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| Author(s): |
Artur de Lara Lima Vaz
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | Ribeirão Preto. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto (PCARP/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2022-11-08 |
| Examining board members: |
Giuliano Cesar Clososki;
Flavio da Silva Emery;
Alcindo Aparecido Benito dos Santos
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| Advisor: | Giuliano Cesar Clososki |
| Abstract | |
Fentanyl and fentanyl analogues are fully synthetic opioids of the phenylpiperidine class discovered by Janssen et al. in 1959, found to be the most potent anesthetics known so far, reaching tens of hundreds of times the analgesic potency of morphine. In this work, the preparation of fentanyl, and fentanyl analogues, under continuous flow conditions was investigated. This was accomplished by the multi-step preparation under common batch methodologies, by adaptation of such methods to continuous flow settings, and development of novel synthetic strategies, involving reactions such as azaMichael addition, reductive amination, catalytic hydrogen transfer deprotection, and others. It is shown that the methodologies here discussed were successful in the preparation of fentanyl and its precursors, as well as of remifentanil, a high potent, fast-acting anesthetic, with great clinical importance. The synthetic methodology here investigated may be of interest in the up-scaling of the preparation of this class of synthetic opioids by means of continuous flow techniques. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 16/12718-1 - Application and development of continuous flow processes in the synthesis of fentanylic opioids |
| Grantee: | Artur de Lara Lima Vaz |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate (Direct) |