TY - JOUR AU - Ramesh, Perla; Suman, Devatha; Reddy, Koti Siva Nagi TI - Asymmetric Synthetic Strategies of (R)-(–)-Baclofen: An Antispastic Drug SN - 0039-7881 SN - 1437-210X PY - 2018 JO - Synthesis JF - Synthesis LA - EN VL - 50 IS - 02 SP - 211 EP - 226 ET - 2017/10/20 DA - 2018/01/04 KW - asymmetric synthesis KW - total synthesis KW - amino acids KW - chiral resolution KW - baclofen KW - synthetic methods KW - biocatalysis AB - Baclofen is an antispastic drug used as a muscle relaxant in the treatment of the paroxysmal pain of trigeminal neuralgia, spasticity of the spinal cord and cerebral origin. Baclofen resides biological activity exclusively in its (R)-(–)-enantiomer. In this review, various asymmetric synthetic strategies for (R)-(–)-baclofen are described.1 Introduction2 Resolution Synthetic Approaches2.1 Chemical Resolution2.2 Biocatalytic Resolution3 Asymmetric Desymmetrization3.1 Catalytic Enantioselective Desymmetrization3.2 Enzymatic Desymmetrization4 Chiral Auxiliary Induced Asymmetric Synthesis4.1 Asymmetric Michael Addition4.2 Asymmetric Aldol Addition4.3 Asymmetric Nucleophilic Substitution5 Asymmetric Reduction5.1 Catalytic Asymmetric Hydrogenation5.2 Bioreduction6 Catalytic Asymmetric Conjugate Addition7 Conclusion PB - © Georg Thieme Verlag DO - 10.1055/s-0036-1590938 UR - http://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0036-1590938 ER -