CA2461574C - Process for preparing vanillylamine hyrochloride - Google Patents

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CA2461574C
CA2461574C CA2461574A CA2461574A CA2461574C CA 2461574 C CA2461574 C CA 2461574C CA 2461574 A CA2461574 A CA 2461574A CA 2461574 A CA2461574 A CA 2461574A CA 2461574 C CA2461574 C CA 2461574C
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Abstract

Process for preparing vanillylamine or one of the salts thereof by a) reacting vanillin with hydroxylamine or the salts thereof in the presence of an organic salt, which may optionally be produced in situ, and b) subsequently hydrogenating the resulting vanillyloxime with hydrogen in the presence of a suitable catalyst and an organic and/or inorganic acid, characterised in that step a) is carried out in an inorganic or organic acid as diluent.

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1/1257 Prio/ff 1 Process for preparing vanillylamine hydrochloride 78894tra.206 The invention relates to a process for preparing vanillylamine hydrochloride which can be used on an industrial scale.

Background to the invention Vanillylamine hydrochloride is an intermediate product in the preparation of 1o pelargonic acid vanillylamide, which is used as a hyperemia inducing active substance, e.g. in plasters.
German Patent DE 760 746 describes the preparation of vanillylamine hydrochloride, in which the isolated 4-hydroxy-3-methoxy-benzaldoxime used as starting material is reduced using hydrogen in the presence of activated charcoal and palladium oxide in an acetic acid solution and with the subsequent addition of hydrochloric acid to obtain the vanillylamine hydrochloride.
The preparation of 4-hydroxy-3-methoxy-benzaldoxime from vanillin and hydroxylamine hydrochloride in a basic medium is described in the literature (J. Org.
Chem. Vol. 53, No. 5, 1988). First, the oxime is isolated and then reduced to the amine in an ethanolic hydrochloric acid solution. The isolation of the oxime represents a significant expenditure of cost and time, particularly in the production of vanillylamine hydrochloride on an industrial scale.

The problem of the present invention is therefore to prepare a cost effective process for preparing vanillylamine hydrochloride which can be used on an industrial scale.
Detailed description of the invention The present invention solves the problem described above by the following method of synthesis.

The invention thus relates to a process for preparing vanillylamine or one of the salts thereof by a) reacting vanillin with hydroxylamine or the salts thereof in the presence of an organic salt, which may optionally be produced in situ, and 1/1257 Prio/ff 2 b) subsequently hydrogenating the resulting vanillyloxime with hydrogen in the presence of a suitable catalyst and an organic and/or inorganic acid, wherein step a) is carried out in an inorganic or organic acid as diluent.

In a preferred process steps a) and b) are carried out in a one-pot process.

Also preferred is a process wherein sodium acetate and glacial acetic acid are used in step a).

1o In a particularly preferred process vanillin is reacted with hydroxylamine hydrochloride in step a).

Also particularly preferred is a process wherein Pd/C or Pt/C is used as catalyst in step b).
Of particular importance according to the invention is a process wherein the hydrogenation step b) is carried out in the presence of glacial acetic acid and concentrated hydrochloric acid.

The invention preferably relates to a process wherein the reaction temperature in step a) is 15 C to 50 C.

The invention preferably relates to a process wherein the reaction temperature in step b) is 0 C to 70 C.

Particularly preferred is a process wherein vanillin is used in a molar ratio to hydroxylamine or the salt thereof of 1:2 to 2:1, preferably 1:1.

The invention also relates to the use of the vanillylamine or one of the salts thereof obtained by the process according to the invention for preparing pharmaceutically active compounds.

The invention further relates to the use of the vanillylamine or one of the salts thereof obtained by the process according to the invention for preparing pelargonic acid vanillylamide.

1/1257 Prio/ff 3 Acids suitable for forming salts of vanillylamine or vanillyloxime include for example hydrochloric acid, acetic acid, hydrobromic acid, sulphuric acid, phosphoric acid, nitric acid, succinic acid, oxalic acid, malonic acid, fumaric acid, maleic acid, tartaric acid, citric acid, ascorbic acid and methanesulphonic acid, particularly hydrochloric acid, sulphuric acid or acetic acid.

