Synthesis method of levosalbutamol hydrochloride
Technical field:
the invention belongs to the field of medicinal chemistry, and particularly relates to a synthesis method of levalbuterol hydrochloride.
The background technology is as follows:
levalbuterol is a β2-adrenoreceptor agonist, which primarily agonizes β2-adrenoreceptors on airway smooth muscle, resulting in activation of adenylate cyclase, increasing intracellular concentration of adenosine 3',5' -cyclic phosphate (cAMP), and thus dilating airway smooth muscle. In vitro studies have shown that the affinity of the levorotatory form of albuterol for the beta receptor is 100 times stronger than that of the dextrorotatory form, and that the physiological effect of the racemate is mostly provided by the levorotatory form. Meanwhile, experiments also prove that the relaxation action strength of the low-dose levalbuterol is equivalent to that of the racemate. Compared with racemate, the levosalbutamol has quick effect, high curative effect and small side effect, so that the application of single enantiomer levosalbutamol has become a necessary trend, and the single enantiomer administration mode has attracted wide clinical attention.
The chemical name of the levalbuterol hydrochloride is (R) -alpha 1 - [ (tert-butylamino) methyl group]-4-hydroxy-1, 3-benzenedimethanol hydrochloride having the structural formula:
the most reported method for synthesizing the levalbuterol is to split and prepare the optical isomer by using the raceme albuterol. The resolution methods have complicated steps, and the biggest disadvantages are low yield (less than 50%) and high cost due to resolution loss. British patent document GB1298494a discloses first the synthesis of levalbuterol, which is carried out by crystallization resolution with D- (+) -dibenzoyltartaric acid, then ester reduction reaction, and then removal of two benzyl protecting groups, to obtain levalbuterol, the process route is as follows:
another more reported method is to obtain levalbuterol in technical scale, better yields and good optical purity by asymmetric hydrogenation reduction of ketones to chiral alcohols, e.g. China patent CN1705634A, using rhodium in combination with chiral bidentate phosphine ligands. The disadvantages are that the reagent has high toxicity and high hydrogenation risk, and the process route is as follows:
in addition, the literature on the use of asymmetric reduction methods also discloses: journal of chinese pharmaceutical chemistry, 2006, 16 (4): 222-225; tetrahedron letters, 1994, 35 (31), 5551-5554, etc. The method has the defects of high reagent toxicity, high risk coefficient and the like.
The invention aims to avoid using reagents such as metal catalysis or organoboron with larger toxicity, and the like, and constructs a chiral framework through asymmetric epoxidation, thereby realizing a novel method for preparing the levalbuterol hydrochloride economically, safely and simply.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides a novel synthesis process of levosalbutamol hydrochloride, and develops a novel synthesis method of a key intermediate in the synthesis process, for example, asymmetric epoxidation is used for synthesizing (R) -2, 2-dimethyl-6- (epoxy ethane-2-yl) -4H-benzo [ d ] [1,3] dioxin, the defect of using heavy metal and borane reagent with high toxicity and high-pressure hydrogenation reaction is overcome, and the method is mild in condition and simple and convenient to operate. The amplification test shows that the method is suitable for industrial amplification production and has the characteristics of high total reaction yield, high product purity and low isomer content.
The technical scheme adopted by the invention is as follows: 1) 1- (2, 2-dimethyl-4H-benzo [ d ] [1,3] dioxin-6-yl) ethanol and titanium dioxide are taken as starting materials, and a solvent-free system is used for synthesizing 2, 2-dimethyl-6-vinyl-4H-benzo [ d ] [1,3] dioxin through dehydration.
Then epoxidizing 2, 2-dimethyl-6-vinyl-4H-benzo [ D ] [1,3] dioxin under the combined action of 1,2:4, 5-di-O-isopropylidene-BETA-D-erythro-2, 3-dione-2, 6-pyranose (Shi's Catalyst), potassium monopersulfate (Oxone) and potassium hydroxide to obtain (R) -2, 2-dimethyl-6- (ethylene oxide-2-yl) -4H-benzo [ D ] [1,3] dioxin.
(R) -2, 2-dimethyl-6- (ethylene oxide-2-yl) -4H-benzo [ D ] [1,3] dioxin and tert-butylamine react and condense in ethanol, and then form salt with D- (+) -malic acid to obtain (R) -2- (tert-butylamine) -1- (2, 2-dimethyl-4H-benzo [ D ] [1,3] dioxin-6-yl) ethanol D- (+) -malate.
(R) -2- (tert-butylamine) -1- (2, 2-dimethyl-4H-benzo [ D ] [1,3] dioxin-6-yl) ethanol D- (+) -malate is subjected to hydro-ammonolysis and reacts with hydrogen chloride ethanol to prepare the levalbuterol hydrochloride.
The invention discovers a novel method for synthesizing the levosalbutamol hydrochloride, and the key intermediate is not novel for epoxidation, and the total yield is between 85 and 90 percent, which is higher than that of the prior method. The process is convenient to operate, the raw materials are economical, and the method is suitable for large-scale industrial production.
Drawings
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the applicability of the levalbuterol hydrochloride purity detection system of example 4
FIG. 2 is a graph showing the purity of levalbuterol hydrochloride in example 4
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the systematic applicability of the isomer content system of levalbuterol hydrochloride of example 4
FIG. 4 is a graph showing the isomer content of levalbuterol hydrochloride of example 4
Detailed Description
Example 1 preparation of 2, 2-dimethyl-6-vinyl-4H-benzo [ d ] [1,3] dioxin
A1000 mL flask was charged with 208g (1.0 mol) of 1- (2, 2-dimethyl-4H-benzo [ d ] [1,3] dioxin-6-yl) ethanol accurately weighed, and stirring was started. Then, 16g (0.2 mol) of titanium dioxide was slowly added, a water separator and a return pipe were installed, heating was started to an internal temperature of 120 to 130℃and stirring was carried out for 12 hours. After the reaction is finished, the temperature is reduced to below 50 ℃, the water separator is removed, the vacuum distillation device is changed, and the fraction of 120 ℃ (less than 100 Pa) is collected to obtain 180.7g of 2, 2-dimethyl-6-vinyl-4H-benzo [ d ] [1,3] dioxin, and the yield is 95%.
Mass spectrometry: EI (m/z): 190; nuclear magnetic resonance hydrogen spectrum: 1 HNMR(400MHz,CDCl 3 )δ7.55(d,J=4Hz,1H),7.11(s,1H),6.87(d,J=4Hz,1H),6.65~6.60(m,1H),5.63~5.60(m,1H),5.19~5.5(m,1H),4.59(s,2H),1.49(s,6H)。
EXAMPLE 2 Synthesis of (R) -2, 2-dimethyl-6- (oxiran-2-yl) -4H-benzo [ d ] [1,3] dioxin
A clean 5000mL three-necked flask was taken, 180.5g (0.95 mol) of 2, 2-dimethyl-6-vinyl-4H-benzo [ D ] [1,3] dioxin, which was the compound obtained in example 1, was added, 2000mL of acetonitrile was added for dissolution, 49.1g (0.19 mol) of 1,2:4, 5-di-O-isopropylidene-BETA-D-erythro-2, 3-dione-2, 6-pyranose was then added, 876g (1.43 mol) of potassium monopersulfate (Oxone) was added with stirring, and an appropriate amount of potassium hydroxide was then added after the addition, so that the pH of the system was kept between 10 and 11, and the stirring reaction was continued at 25℃for 8 to 12 hours. After the reaction, slowly pouring the mixture into 2000ml of prepared purified water, fully stirring the mixture for 30min, standing the mixture for layering, and collecting an organic layer. 2000ml of dichloromethane was added for extraction, the organic layers were combined, washed with saturated sodium chloride solution, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated to dryness to give 196g of crude colorless liquid in 100% yield.
