Abstract
The key intermediate in the synthesis of dorzolamide, (4S,6S)-methyl-5,6-dihydro-4H-thieno[2,3-b]thiopyran-4-ol-7,7-dioxide, can be obtained in the diastereoisomerically pure form in two straightforward steps starting from diastereoisomeric mixtures of cis/trans-(6S)-6-methyl-5,6-dihydro-4H-thieno[2,3-b]thiopyran-4-yl acetate, regardless of their ratio. The reaction of crucial importance in this scheme is a remarkably stereoselective solvolysis of the acetate ester in an acetone/phosphate buffer mixture as the solvent system. Investigation of this so far unrecognized stereoselective reaction reveals that it proceeds via an SN1-like pathway as indicated by the correlation of the solvolysis rate constants with the YOTs values of different solvent mixtures and by trapping of the reaction intermediate with sodium azide. The structure of (4S,6S)-methyl-5,6-dihydro-4H-thieno[2,3-b]thiopyran-4-ol-7,7-dioxide was confirmed by single-crystal X-ray analysis.
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