Synthesis 2024; 56(05): 821-827
DOI: 10.1055/a-2218-9048
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Special Issue Flow Chemistry

One-Flow Operation via 4-Bromopyridine Enables Flash Synthesis of AChE Inhibitor

Hiroki Soutome
a   Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
b   Yokohama Technical Center, AGC Inc., Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan
,
Yusuke Kimuro
a   Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
c   Research and Development Center, Juzen Chemical Corp., 1-10 Kiba-cho, Toyama 930-0806, Japan
,
Tomoko Kawaguchi
a   Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
,
Dong-eun Yoo
a   Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
,
Yiyue Yao
a   Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
,
Shuto Oshida
a   Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
,
Hiroki Nakayama
a   Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
,
Masatomo Iwata
a   Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
,
Ruka Ebisawa
a   Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
,
Ryuhei Kikuchi
a   Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
,
Kyosuke Tomite
a   Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
,
Shuto Wada
a   Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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a   Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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a   Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
› Author Affiliations
This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers, JP20K15276 (Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists), JP20KK0121 (Fostering Joint International Research (B)), JP21H01936 (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)), JP21H01706 (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)), and JP21H05080 (Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (B)). This work was also partially supported by AMED (JP21ak0101156), the Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST, JPMJCR18R1), New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO, P19004), the Japan Keirin Autorace Foundation, and the Ogasawara Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Engineering.


Abstract

4-Bromopyridine is a building block that can be converted into valuable compounds, but due to its low stability, it is commercially available in the form of hydrochloride salt. Therefore, the hydrochloride salt is usually desalted with a basic aqueous solution and dried before organic reaction. In this study, to simplify the preparation and reaction procedure of 4-bromopyridine, multiple operations, desalting with a base, separation of the aqueous layer, and subsequent halogen–lithium exchange reaction were integrated into a single flow reaction. The reaction sequence was completed within 20 seconds and the yields were higher than the conventional methods. This is because the subsequent reaction can be performed immediately after the generation of 4-bromopyridine, which is unstable under ambient conditions.

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Publication History

Received: 14 October 2023

Accepted after revision: 28 November 2023

Accepted Manuscript online:
28 November 2023

Article published online:
04 January 2024

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