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Total synthesis of sufentanil

  • Dong Yun Shin
  • , Jae Sang Ryu
  • , Soon Sil Hyun
  • , Hyun Ju Park
  • , Ra Ok Jeon
  • , Young Ger Suh
  • Seoul National University

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Abstract

Sufentanil, a potent anilidopiperidine analgesic, was synthesized from a simple thiophenylethylamine via six step sequence. The key parts of this synthesis involved an efficient construction of thiophenylethylpiperidone by aminomethano desilylation-cyclization followed by Swern oxidation and a direct regioselective N-nucleophilic spiral epoxide cleavage with aniline promoted by Lewis acids.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)398-400
Number of pages3
JournalArchives of Pharmacal Research
Volume22
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 1999
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Analgesics
  • Oxirane
  • Piperidine
  • Sufentanil
  • Total Synthesis

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