CA1154023A - Process for preparing imidazole derivative - Google Patents

Process for preparing imidazole derivative

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CA1154023A
CA1154023A CA000368285A CA368285A CA1154023A CA 1154023 A CA1154023 A CA 1154023A CA 000368285 A CA000368285 A CA 000368285A CA 368285 A CA368285 A CA 368285A CA 1154023 A CA1154023 A CA 1154023A
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Igor Langof
Branko Jenko
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    • C07D233/00Heterocyclic compounds containing 1,3-diazole or hydrogenated 1,3-diazole rings, not condensed with other rings
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    • C07D233/64Heterocyclic compounds containing 1,3-diazole or hydrogenated 1,3-diazole rings, not condensed with other rings having two double bonds between ring members or between ring members and non-ring members with substituted hydrocarbon radicals attached to ring carbon atoms, e.g. histidine

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Abstract

Abstract of the Disclosure The present invention relates to a novel process for preparing 4-[(2-aminoethyl)thiomethyl]-5-methyl imidazole of the formula I
and its acid addition salts, characterized as a process for preparing 4-[(2-aminoethyl)thiomethyl]-5-methyl imidazole of the formula and its acid addition salts, characterized in that a compound of the formula

Description

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A PROCESS FOR PREPARING IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE

The present invention relates to a novel process for preparing 4- ~(2-aminoethyl)thiomethyl~-5-methyl imidazole of the formula 3 ¦ - ~ CH2SC~2CH2NH2 HN

and its acid addition salts~

4-~(2-aminoethyl)thiomethyl~-5-methyl imidazole is an important intermediate in the preparation of pharmacologically active com-pounds, such as N-cyano-N'-me~hyl-N"-~2-[(5-methyl-4-imidazolyl)-methylthio]ethyl3-guanidine, which acts as an active histamine antagonist on H2 receptors and is known under the generic name of "cimetidin". The intermediate and processes for the preparation thereof were disclo.sed and described for the first time in the British patent 1,338,169.

The known and described processes arelbased on the reaction of 4-halomethyl-, 4-hydroxymethyl- or 4-methoxymethyl-5-methyl imidazole or its hydrohalide of the ormula CH3 ~ _ I CH2Q
H ~ N

wherein Q represents a halogen, a hydroxy of a methoxy group, with cysteamine or its hydrohalogenide.

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l~S9~ 3 When Q represents a halogen, the reaction is carried out in a basic medium, e.g. in the prssence of sodium ethoxyde or sodium hydroxydeO
Since cysteamine is a primary amine, it is necessary to protect the amino group, ~.g. with a phthalimide group, which is removed after completion of the reaction by acid hydrolysis or hydrazinoly-sis. When Q represents a hydroxy or a methoxy group, the reaction is carried out in an acidic medium in the presence of a 48~ aqueous HBr solution or in glacial acetic acid. The yields of these re-actions are between 70 and 90 ~, the reaction times from 10 to 18 hours and the reaction temperature from 100 to 120C.

The aim of the present invention is to provide a process for pre-paring 4-~(2-aminoethyl)thiomethyl~-5-methyl imidazole with high yields, short reaction times and at room temperature, which would make it possible that the final product I is isolated easily and with high purity.

The aim is achieved by selective alkylation of 4(5)-thiomethyl-5(4)-me~hyl imidazole of the formula CH3 1- ¦ 2 H

HN ~ ~ N

with a 2-haloethylamine, wherein halo means chloro or bromo, at room temperature in a system consisting of a 50 % aqueous solution of a strong base and an organic phase using quaternary ammonium or quaternary phosphonium salts as phase transfer catalysts. As catalysts there can be used e.g. methyltricaprylyl ammonium chloride, benzyltriethyl ammonium chloride, benzyltriphenyl phosphonium chloride, hexadecyltributyl phosphonium bromide etc.
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Another advantage of the process of the invention over knownprocesses for synthetizing 4-[(2-aminoethyl)-thiomethyl~-5-methyl imidazole i5 that the use of cysteamine hydrohalide is avoided.
Instead of this expensive chemical, a 2-haloethylamine, preferably 2-chloroethylamine, which is a cheaper and readily available com-pound, is used. Furthermore, there is no need for a preliminary protection of the amino group in this compound.

