Issue 46, 2022, Issue in Progress

Concise two-step chemical synthesis of molnupiravir

Abstract

A concise synthesis of molnupiravir in a one-pot two-step approach starting from uridine is described. Formally, herein, two sets of one-pot two-reaction steps introducing simplicity for purifications and using chemically available reagents are presented. In this context, molnupiravir was obtained in up to 68% overall yield and multigram-scale. In addition, HPLC analysis showed the molnupiravir purity above 99%.

Graphical abstract: Concise two-step chemical synthesis of molnupiravir

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
12 Aug 2022
Accepted
14 Oct 2022
First published
21 Oct 2022
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2022,12, 30120-30124

Concise two-step chemical synthesis of molnupiravir

V. R. D. Pereira, M. A. M. Bezerra, M. R. B. P. Gomez, G. M. Martins, A. D. da Silva, K. T. de Oliveira, R. O. M. A. de Souza and G. W. Amarante, RSC Adv., 2022, 12, 30120 DOI: 10.1039/D2RA05064A

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