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Download fileDevelopment of an Efficient and Scalable Biocatalytic Route to (3R)‑3-Aminoazepane: A Pharmaceutically Important Intermediate
journal contribution
posted on 29.03.2017, 00:00 authored by Yahui Feng, Zhonghua Luo, Guodong Sun, Minghong Chen, Jinqiang Lai, Wei Lin, Siegfried Goldmann, Lei Zhang, Zhongqing WangAn efficient and
novel route to (3R)-3-aminoazepane
(1) is described. The target is obtained with 99.92%
purity, 99.2% ee in seven steps, and 46.2% overall yield. This improved
method involves a practical biocatalytic transformation with ω-transaminase
to establish the stereogenic center high efficiently as a key step.
The developed process was scalable, cost-effective, with a simplified
reaction workup, avoiding the use of expensive metal catalyst or chromatography,
and commercially viable for the synthesis of 1.