Enantioselective de novo synthesis of 14-hydroxy-6-oxomorphinans

Jonathan C. Moore; Louis Modell; Jacqueline R. Glenn; Kieran D. Jones; Stephen P. Argent; J. Robert Lane; Meritxell Canals; Hon Wai Lam

doi:10.1039/D4CC01788A

Enantioselective de novo synthesis of 14-hydroxy-6-oxomorphinans†

Jonathan C. Moore,

^ab Louis Modell,^c Jacqueline R. Glenn,^de Kieran D. Jones,

^ab Stephen P. Argent,

^b J. Robert Lane,^de Meritxell Canals^de and Hon Wai Lam

*^ab

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^a The GlaxoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratories for Sustainable Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Jubilee Campus, Triumph Road, Nottingham, UK
E-mail: hon.lam@nottingham.ac.uk

^b School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, UK

^c School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham Biodiscovery Institute, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

^d Division of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, School of Life Sciences, Queen's Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

^e Centre of Membrane Protein and Receptors, Universities of Birmingham and Nottingham, The Midlands, UK

Abstract

The enantioselective de novo synthesis of pharmacologically important 14-hydroxy-6-oxomorphinans is described. 4,5-Desoxynaltrexone and 4,5-desoxynaloxone were prepared using this route and their biological activities against the opioid receptors were measured.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4CC01788A
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 15 4 2024
Accepted: 10 5 2024
First published: 10 5 2024
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Chem. Commun., 2024,60, 6007-6010

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J. C. Moore, L. Modell, J. R. Glenn, K. D. Jones, S. P. Argent, J. R. Lane, M. Canals and H. W. Lam, Chem. Commun., 2024, 60, 6007 DOI: 10.1039/D4CC01788A

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Enantioselective de novo synthesis of 14-hydroxy-6-oxomorphinans†

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