As organic solvents there can be used polar organic solvents in which the starting reactant is soluble, such as lower alcohols, acetonitrile and the like. The yields of the final compound of the formula I are extraordinarily high and amount to 85 to 90 % of the theoretical yield.

The starting 4(5?-thiomethyl-5(4)-methyl imidazole and the process-es for preparing the same are disclosed in our Belgian patent 875 845.

Since thiols are not very stable compounds, the reactions are preferably carried out in an inert atmosphere.

In an alternative method an alkali mercaptide of 5(4)-methyl-4(5)-thiomethyl imidazole, which is a stable compound, is used as the starting substance. The reaction conditions are similar to those of the previous case.

The invention is illustrated but not limited by the following Examples.

Example 1 S-methyl-4-thiomethyl imidazole (6.4 g, 0.05 mole) is dissolved in t`-~

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ethanol (80 ml). Thereto a 50 % aqueous NaOH solution (10 ml) is added, followed by the addition of hexadecyltributyl phosphonium chloride (1.16 g, 0.0025 mole) and stirring for 10 minutes in an inert atmosphere at room temperature. Over a period of 15 minutes, a solution of 2-chloroethylamine (4.0 g) in ethanol (30 ml) is added and the resùlting mixture is stirred for 30 minutes at room temperature and then for 30 more minutes at 50C. The solvent is removed by evaporation and the residue is extracted with isopropan-ol.

The inorganic salts are filtered off and hydrogen chloride is pass-ed into the isopropanolic solution until pH 1 is reached.

The reaction mixture is evaporated to dryness and the residue is recrystallized from ethanol. There is obtained 3-C(2-aminoethyl) thiomethyl]-5-methyl imidaæole (10.9 g, 89.3 %) in the form of its dihydrochloride, mnp. 189-191C.

ExamPle 2 The procedure of the previous Example is followed, using, however, benzyltriethyl ammonium chloride (TEBA, 580 mg, 2.5 mmole) as the catalyst. There are obtained 10.8 g (88 %) of the desired com-pound.

Example 3 The procedure of Example 1 is followed, using, however, tricaprylyl-methyl ammonium chloride (Aliquat 336, 1.04 g, 2.5 mmole) as the catalyst. There are obtained 10.9 g (89.3 %) of the desired compound.

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5-methyl-4-thiomethyl imidazole (1.5 g, 0.01 mole) in ~he form of its sodium mercaptide is dissolved in water (20 ml). Thereto benzyltriethyl ammonium chloride (70 mg, 0.3 mmole) is added. The resulting solution is stirred for 10 minutes at room temperature.
Over a period of 10 minutes 2-chloroethylamine (8.0 g) in ethanol (8 ml) is added dropwise to the reaction mixture. The reaction mixture is stirred for 1.5 hours at room temperature, evaporated to dryness and the rest of the procedure of Example 1 is followed.
There are obtained 2.2 g (90.3 %) of the desired compound, m.p.
190-1~2C.

Claims (4)

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE PROPERTY
OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A process for preparing 4-[(2-aminoethyl)thiomethyl]-5-methyl imidazole of the formula and its acid addition salts, characterized in that a compound of the formula, wherein M represents hydrogen or an alkali metal, is reacted with a 2-haloethylamine, wherein halo represents chloro or bromo, in a system consisting of an aqueous solution of a strong base and of an organic phase, at room temperature in the presence of quaternary ammonium or quaternary phosphon-ium salts as phase transfer catalysts.
2. A process according to claim 1, characterized in that methyl-tricaprylyl ammonium chloride, hexadecyltributyl phosphonium bromide, benzyltriethyl ammonium chloride are used as quater-nary ammonium or quaternary phosphonium salts.
3. A process according to claim 1, characterized in that the reaction is carried out in the presence of a 50 % aqueous sodium hydroxyde solution.
4. A process according to claim 1, characterized in that the reaction is carried out in the presence of lower alcohols or acetonitrile as organic solvents.
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