N-Boc-Benzothienylalanine (I) was converted to oxazolidinone (II) by treatment with paraformaldehyde in the presence of p-toluenesulfonic acid. Reaction of oxazolidinone (II) with trimethyl(trifluoromethyl)silane produced the corresponding trifluoromethyl ketone, which was subsequently reduced to alcohol (III) by using NaBH4 in MeOH (1). Cleavage of the N-Boc group of (III) under acidic conditions afforded amine (IV). This was then coupled with N-Boc-L-valyl-L-proline (V) using EDC to furnish the N-Boc-tripeptidyl alcohol (VI). Deprotection of (VI) by means of HCl in dioxane gave amine (VII), which was acylated with 3,5-dimethylisoxazole-4-carboxylic acid (VIII) to yield amide (IX). Finally, oxidation of the alcohol function of (IX) employing the Dess-Martin periodinane reagent provided the target trifluoromethyl ketone
N-Boc-Benzothienylalanine (I) was converted to oxazolidinone (II) by treatment with paraformaldehyde in the presence of p-toluenesulfonic acid. Reaction of oxazolidinone (II) with trimethyl(trifluoromethyl)silane produced the corresponding trifluoromethyl ketone, which was subsequently reduced to alcohol (III) by using NaBH4 in MeOH (1). Cleavage of the N-Boc group of (III) under acidic conditions afforded amine (IV). This was then coupled with N-Boc-L-valyl-L-proline (V) using EDC to furnish the N-Boc-tripeptidyl alcohol (VI). Deprotection of (VI) by means of HCl in dioxane gave amine (VII), which was acylated with 4-methyl-1,2,3-thiadiazole-5-carboxylic acid (VIII) to yield amide (IX). Finally, oxidation of the alcohol function of (IX) employing the Dess-Martin periodinane reagent provided the target trifluoromethyl ketone.