Synfacts 2010(2): 0132-0132  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1219023
Synthesis of Natural Products and Potential Drugs
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Synthesis of Purine Nucleoside Phosphorylase Inhibitor BCX-4208

Contributor(s): Philip Kocienski
V. P. Kamath*, J. J. Juarez-Brambila, C. B. Morris, C. D. Winslow Jr., P. E. Morris
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Birmingham, USA
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Publication History

Publication Date:
21 January 2010 (online)

Significance

BCX-4208 is an inhibitor of purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP). It is currently undergoing clinical trials for the treatment of ­relapsed/resistant T-cell leukemia. The synthesis depicted in the scheme provided 25 kg batches of the drug.