Apalutamide patent synthesis diazaspiro[3.4]octane?

Apalutamide contains a diazaspiro[3.4]octane core. The patent literature from Janssen and affiliates describes several ways to make that diazaspiro[3.4]octane fragment and then elaborates it into the final apalutamide structure. If you’re after a patent-level description, here’s how it’s typically discussed in public patents (high level, not step-by-step conditions):

- Core idea: form a spiro connection between two nitrogen-containing rings (a three-member and a four-member ring) to give the diazaspiro[3.4]octane framework, then install the aryl substituents and the thioamide/amide linkages that characterize apalutamide.

- General synthetic themes you’ll see in the patents:
- Construction of the diazaspiro core by linking a suitable diamine fragment with a cyclobutanone-derived fragment to forge the spiro center.
- Use of protecting groups and selective deprotections to enable sequential installation of the two arylamido/thioamide substituents.
- Late-stage functionalization to attach the fluorinated phenyl and trifluoromethyl aryl fragments that are characteristic of apalutamide.

- What to look for in patent documents:
- Claims directed to the diazaspiro[3.4]octane scaffold itself.
- Schemes showing spirocyclization steps to assemble the two rings around a shared spiro carbon.
- Subsequent steps that convert the spiro intermediate into the final apalutamide structure (aryl amide/thioamide assembly, N-alkylation, etc.).

If you’d like, I can:
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