Optimized synthesis of anti-COVID-19 drugs aided by retrosynthesis software?
RSC Medicinal Chemistry Pub Date: 2023-03-31 DOI: 10.1039/D2MD00444E
Abstract
Considering the millions of COVID-19 patients worldwide, a global critical challenge of low-cost and efficient anti-COVID-19 drug production has emerged. Favipiravir is one of the potential anti-COVID-19 drugs, but its original synthetic route with 7 harsh steps gives a low product yield (0.8%) and has a high cost ($68 per g). Herein, we demonstrated a low-cost and efficient synthesis route for favipiravir designed using improved retrosynthesis software, which involves only 3 steps under safe and near-ambient air conditions. A yield of 32% and cost of $1.54 per g were achieved by this synthetic route. We also used the same strategy to optimize the synthesis of sabizabulin. We anticipate that these synthetic routes will contribute to the prevention and treatment of COVID-19.
Recommended Literature
- [1] Examination of deposit in commercial diluted phosphoric acid Analyst, 1880,5, 146-147 10.1039/AN8800500146
- [2] Fe(iii)-mediated isomerization of α,α-diarylallylic alcohols to ketones via radical 1,2-aryl migration? Ziyang Deng,Changwei Chen,Sunliang CuiRSC Adv., 2016,6, 93753-93755 10.1039/C6RA20007A
- [3] Evolutionary de novo design of phenothiazine derivatives for dye-sensitized solar cells? Vishwesh Venkatraman,Marco Foscato,Vidar R. Jensen,Bj?rn K?re AlsbergJ. Mater. Chem. A, 2015,3, 9851-9860 10.1039/C5TA00625B
- [4] Establishing the accuracy of position-specific carbon isotope analysis of propane by GC-pyrolysis-GC-IRMS ChangjieLiu,PengLiu,XiaofengWang,XiaoqiangLi,JuskeHorita 10.1002/rcm.9494
- [5] Fatty acid positional distribution in colostrum and mature milk of women living in Inner Mongolia, North Jiangsu and Guangxi of China? Long Deng,Qian Zou,Biao Liu,Wenhui Ye,Chengfei Zhuo,Li Chen,Ze-Yuan Deng,Ya-Wei Fan,Jing LiFood Funct., 2018,9, 4234-4245 10.1039/C8FO00787J
- [6] Evidence of CO2 molecule acting as an electron acceptor on a nanoporous metal–organic-framework MIL-53 or Cr3+(OH)(O2C–C6H4–CO2)? Alexandre Vimont,Arnaud Travert,Philippe Bazin,Jean-Claude Lavalley,Marco Daturi,Christian Serre,Gérard Férey,Sandrine Bourrelly,Philip L. LlewellynChem. Commun., 2007, 3291-3293 10.1039/B703468G
- [7] Evolution and characterization of a benzylguanine-binding RNA aptamer? J. Xu,T. J. Carrocci,A. A. HoskinsChem. Commun., 2016,52, 549-552 10.1039/C5CC07605F
- [8] Excimer and exciplex formation in a pair of bright phosphorescent isomers constructed from Cu3(pyrazolate)3 and Cu3I3 coordination luminophores? Shun-Ze Zhan,Mian Li,Xiao-Ping Zhou,Dan Li,Seik Weng NgRSC Adv., 2011,1, 1457-1459 10.1039/C1RA00566A
- [9] Emerging investigator series: bacteriophages as nano engineering tools for quality monitoring and pathogen detection in water and wastewater Fereshteh BayatEnviron. Sci.: Nano, 2021,8, 367-389 10.1039/D0EN00962H
- [10] Essential effect of the electrolyte on the mechanical and chemical degradation of LiNi0.8Co0.15Al0.05O2 cathodes upon long-term cycling?? Xiaoming Liu,Zachary D. Hood,Wangda Li,Donovan N. Leonard,Arumugam Manthiram,Miaofang ChiJ. Mater. Chem. A, 2021,9, 2111-2119 10.1039/D0TA07814J
Journal Name：RSC Medicinal Chemistry
research_products
-
CAS no.: 89640-58-4
![N-(3-cyanothiolan-3-yl)-2-[(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)sulfanyl]pyridine-4-carboxamide](https://ossimg.kuujia.com/scimg/1444500/1444113-98-7x500.png)
![1,2,3,4,5,6-Hexahydro-[2,3]bipyridinyl-6-ol](https://ossimg.kuujia.com/scimg/1271000/1270529-38-8x500.png)
![2,2-Difluoro-3-[methyl(2-methylbutyl)amino]propanoic acid](https://ossimg.kuujia.com/scimg/2138500/2138166-62-6x500.png)
![2-(1H-indol-3-yl)-N-{[6-(thiophen-2-yl)-[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-b]pyridazin-3-yl]methyl}acetamide](https://ossimg.kuujia.com/scimg/2034500/2034271-14-0x500.png)