Development of a Scalable and Safe Procedure for the Production of (3R)-3-(2,3-Dihydro-1-benzofuran-5-yl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-9H-pyrrolo[3,4-b]- quinolin-9-one, an Intermediate in
A scalable and safe process for the oxidative rearrangement of-carboline to quinolone derivatives, intermediates in thesynthesis of PDE-V inhibitors RWJ387273 (R301249) andRWJ444772 (R290629), has been developed.