Synthesis, Characterization and Crystal Structure of N-(4-(4-Fluorophenyl)-5-(hydroxymethyl)-6-isopropylpyrimidin-2-yl)-N-methylmethanesulfonamide

摘要

N-[4-(4-Fluorophenyl)-5-(hydroxymethyl)-6-isopropylpyrimidin-2-yl]-N-methylmethane sulfonamide (I), an important intermediate to synthesize rosuvastatin, an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor. It was prepared from methyl 4-(4-fluorophenyl)-6-isopropyl-2-(methylamino)pyrimidine-5-carboxylate (1) via mesylation by mesyl chloride and sodium tert-pentoxide, then reduction by DIBAL/HCl. The product was characterized by NMR and LC-MS. The crystal structure of compound I was investigated using X-ray diffraction and SHELXTL-97 software. The result indicated that compound I crystallized in the monoclinic system, space group C2/C with a = 29.683(6), b = 7.6290 (15), c= 18.215(4) A. V = 3451.1 (16)A~3; Z8.