synthesis of the epoxyketone warhead of carfilzomib is described. Critical to the success of
this process was:(1) development of a scalable asymmetric epoxidation protocol;(2)
identification of a crystalline intermediate with improved physical properties for isolation;(3)
discovery and optimization of epimerization conditions to set the target stereochemistry; and
(4) introduction of a seeded-bed coaddition crystallization to facilitate isolation of the final …