Disclosed herein are processes for the preparation of fused heteroaryl dihydro
pyrimidine compounds, or salts or stereoisomers thereof, which are useful for the treatment and prophylaxis of
hepatitis B
virus infections using compounds of formula IX or stereoisomers thereof,wherein a disclosed process comprisesa. reacting a compound formula IIwith
hydrogen in the presence of a
solvent and a
palladium catalyst or a
platinum catalyst, to form a compound of formula III:b. reacting the compound of formula III, or a salt or stereoisomer thereof, with a
hydrolase selected from the group consisting of an
amidase and a peptidase, or a mixture thereof, to form a compound of formula I:or a salt or stereoisomer thereof,c. protecting the compound of formula I, or a salt or stereoisomer thereof, with an amino
protecting group (PG) selected from the group consisting of di-tert-butyl
dicarbonate (Boc2O) and 2-(tert-butoxycarbonyloxyimino)-2-phenylacetonitrile, to form a compound of formula IV:d. reacting the compound of formula IV, or a salt or stereoisomer thereof, with a compound of the following formula: —R7—NH2 in the presence of a base and the
coupling agent,
carbonyldiimidazole (CDI), to form a compound of formula V:or a salt or stereoisomer thereof,e. reacting the compound of formula V above, or a salt or stereoisomer thereof, with
oxalyl chloride to form a compound of formula VIf. reacting the compound of formula VI above, or a stereoisomer thereof, with a
reducing agent selected from the group consisting of BH3·THF and NaBH4, to form a compound of formula VII:g. deprotecting the compound of formula VII above, or a stereoisomer thereof, with concentrated HCl in
methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK), to form a compound of formula IX: