A novel approach using solid-phase chemistry for scale-up was
developed. The method makes use of commercially available
high-load Merrifield resin. Three representative solid-phase
chemistries leading to a diketopiperazine, a tetramic acid, and
a β-lactam were scaled-up effectively and resulted in products
with good yields and high crude purities. Affording close to 1
g of product per 1 g of Merrifield resin, the high-load resins
showed high-volume productivity. The advantages of the work-ups, consisting simply of resin washes, are discussed. The need
for low reactant and reagent equivalents results from higher
reactant concentration, and it is shown that these stoichiometries can be reduced to affordable amounts.
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