Synfacts 2009(5): 0469-0469  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1088174
Synthesis of Natural Products and Potential Drugs
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Synthesis of an HIV Integrase Inhibitor

Contributor(s): Philip Kocienski
Y.-L. Zhong*, B. Pipik, J. Lee, Y. Kohmura, S. Okada, K. Igawa, C. Kadowaki, A. Takezawa, S. Kato, D. A. Conlon, H. Zhou, A. O. King, R. A. Reamer, D. R. Gauthier, Jr., D. Askin
Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, USA and Banyu Tsukuba Research Institute, Ibaraki, Japan
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Publication Date:
22 April 2009 (online)

Significance

The target molecule is being developed by Merck as a candidate for combination treatment of AIDS. The synthesis is chromatog­raphy-free and is suitable for the preparation of multikilogram quantities of the target molecule.