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ArticleRSC medicinal chemistry2023

Optimized synthesis of anti-COVID-19 drugs aided by retrosynthesis software.

Wentao Qi, Dong Zhai, Danna Song, Chengcheng Liu, Junxia Yang, Lei Sun, Youyong Li, Xingwei Li, Weiqiao Deng

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Article in RSC medicinal chemistry, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. ASKCOS: Open-Source, Data-Driven Synthesis Planning.Accounts of chemical research · 2025
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9 authors.

Wentao QiInstitute of Molecular Sciences and Engineering, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University Qingdao 266237 P. R. China dengwq@sdu.edu.cn.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2726-9494
Dong ZhaiInstitute of Molecular Sciences and Engineering, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University Qingdao 266237 P. R. China dengwq@sdu.edu.cn.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3155-4607
Danna SongInstitute of Molecular Sciences and Engineering, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University Qingdao 266237 P. R. China dengwq@sdu.edu.cn.
Chengcheng LiuInstitute of Molecular Sciences and Engineering, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University Qingdao 266237 P. R. China dengwq@sdu.edu.cn.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2504-4627
Junxia YangInstitute of Molecular Sciences and Engineering, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University Qingdao 266237 P. R. China dengwq@sdu.edu.cn.
Lei SunInstitute of Molecular Sciences and Engineering, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University Qingdao 266237 P. R. China dengwq@sdu.edu.cn.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9960-205X
Youyong LiInstitute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University Suzhou 215123 P. R. China yyli@suda.edu.cn.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5248-2756
Xingwei LiInstitute of Molecular Sciences and Engineering, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University Qingdao 266237 P. R. China dengwq@sdu.edu.cn.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1153-1558
Weiqiao DengInstitute of Molecular Sciences and Engineering, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University Qingdao 266237 P. R. China dengwq@sdu.edu.cn.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3671-5951

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Considering the millions of COVID-19 patients worldwide, a global critical challenge of low-cost and efficient anti-COVID-19 drug production has emerged. Favipiravir is one of the potential anti-COVID-19 drugs, but its original synthetic route with 7 harsh steps gives a low product yield (0.8%) and has a high cost ($68 per g). Herein, we demonstrated a low-cost and efficient synthesis route for favipiravir designed using improved retrosynthesis software, which involves only 3 steps under safe and near-ambient air conditions. A yield of 32% and cost of $1.54 per g were achieved by this synthetic route. We also used the same strategy to optimize the synthesis of sabizabulin. We anticipate that these synthetic routes will contribute to the prevention and treatment of COVID-19.

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PMID37484565
PMCPMC10357945

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