Background art:
holt et al (Proc. R. Soc. B,1958,148,481-494) have reported that a series of differently substituted 1-acetyl-3-indoleethyl esters were synthesized via different routes starting from three compounds, halogenated aniline, anthranilic acid, N- (2-carboxy) phenylglycine substituent, followed by the further synthesis of differently substituted chromogenic substrates of the acetate class. Wherein, the synthesis of the 5-bromo-6-chloro-3-indoleethyl ester involves: n- (5-chloro-2-carboxyl) phenylglycine is subjected to aromatic ring bromination reaction under the condition of liquid bromine/acetic acid (the yield is 78%), the obtained N- (4-bromo-5-chloro-2-carboxyl) phenylglycine is subjected to cyclization decarboxylation reaction under the condition of acetic anhydride/sodium acetate/heating reflux (the yield is 42%), the obtained 1-acetyl-5-bromo-6-chloro-3-indoleethyl ester is subjected to hydrolysis to remove all acetyl groups, and then is subjected to esterification reaction with acetic anhydride selectively (the yield is 42%); the total yield of the three steps of reactions is 14 percent, and is shown as a formula 1.
Another method of synthesis of 1-acetyl-5-bromo-6-chloro-3-indoleethyl ester has been reported by Rodri i guez-Dom i anguez et al (J.heterocyclic. chem.,2007,44, 273-),275, the method is characterized in that 2, 4-dichlorobenzoic acid is used as an initial raw material, bromination reaction is firstly carried out under liquid bromine/chlorosulfonic acid/elemental sulfur/heating conditions (yield is 95%), the obtained 5-bromo-2, 4-dichlorobenzoic acid is subjected to Ullmann condensation reaction under glycine/potassium carbonate/copper powder/N, N-Dimethylformamide (DMF)/heating reflux (yield is 71%), and the obtained N- (4-bromo-5-chloro-2-carboxyl) phenylglycine is subjected to cyclization decarboxylation reaction under acetic anhydride/sodium acetate/heating reflux conditions (yield is 64%) to obtain the final product; the total yield of the three steps of reactions is 43 percent, as shown in formula 2.
A new synthesis of 1-acetyl-5-bromo-6-chloro-3-indoleethyl ester has been reported recently by Gandy et al (org. Biomol. chem.,2015,13, 905-908). The method comprises the steps of taking 4-chloro-2-fluorobenzaldehyde as an initiator, sequentially carrying out nucleophilic addition with hydroxylamine hydrochloride, then carrying out dehydration reaction (yield is 84%), carrying out condensation reaction with ethyl aminoacetate hydrochloride (yield is 72%), carrying out aromatic ring bromination reaction with ammonium bromide and hydrogen peroxide (yield is 81%), carrying out hydrolysis reaction (yield is 95%) and finally carrying out ring-closing decarboxylation reaction (yield is 88%; note: no recrystallization) to obtain a target product; the total yield of the five reactions is 41%, as shown in formula 3.
Agban et al (Eur.J.Med.chem.,1990,25, 697-via 699) reported the synthesis of a variety of 3-indole carboxylic acid esters, but only involved a one-step reaction from a variety of 1-acetyl-3-indole ethyl esters (but no 1-acetyl-5-bromo-6-chloro-3-indole ethyl ester) to a variety of 3-indole carboxylic acid esters, and neither gave a yield nor synthesized 5-bromo-6-chloro-3-indolyltctyl ester.
The above synthetic studies have the following problems: the synthetic route and the specific preparation process of the 5-bromo-6-chloro-3-indoxyl ester are not reported; for the synthesis of an intermediate, during bromination reaction, high-toxicity liquid bromine is used as a bromination reagent, and solvents such as acetic acid, chlorosulfonic acid and the like are difficult to recover, so that more pollutants are easily generated; the overall yield of other step reactions or intermediate reaction routes is low, and the like.
The invention content is as follows:
the invention aims to provide a synthesis method of 5-bromo-6-chloro-3-indoxyl with high efficiency, safety, environmental protection and relatively high total reaction yield. 5-bromo-6-chloro-3-indoxyl is currently commonly used as a chromogenic substrate (or chromogenic probe) for the detection of Salmonella containing specific octanoate esterase in the field of microbial detection.
