The preparation of a series of beta,beta-difluoro-alpha-keto esters and corresponding acids RCF(2)COCO(2)R' (R = Me, Et; i-Pr, Bn, and Ph; R' = Et and H), designed as potential inhibitors of serine proteases, is described. The standard procedure developed consists in the initial formation of an alpha,alpha-difluoro ester from an alpha-keto ester, followed by a simple four-step sequence involving the synthesis of hemiacetal, cyanohydrin, and alpha-hydroxy ester difluorinated intermediates. This method provides an easy route to beta,beta-difluoro-alpha-keto esters and corresponding acids, via ''formal'' insertion of a difluoromethylene group between the R substituent and the alpha-carbonyl group of a generic alpha-keto ester.

CONVERSION OF ALPHA-KETO ESTERS INTO BETA,BETA-DIFLUORO-ALPHA- KETO ESTERS AND CORRESPONDING ACIDS - A SIMPLE ROUTE TO A NOVEL CLASS OF SERINE-PROTEASE INHIBITORS

PARISI, Melchiorre;GATTUSO, Giuseppe;NOTTI, Anna;
1995-01-01

Abstract

The preparation of a series of beta,beta-difluoro-alpha-keto esters and corresponding acids RCF(2)COCO(2)R' (R = Me, Et; i-Pr, Bn, and Ph; R' = Et and H), designed as potential inhibitors of serine proteases, is described. The standard procedure developed consists in the initial formation of an alpha,alpha-difluoro ester from an alpha-keto ester, followed by a simple four-step sequence involving the synthesis of hemiacetal, cyanohydrin, and alpha-hydroxy ester difluorinated intermediates. This method provides an easy route to beta,beta-difluoro-alpha-keto esters and corresponding acids, via ''formal'' insertion of a difluoromethylene group between the R substituent and the alpha-carbonyl group of a generic alpha-keto ester.
1995
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