In a preferred embodiment of the process according to the invention for preparing the vanillylamine, as a rule one equivalent of vanillin is suspended in 3 to 20 parts (based to on the weight of vanillin used), preferably about 5 parts, of an acid diluent, preferably glacial acetic acid, hydrochloric acid or sulphuric acid, most preferably glacial acetic acid, and combined with 1 to 2 equivalents, preferably one equivalent of an organic salt, for example sodium hydroxide or sodium acetate, preferably sodium acetate, most preferably anhydrous sodium acetate.
1s The suspension is combined with 1 to 2 equivalents, preferably one equivalent, of hydroxylamine or a hydroxylamine salt, preferably hydroxylamine hydrochloride or hydroxylamine sulphate, preferably hydroxylamine hydrochloride, with stirring.
The reaction mixture is heated to 25 C to 50 C, preferably 28 C to 40 C, more preferably about 30 C to 35 C, and stirred for 0.5 to 8 hours, preferably about 3 20 hours.
The vanillyloxime produced remains in suspension and is hydrogenated by the addition of 0.1 to 10 parts (based on the weight of vanillin used), preferably about 0.7 parts, of acid, preferably hydrochloric acid or sulphuric acid, preferably hydrochloric acid, and 1 to 20 % by weight (based on the vanillin used), preferably 10 % by 25 weight, of a catalyst, preferably a transition metal catalyst, preferably a Pd/C, Pt or Ra-Ni catalyst, most preferably a Pd/C catalyst, while hydrogen is piped into the reaction mixture, under a hydrogen pressure of 1 to 7 bar, but preferably from 3 to 5 bar, most preferably 4 bar, at a temperature of 0 C to 70 C, preferably 10 C to 35 C, preferably about 10 C.
3o Then the vanillylamine produced or the salt thereof is completely dissolved by the addition of water and optionally heating to 40 C to 70 C, preferably about 60 C. The catalyst is filtered off. The filtrate is heated to 50 C to 70 C, preferably about 60 C, optionally after the diluent used, preferably acetic acid, has been distilled off, in order to dissolve the salts and the vanillylamine or the salt thereof, and water is added 1/1257 Prio/ff 4 thereto. In order to precipitate the vanillylamine salt the reaction mixture is combined with an inorganic or organic acid, preferably hydrochloric acid. The suspension formed is cooled and the salt of the vanillylamine is filtered, optionally washed with a solvent, preferably acetone, and dried.
The procedure according to the invention results in a cost effective process with a high space/time yield with regard to the vanillylamine or the salts thereof.

The Examples that follow serve to illustrate some processes for preparing to vanillylamine or the salts thereof which are carried out by way of example.
They should be understood as being only possible procedures described purely by way of example without restricting the invention to their content.

Example 1 a) Synthesis of vanillyloxime 56.58 g of vanillin are suspended in 283 ml of glacial acetic acid and combined with 32.02 g of anhydrous sodium acetate. Then 28.29 g of hydroxylamine hydrochloride are added, the reaction mixture is heated to 30 C to 35 C with stirring and stirred for hours.

b) Synthesis of vanillylamine 25 The reaction mixture obtained in a) is combined with 38 ml of hydrochloric acid and 6.2 g of Pd/C. Hydrogen is piped into the reaction mixture, with stirring, at 10 C over a period of 4 hours under a pressure of 4 bar. After the addition of 71 ml of water the mixture is heated to 60 C and stirred for 1 hour. The catalyst is filtered off and the acetic acid is eliminated from the filtrate by distillation at 60 C. Then the reaction 30 mixture is combined with 141 ml of water in order to dissolve the vanillylamine hydrochloride and the salts and stirred at 60 C for 0.5 hours. After the addition of 99 ml of hydrochloric acid and 1 hour's stirring, the suspension formed is cooled to 3 C
and after 3 hours the vanillylamine hydrochloride is filtered off, washed with acetone and dried at 50 C.
Yield: 57.66 g (82 % of theory).

1/1257 Prio/ff 5 Example 2 a) Synthesis of vanillyloxime 20.0 g of vanillin are suspended in 150 ml of glacial acetic acid and combined with 8.6 ml of NaOH (50%). Then 10.96 g of hydroxylamine hydrochloride are added.
The reaction mixture is stirred for 2 hours at 20 C.

b) Synthesis of vanillylamine hydrochloride The reaction mixture obtained in a) is combined with 27 ml of hydrochloric acid and 2 g of Pd/C. Hydrogen is piped into the reaction mixture, with stirring, at 0 C
over a period of 2.5 hours under a pressure of 4 bar. After working up, 13.12 g (53 %
of theory) of vanillylamine hydrochloride are obtained.

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CLAIMS:
1. Process for preparing vanillylamine or a salt thereof by a) reacting vanillin with hydroxylamine or a salt thereof in the presence of an organic salt, which may optionally be produced in situ, to produce a vanillyloxime, and b) subsequently hydrogenating the resulting vanillyloxime with hydrogen in the presence of a suitable catalyst and an organic and/or inorganic acid, wherein step a) is carried out in an inorganic or organic acid as a diluent.
2. The process according to claim 1, wherein steps a) and b) are carried out in a one-pot process.
3. The process according to claim 1 or 2, wherein in step a) sodium acetate and glacial acetic acid are used.
4. The process according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein in step a) vanillin is reacted with hydroxylamine hydrochloride.
5. The process according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein in step b) Pd/C or Pt/C is used as the catalyst.
6. The process according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the hydrogenation step b) is carried out in the presence of glacial acetic acid and concentrated hydrochloric acid.
7. The process according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the reaction temperature in step a) is 15°C to 50°C.
8. The process according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the reaction temperature in step b) is 0°C to 70°C.
9. The process according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein vanillin is used in a molar ratio to hydroxylamine or a salt thereof of 1:2 to 2:1.
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