The synthesis method of 5-bromo-6-chloro-3-indolyloctyl ester is characterized by comprising the following steps:
carrying out bromination reaction on 4-chloro-2-aminobenzoic acid and N-bromosuccinimide to obtain 5-bromo-4-chloro-2-aminobenzoic acid, carrying out nucleophilic substitution reaction on 5-bromo-4-chloro-2-aminobenzoic acid and sodium chloroacetate to obtain N- (4-bromo-5-chloro-2-carboxyl) phenylglycine, carrying out cyclization decarboxylation reaction on the N- (4-bromo-5-chloro-2-carboxyl) phenylglycine to obtain 1-acetyl-5-bromo-6-chloro-3-indoleethyl ester, and carrying out selective esterification reaction on 1-acetyl-5-bromo-6-chloro-3-indoleethyl ester and octanoyl chloride to obtain 5-bromo-6-chloro-3-indoleoctylene And (3) an ester.
The specific synthetic route is shown as the following formula:
bromination reaction, nucleophilic substitution reaction, cyclization decarboxylation reaction and selective esterification reaction with octanoyl chloride, wherein the reaction yield of each step is 98%, 84%, 68% and 47% in sequence, and the total yield of the four steps is 26%.
Wherein, solvent acetonitrile used in bromination reaction is easy to recycle and can be recycled due to low boiling point, NBS used is solid bromine reagent, and corresponding by-product is succinimide; compared with the bromination reaction using HBr as one of the liquid bromine and reaction byproducts in the background art, the bromination method of the invention is obviously safer and more environment-friendly, and the yield is also very high.
For the nucleophilic substitution of sodium chloroacetate in the one-step reaction, KI is added as a catalyst, so that the reaction rate can be accelerated. For the two reactions of the cyclization decarboxylation and the final selective esterification, the invention also makes corresponding changes which are beneficial to improving the reaction yield, such as proper adjustment of the charge ratio, control of the reaction temperature and time, change of the post-reaction treatment and the like.
The synthesis method of 5-bromo-6-chloro-3-indoxyl ester has the advantages of high efficiency, safety, environmental protection and relatively high total reaction yield, so that the method can be used for large-scale synthesis of 5-bromo-6-chloro-3-indoxyl ester.
Example 1:
the synthetic route of this example is shown below:
(1) synthesis of 5-bromo-4-chloro-2-aminobenzoic acid (II)
4-chloro-2-aminobenzoic acid (I; 20.00g, 116.6mmol) is added into a 500mL single-neck round-bottom flask, then acetonitrile (300mL) is added, the mixture is rapidly stirred to form a beige suspension, N-bromosuccinimide (NBS; 20.75g, 116.6mmol) is slowly added into the suspension in small amount for multiple times at room temperature, after the addition is finished, the reaction is continuously stirred for 1h, then the solvent is removed by rotary evaporation in a water bath at 45 ℃, water is added, the mixture is stirred, filtered, washed and dried in vacuum at 60 ℃ to obtain the required target 5-bromo-4-chloro-2-aminobenzoic acid (II, 28.62g, the yield is 98%).
Nuclear magnetic data for 5-bromo-4-chloro-2-aminobenzoic acid:1H-NMR(300MHz,DMSO-d6):δ=7.90(s,1H,—H-6);7. 02(s,1H,H-3).13C-NMR(75MHz,DMSO-d6):δ=167.69(CO2H);151.23(C-2);137.79(C-4);13 5.37(C-6);117.13(C-3);110.34(C-1);103.98(C-5).
(2) synthesis of N- (4-bromo-5-chloro-2-carboxy) phenylglycine (III)
To a 150mL two-necked round bottom flask was added 5-bromo-4-chloro-2-aminobenzoic acid (II; 5.00g, 19.96mmol), NaOH (0.83g, 20.74mmol) and water (40mL), stirred until the solid dissolved, and KI (0.34g, 2.05mmol), sodium chloroacetate (4.83g, 41.47mmol) and Na were added sequentially2CO3Adjusting the pH value of the (2mol/L) solution to 7-8, heating and reacting under reflux, and continuously adding Na2CO3And (3) adjusting the pH value of the solution (2mol/L) to 7-8, stopping heating and stirring when the pH value of the reaction solution is not changed within 45min, cooling, adding 40mL of water for dilution, acidifying with concentrated hydrochloric acid until the pH value is 4, performing suction filtration, washing with cold water, performing vacuum drying at 60 ℃ after suction drying, and performing extraction with acetonitrile to remove a small amount of residual unreacted substrate raw material to obtain the required target product N- (4-bromo-5-chloro-2-carboxyl) phenylglycine (III; 5.20g, yield 84%).
