stage convergent coupling of two challenging chiral components on multikilogram scale is described. The first of the two key components is a <i>trans</i>-substituted cyclopentylpyrimidine compound that contains both a methyl stereocenter, which is ultimately derived from the enzymatic resolution of a simple triester starting material, and an adjacent hydroxyl group, which is installed through an asymmetric reduction of the corresponding cyclopentylpyrimidine ketone substrate. A carbonylative esterification and subsequent Dieckmann cyclization sequence was developed to forge the cyclopentane ring in the target. The second key chiral component, a β²-amino acid, is produced using an asymmetric aminomethylation (Mannich) reaction. The two chiral intermediates are then coupled in a three-stage endgame process to complete the assembly of Ipatasertib, which is isolated as a stable mono-HCl salt

Synthesis of Akt Inhibitor Ipatasertib. Part 2. Total Synthesis and First Kilogram Scale-up

Herein, the first-generation process to manufacture Akt inhibitor Ipatasertib through a late-stage convergent coupling of two challenging chiral components on multikilogram scale is described. The first of the two key components is a <i>trans</i>-substituted cyclopentylpyrimidine compound that contains both a methyl stereocenter, which is ultimately derived from the enzymatic resolution of a simple triester starting material, and an adjacent hydroxyl group, which is installed through an asymmetric reduction of the corresponding cyclopentylpyrimidine ketone substrate. A carbonylative esterification and subsequent Dieckmann cyclization sequence was developed to forge the cyclopentane ring in the target. The second key chiral component, a β²-amino acid, is produced using an asymmetric aminomethylation (Mannich) reaction. The two chiral intermediates are then coupled in a three-stage endgame process to complete the assembly of Ipatasertib, which is isolated as a stable mono-HCl salt