Pharmaceutical Intermediates

Overview

Varsal has extensive technical capabilities in the development and supply of sophisticated Pharmaceutical Intermediates through our GMP-compliant facilities. We also support customer-specific pharmaceutical materials beyond those listed below upon request—please contact us for additional information.

Product Index

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Toluenesulfonylmethyl Isocyanide (TosMIC)

Used as an intermediate for various reasons, including in the Van Leusen reaction which is used to convert aldehydes to nitriles or in the preparation of oxazoles and imidazoles.

Three of TosMIC’s mission-critical industrial applications are:

  1. To convert carbonyl groups to nitriles as a cyanating reagent
  2. To synthesize heterocyclic compounds such as oxazoles, imidazoles and pyrroles
  3. To prepare Knoevenagel-type condensation products

Varsal is one of the world’s leading producers of TosMIC, and one of the few producers capable of producing large-scale, pharma-grade material. Varsal’s proprietary manufacturing and treatment process allows it to produce extremely high purity material with low residual impurities, low loss on drying, and low residue on ignition, leading to maximal yield and product quality for Varsal’s customers.

N,N’-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCC)

Used as an intermediate for various reasons, including to couple amino acids during artificial peptide synthesis.

Varsal’s material has extremely high purity with low residual impurities and low loss on drying, leading to maximal yield and product quality for Varsal’s customers.

Acetamidine Hydrochloride

Used as a Vitamin B1 building block, strong non-ionic nucleophile, intermediate in antihypertensive APIs, guanidine derivative.

Varsal leverages its deep chlorination and technical manufacturing resources to produce material that has extremely high purity with low residual impurities, low moisture and low loss on drying, leading to maximal yield and product quality for Varsal’s customers.

3-oxo-2-phenylbutanamide

Used as a pharmaceutical intermediate.

Varsal leverages its deep technical manufacturing resources to produce material that has extremely high purity with low residual impurities, low moisture and low loss on drying, leading to maximal yield and product quality for Varsal’s customers.

Mechlorethamine Hydrochloride

API in anti-tumor drugs (DNA alkylation of guanines), psoriasis, vitiligo, mycosis fungoides, can also be used as an immunosuppressant.

Varsal leverages its deep chlorination and technical manufacturing resources to produce material that has extremely high purity with low residual impurities, low moisture, low residue on ignition and low loss on drying, leading to maximal yield and product quality for Varsal’s customers.

Trifluorotoluene

Used as a specialty solvent in organic synthesis and an intermediate in the production of pesticides and pharmaceuticals.

Varsal’s material has extremely high purity with low residual impurities, leading to maximal yield and product quality for Varsal’s customers.

2,6-Dibromopyridine

Used as an intermediate for a variety of applications, including as a tridentate chelating ligand and in macrocycle formation contained in the terpyridine moiety. It is also used to produce 6-bromo-2-methoxypyridine.

Varsal’s material has extremely high purity with low residual impurities, leading to maximal yield and product quality for Varsal’s customers.

5-(2R)-2-Oxiranyl-8-benzyloxy-2(1H)-quinolinone

Used in a variety of applications, including as an indacaterol intermediate used in the preparation of hydroxyquinoline substituted aminoindans as β2-adrenoceptor agonists with potentials as ultralong-acting bronchodilators.

Varsal’s material has extremely high purity with low residual impurities, leading to maximal yield and product quality for Varsal’s customers.

Benzyl Indacaterol

Used in a variety of applications, including as a reactant in the preparation of Indacaterol (I499745)—a β-adrenoreceptor agonist.

Varsal’s material has extremely high purity with low residual impurities, leading to maximal yield and product quality for Varsal’s customers.

benzyl ((S)-2-((tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino)-4-phenylbutanoyl)-L-leucyl-L-phenylalaninate

Used as a reactant in the preparation of the anti-cancer medication API and selective proteasome inhibitor Carfilzomib.

Varsal’s material has extremely high purity with low residual impurities, leading to maximal yield and product quality for Varsal’s customers.

Cyclobutylmethylamine hydrochloride

Used in a variety of applications, including as a reactant in the preparation of cyclobutylarachidonylamide.

Varsal’s material has extremely high purity with low residual impurities, leading to maximal yield and product quality for Varsal’s customers.

2-HYDROXY-6-METHOXYBENZALDEHYDE

Used in a variety of applications, including as a pharmaceutical intermediate.

Varsal’s material has extremely high purity with low residual impurities, leading to maximal yield and product quality for Varsal’s customers.

2,6-Dimethoxybenzaldehyde

Used in a variety of applications, including in the preparation of 2,6-dihydroxybenzaldehyde by demethylation with AlBr3.

Varsal’s material has extremely high purity with low residual impurities, leading to maximal yield and product quality for Varsal’s customers.

4-[1-(4,5-DIHYDRO-4,4-DIMETHYL-2-OXAZOLYL)-1-METHYLETHYL]-BENZENEETHANOL

Used in the production of Bilastine—a second-generation antihistamine API for treating allergic rhinoconjunctivitis and urticaria.

Varsal’s material has extremely high purity with low residual impurities, leading to maximal yield and product quality for Varsal’s customers.

O-(2-(vinyloxy)ethyl)hydroxylamine

Used in a variety of applications, including in the synthesis of various heterocyclic compounds as mitogen-activated protein kinase MEK inhibitors (i.e. Binimetinib).

Varsal’s material has extremely high purity with low residual impurities, leading to maximal yield and product quality for Varsal’s customers.

