@article { ISI:000307433600013, title = {Enantioselective synthesis of HIV protease inhibitor amprenavir via Co-catalyzed HKR of 2-(1-azido-2-phenylethyl)oxirane}, journal = {Tetrahedron-Asymmetry}, volume = {23}, number = {11-12}, year = {2012}, month = {JUN}, pages = {898-903}, publisher = {PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD}, address = {THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND}, abstract = {

A short and efficient enantioselective synthesis of the HIV protease inhibitor amprenavir 1 (99\% ee) as well as a formal synthesis of saquinavir 3 have been achieved in high enantiomeric purity starting from commercially available materials. Our strategy mainly comprises a Co-catalyzed two-stereocentred hydrolytic kinetic resolution (HKR) of racemic 2-(1-azido-2-phenylethyl)oxirane as the chirality inducing step. Also presented is a concise synthesis of (S)-3-hydroxytetrahydrofuran 4, the key structural feature, in high enantiomeric purity (98\% ee). (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

}, issn = {0957-4166}, doi = {10.1016/j.tetasy.2012.06.003}, author = {Gadakh, Sunita K. and Reddy, R. Santhosh and Sudalai, Arumugam} }