The process development of a dimethyltitanocene-mediated
ester olefination is described. The synthetic challenges and
stability issues involving large-scale production of dimethyltitanocene are documented, and the optimization of the ester
olefination is detailed. The process described was used to make
hundreds of kilograms of an advanced intermediate for aprepitant (Emend).
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