(R)-3-Amino-1-butanol

Used in a variety of applications, including as a key intermediate of the HIV/AIDS treatment medication Dolutegravir. Its green and efficient biosynthesis makes it an attractive candidate for a large range of applications.

Varsal’s material has extremely high purity with low residual impurities, leading to maximal yield and product quality for Varsal’s customers.

6-Chloro-1-hexene

6-Chloro-1-hexene is an ω-chloro-1-alkene, and is mainly used as a pharmaceutical intermediate, including in the synthesis of 1-(5-hexen)-2,3-dimethyl-imidazolium chloride. It reacts with β-substituted imines in the presence of a rhodium catalyst to afford tri- and tetra-substituted imines, and undergoes cross-coupling reaction in the presence of copper(II) chloride and 1-phenylpropyne.

Varsal’s material has extremely high purity with low residual impurities, leading to maximal yield and product quality for Varsal’s customers.

7-Chloro-1-heptene

7-Chloro-1-heptene is used as a pharmaceutical intermediate in a variety of applications.

Varsal’s material has extremely high purity with low residual impurities, leading to maximal yield and product quality for Varsal’s customers.

L-Arginine ethyl ester dihydrochloride (L-AEE)

L-AEE has a variety of applications, and is commonly used to study the structure and function of proteins and other molecules within biochemical, physiological, and drug development studies.

Varsal’s material has extremely high purity with low residual impurities, leading to maximal yield and product quality for Varsal’s customers.

4-[[(Fluorophenyl)-imino]-methyl]-phenol (FMP)

FMP is an intermediate of Ezetimibe, and is used in the preparation of benzylacetones which promote anti-fungal activity. FMP has a variety of uses as a Schiff base, and has demonstrated nonlinear optical properties.

Varsal’s material has extremely high purity with low residual impurities, leading to maximal yield and product quality for Varsal’s customers.

Dihydro-2H-pyran-3(4H)-one

Used as a chemical reagent in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals such as the preparation of tetrahydropyran-2-yl chromans, a highly selective beta-site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme 1 (BACE) inhibitor.

Varsal’s material has extremely high purity with low residual impurities, leading to maximal yield and product quality for Varsal’s customers.

(S)-1-Methyl-5-oxopyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid

Used as a chemical reagent in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals such as the preparation of tetrahydropyran-2-yl chromans, a highly selective beta-site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme 1 (BACE) inhibitor.

Varsal’s material has extremely high purity with low residual impurities, leading to maximal yield and product quality for Varsal’s customers.

(S)-1-Boc-2-methylpyrrolidin-4-one

Primarily used as a building block in the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds and pharmaceutical intermediates.

Varsal’s material has extremely high purity with low residual impurities, leading to maximal yield and product quality for Varsal’s customers.

4-amino-5-bromopyridine-3-sulfonamide

Primarily used as a pyridine-based heterocyclic chemical building block in pharmaceutical intermediates.

Varsal’s material has extremely high purity with low residual impurities, leading to maximal yield and product quality for Varsal’s customers.

3-(4-methoxybenzyl)dihydropyrimidine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione

A chemical building block primarily used in pharmaceutical research and development. It serves as a precursor or intermediate for synthesized small molecules, often utilized in medicinal chemistry to explore dihydropyrimidine derivatives.

Varsal’s material has extremely high purity with low residual impurities, leading to maximal yield and product quality for Varsal’s customers.

1-(4-bromophenyl)-3-(4-methoxybenzyl)dihydropyrimidine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione

Used as a building block or intermediate in chemical synthesis.

Varsal’s material has extremely high purity with low residual impurities, leading to maximal yield and product quality for Varsal’s customers.

1-(3-bromophenyl)-3-[(4-methoxyphenyl)methyl]hexahydropyrimidine-2,4-dione

Used as a building block or intermediate in chemical synthesis.

Varsal’s material has extremely high purity with low residual impurities, leading to maximal yield and product quality for Varsal’s customers.

3-(4-bromo-1-oxoisoindolin-2-yl)piperidine-2,6-dione

A chemical compound primarily used in pharmaceutical research and development as a building block for PROTACs (Proteolysis Targeting Chimeras).

Varsal’s material has extremely high purity with low residual impurities, leading to maximal yield and product quality for Varsal’s customers.

3-(5-bromo-1-oxoisoindolin-2-yl)piperidine-2,6-dione

A chemical compound primarily used in pharmaceutical research and development as a building block in the development of targeted protein degraders (PROTACs) that utilize the cereblon E3 ligase binding mechanism inherent to lenalidomide.

Varsal’s material has extremely high purity with low residual impurities, leading to maximal yield and product quality for Varsal’s customers.

3-(6-bromo-1-oxoisoindolin-2-yl)piperidine-2,6-dione

Primarily used as a building block in scientific research, specifically in the development of PROTACs (Proteolysis Targeting Chimeras).

Varsal’s material has extremely high purity with low residual impurities, leading to maximal yield and product quality for Varsal’s customers.

3-(4-bromophenyl)piperidine-2,6-dione

A CRBN ligand-880 primarily used as a building block in the synthesis of targeted protein degraders (PROTACs). It serves as a cereblon (CRBN) E3 ubiquitin ligase ligand for developing molecules that induce the degradation of target proteins.

Varsal’s material has extremely high purity with low residual impurities, leading to maximal yield and product quality for Varsal’s customers.

1-(5-(aminomethyl)-2-nitrophenyl)ethan-1-ol

Primarily utilized in research and development (R&D) and as a pharmaceutical intermediate.

Varsal’s material has extremely high purity with low residual impurities, leading to maximal yield and product quality for Varsal’s customers.

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