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HRID 525308Generated: October 25, 2026

Sodium Carbonate → Abiraterone Acetate

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantSodium CarbonateHCID 10340—
Reactant3beta-Acetoxyandrost-5-en-17-oneHCID 14709—
Reactant3-(Diethylboryl)pyridineHCID 642851—
Reactant((3S,8R,9S,10R,13S,14S)-10,13-dimethyl-17-(trifluoromethylsulfonyloxy)-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15-decahydro-1H-cyclopenta(a)phenanthren-3-yl) acetateHCID 10457059—
ReactantVinyl triflateHCID 11769071—
SolventWaterHCID 962—
SolventTetrahydrofuranHCID 8028—
SolventEthyl AcetateHCID 8857—
ProductAbiraterone AcetateHCID 9821849—

Reaction Steps

The crude vinyl triflate thus obtained (about a 4:1 mixture of vinyl triflate and prasterone acetate) is taken up with tetrahydrofuran (3.7 L). Diethyl(3-pyridyl)borane (90 g), bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium II chloride (3.8 g) and a 2M sodium carbonate aqueous solution (1 L) are loaded under inert gas environment. The resulting mixture is refluxed for about 1 h, then cooled to room temperature, and ethyl acetate (2.5 L) and water (2.5 L) are added. The aqueous phase is back-extracted with ethyl acetate (1.4 L), the combined organic phases are treated with decolourising carbon (about 100 g), and then concentrated under vacuum to obtain crude abiraterone acetate as an oil (320 g; purity about 87%; assay 51%).

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS09340571B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2016_05
ORD IDord-d7acb025435c4a3f91b314e9a17092be
Source noteuspto-grants-2016_05