Mass spectrometry: EI (m/z): 207 (x, y); nuclear magnetic resonance hydrogen spectrum: 1 HNMR(400MHz,CDCl 3 )δ7.25(s,1H),7.18(d,J=4Hz,1H),6.85(d,J=4Hz,1H),4.59(s,2H),3.85~3.81(m,1H),2.96~2.71(m,2H),1.49(s,6H)。
example 3 preparation of (R) -2- (tert-butylamine) -1- (2, 2-dimethyl-4H-benzo [ D ] [1,3] dioxin-6-yl) ethanol D- (+) -malate
A clean 5000mL three-necked flask was taken, 196g (0.95 mol) of the compound (R) -2, 2-dimethyl-6- (oxiran-2-yl) -4H-benzo [ d ] [1,3] dioxin obtained in example 2 was taken, 1000mL of ethanol was added to dissolve, 80.4g (1.1 mol) of tert-butylamine was then added, stirring was started, and heated to reflux for 3H, and TLC was used to detect the progress of the reaction. After the reaction, 127g (0.95 mol) of D- (+) -malic acid was added in portions, and stirring and refluxing were continued for 2 hours after the addition was completed. Then cooling to 5-15 ℃, a large amount of solid is separated out, stirring for 3 hours, filtering, washing a filter cake with ethanol, collecting the filter cake and drying to obtain 372g of (R) -2- (tert-butylamine) -1- (2, 2-dimethyl-4H-benzo [ D ] [1,3] dioxin-6-yl) ethanol D- (+) -malate as white solid, wherein the yield is 94.7%.
Mass spectrometry: ESI (m/z): 280.1; nuclear magnetic resonance hydrogen spectrum: 1 HNMR(400MHz,d-DMSO)δ7.25(s,1H),7.18(d,J=4Hz,1H),6.85(d,J=4Hz,1H),4.90~4.76(m,2H),4.59(s,2H),4.44~4.40(m,2H),3.65(br,2H),3.15~2.90(m,2H),2.77~2.52(m,2H),2.03(s,1H),1.50(s,6H),1.27(s,9H)。
EXAMPLE 4 preparation of Levoalbuterol hydrochloride
372g of the compound (R) -2- (tert-butylamine) -1- (2, 2-dimethyl-4H-benzo [ D ] [1,3] dioxin-6-yl) ethanol D- (+) -malate obtained in example 3 was added to a 5000mL beaker, 1500mL of purified water was added, the solution was stirred and dissolved, 1500mL of methylene chloride was further added, and the mixture was cooled in an ice bath. Adding a proper amount of strong ammonia water slowly under stirring, adjusting the pH of the water phase to 9-10, continuously stirring for 30min, standing and layering. The organic layer was separated and collected, and the aqueous layer was added with 1000ml of dichloromethane, followed by stirring for 10min and allowed to stand for delamination. The organic layers were separated and collected, the organic layers were combined, 2000ml of saturated sodium chloride solution was added to the organic layers, stirred for 30min, allowed to stand for delamination, the organic layers were collected, dried over a suitable amount of anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered, washed with dichloromethane, and the filtrate was collected.
The filtrate is concentrated to about 1500mL by rotary evaporation, transferred into a 5000mL three-mouth bottle and placed in an ice bath for cooling to 5-15 ℃. About 110g of 30% hydrogen chloride ethanol solution was added dropwise under stirring, and after the completion of the dropwise addition, 2000mL of methyl tert-butyl ether was added dropwise under stirring, whereby a large amount of white solid was precipitated. After the addition, stirring for 3 hours at the temperature of 5-15 ℃, filtering, washing a filter cake by adding methyl tertiary butyl ether, collecting the filter cake, and drying to obtain 241.5g, wherein the yield is 97.3%. The purity was 99.95% by HPLC analysis, and the isomer content was not detected, see FIGS. 1-4. The total yield of the four-step reaction is 87.5 percent.