Nuclear magnetic data for N- (4-bromo-5-chloro-2-carboxy) phenylglycine:1H-NMR(300MHz,DMSO-d6):δ=13.07(s,2H,- CO2H);8.18(s,1H,-NH-);7.98(s,1H,H-6);6.87(s,1H,H-3);4.02(t,2H,-CH2-)ppm.13C-NMR(75 MHz,DMSO-d6):δ=171.24(CO2H);167.88(CO2H);149.68(C-2);138.73(C-4);135.62(C-6); 113.38(C-3);111.19(C-1);104.60(C-5);44.11(CH2)ppm.
(3) synthesis of 1-acetyl-5-bromo-6-chloro-3-indoleethyl ester (IV)
Weighing N- (4-bromo-5-chloro-2-carboxy) phenylglycine (III; 5.000g, 16.21mmol) and anhydrous sodium acetate (5.318g, 64.83mmol, 4.0equiv.) and placing the mixture in a 150mL two-neck round-bottom flask, adding acetic anhydride (75mL), placing the mixture in an oil bath preheated to about 150 ℃, stirring and reacting at 135-140 ℃ until no carbon dioxide is generated (about 25min), taking out, cooling, adding a large amount of ice-water mixture, stirring in an ice-water bath or standing until an oily substance disappears, performing suction filtration, washing with saturated sodium bicarbonate to neutrality, fully washing with water, performing suction drying, washing with a small amount of cold methanol, performing ethanol-water recrystallization, fully performing vacuum drying to obtain the required target 1-acetyl-5-bromo-6-chloro-3-indole ethyl ester (IV; 3.644g, yield 68%).
Nuclear magnetic data for 1-acetyl-5-bromo-6-chloro-3-indoleethyl ester:1H-NMR(300MHz,CDCl3):δ=8.65(s,1H,H-2); 7.80(s,1H,H-4);7.75(s,1H,H-7);2.61(s,3H,-OCOCH3);2.40(s,3H,=NCOCH3)ppm.13C-NMR(75MHz,CDCl3):δ=168.47(-OCO-);167.53(=NCO-);133.14(C-7a);131.99(C-3a); 131.75(C-6);123.43(C-2);121.93(C-4);118.37(C-3);117.45(C-5);114.63(C-7);23.68,20.98 (2×CH3)ppm.HRMS:calcd.for C12H9BrClNNaO3351.9347; found 351.9349 (FIGS. 1 and 2)
(4) Synthesis of 5-bromo-6-chloro-3-indolyloctyl ester (V)
Weighing 1-acetyl-5-bromo-6-chloro-3-indole ethyl ester (IV; 0.992g, 3.00mmol), placing in a 50mL round bottom flask, adding NaOH solution (2mol/L, 16.5mL), removing oxygen sufficiently, and adding N2Heating and refluxing for reaction under protection until the solid is completely dissolved to obtain uniform black-brown opaque liquid, cooling, transferring to ice water bath for cooling, adding octanoyl chloride (2.9mL) under rapid stirring, reacting for 0.5h, and stopping introducing N2The reaction was terminated. The upper aqueous solution was decanted off and 1mol/L Na was added2CO3Stirring the solution under cooling in ice water bath, repeating for several times until pH value of the aqueous solution is neutral, extracting with ethyl acetate, separating, drying with anhydrous sodium sulfate, decolorizing with active carbon, filtering, removing solvent by rotary evaporation, crystallizing the crude product with ethanol-water in refrigerator, vacuum filtering, and adding waterAfter washing, suction drying and thorough vacuum drying, the desired target 5-bromo-6-chloro-3-indoxyl (V; 0.529g, 47% yield) was obtained.
Nuclear magnetic data for 5-bromo-6-chloro-3-indolyloctyl ester:1H-NMR(300MHz,CDCl3):δ=7.94(s,1H,H-4);7.68(s,1H, H-7);7.18(d,J=2.7Hz,1H,H-2);2.55(t,J=7.5Hz,2H,-CH2-);1.80–1.63(m,2H,-CH2-); 1.33–1.24(m,J=13.8,13.3,5.0Hz,9H,4×CH2,-NH-);0.83(t,J=6.7Hz,3H,H-CH3)ppm.13C-NMR(75MHz,CDCl3):δ=171.74(C=O);132.26(C-7a);129.46(C-3a);128.29(C-6);121.89 (C-4);120.25(C-2);115.25(C-3);113.31(C-5);112.83(C-7);34.23(C-2′);31.69,29.13,28.95, 25.03,22.64(C-3′,C-4′,C-5′,C-6′,C-7′);14.11(C-8′)ppm.HRMS:calcd.for C16H19BrClNNaO2394.0184; found 394.0180 (fig. 3 and 4)
The total yield of the four-step reaction is 26%.