Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To investigate the structure and conformation of synthesized Tofacitinib.
METHODS The
1H-NMR,
1H-NMR(DMSO-d6+D
2O),
13C-NMR(at room and elevated temperature of 60 and 120℃),
1H-
1H COSY, DEPT, HSQC, HMBC spectra of Tofacitinib and
13C-NMR of its key intermediate at room temperature were recorded in DMSO-d6. Based on the related literature, monograph and the
13C-NMR comparison of Tofacitinib and its key intermediate, the structure and conformation analysis of synthesized Tofacitinib in DMSO-d6 were carried out.
RESULTS The structure of synthesized Tofacitinib was determined on the basis of these spectral data. Most of the signals of Tofacitinib in
13C-NMR spectrum at room temperature were split while these split signals were merged when the temperature was increased to 120℃. It maight have two conformations in DMSO-d6 at room temperature due to the restricted rotation about the carbon-nitrogen bond of the amide group.
CONCLUSION The structure of synthesized Tofacitinib is confirmed and it may have two conformations in DMSO-d6 at room temperature.