Preparation method of 3-methylflavone-8-carboxylic acid
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of drug synthesis, and particularly relates to a preparation method of a flavoxate intermediate 3-methylflavone-8-carboxylic acid.
Background
3-methylflavone-8-carboxylic acid is a key intermediate for preparing smooth muscle relaxation medicine 'flavoxate hydrochloride'.
The synthesis research of 3-methylflavone-8-carboxylic acid is continuously improved and enhanced in recent decades, and the current main production methods comprise the following three methods:
patent US2921070 discloses that salicylic acid is used as a starting material, reacts with propionic anhydride to perform esterification, is rearranged under the catalysis of aluminum trichloride, and finally forms a ring with benzoic anhydride to generate 3-methylflavone 8-carboxylic acid, and the main disadvantages of the route are that salicylic acid forms a dimer itself, the content of rearrangement reaction isomers under the catalysis of aluminum trichloride is high, and the yield of the product is low;
in patent JP7953/1996, phenol is used as a raw material, a reaction product of the phenol and propionic anhydride is rearranged under the catalysis of aluminum trichloride, then reacts with propylene chloride to carry out secondary rearrangement, and is oxidized to generate 3-methylflavone-8 carboxylic acid after ring closure under the catalysis of sodium benzoate, the route undergoes two rearrangement reactions, and the purity and the yield of the product are very low;
in patent EP107804, methyl salicylate is used as a starting material, after bromination reaction, the product is reacted with propionyl chloride and then rearranged under the catalysis of aluminum trichloride, and then ring closure is carried out under the catalysis of sodium benzoate, and then 3-methylflavone-8 carboxylic acid is obtained through hydrogenolysis and hydrolysis.
Disclosure of Invention
The technical problem is as follows: the invention aims to provide a novel preparation method of 3-methylflavone-8-carboxylic acid, which synthesizes the 3-methylflavone-8-carboxylic acid through four steps of acylation, rearrangement, cyclization and hydrolysis.
The technical scheme adopted by the invention is as follows
The invention takes methyl salicylate as raw material, generates methyl salicylate phenolic ester through amidation, generates 3-propionyl methyl salicylate through Fries rearrangement under the catalysis of titanium tetrachloride, and finally generates 3-methylflavone-8-carboxylic acid through cyclization and hydrolysis, wherein the specific synthetic route is as follows:
the preparation method mainly comprises the following steps:
first, preparation of methyl 3-propionylsalicylate:
taking methyl salicylate shown in formula 5 and propionyl chloride as starting materials, generating a phenolic ester formula 4 in an organic solvent, concentrating after reaction, rearranging at high temperature under the catalysis of Lewis acid, and distilling under reduced pressure to obtain the 3-propionyl methyl salicylate formula 3.
Preferably, the organic solvent is dichloromethane, trichloromethane, toluene, carbon disulfide, tetrahydrofuran;
preferably, the lewis acid is titanium tetrachloride, aluminum trichloride, ferric chloride;
preferably, the reaction temperature is 120-180 ℃;
second step, preparation of methyl 3-methylflavone-8-carboxylate
Mixing 3-propionyl methyl salicylate and benzoyl chloride, preparing a compound 3-methylflavone-8-methyl carboxylate of a formula 2 under the catalysis of sodium benzoate, adding reaction liquid into alkaline water after the reaction is finished, quenching, and obtaining a product solid product through filtering and washing.
Preferably, the reaction temperature is 170-180 ℃;
preferably, the alkaline water can be selected from aqueous solution of sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate.
Third step, preparation of 3-methylflavone-8-carboxylic acid
3-methylflavone-8-carboxylic acid methyl ester is mixed with an alcoholic solution of alkali, and is hydrolyzed under the catalysis of the alkali to synthesize the compound 3-methylflavone-8-carboxylic acid shown in the formula 1.
Preferably, the alkaline reagent can be selected from inorganic bases such as sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, lithium hydroxide and the like, and the dosage of the alkaline reagent is 2.0 to 5.0 times, preferably 3.0 to 4.0 times of that of the 3-propionyl methyl salicylate;
preferably, the common alcohol solvent is methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, ethylene glycol and other solvents;
preferably, the reaction temperature is 60-120 ℃.
The invention has the beneficial effects that the preparation method of the 3-methylflavone-8-carboxylic acid is provided, the problems of poor rearrangement reaction selectivity, more isomer impurities and difficult purification of intermediates are mainly solved, the use of bromine is avoided, the synthetic process is simplified, and the preparation method is a green and efficient synthetic process which is convenient for industrial production.
The technical advantages of the scheme are that (1) methyl salicylate is used as an initial material for acylation rearrangement, dimer impurities are avoided being generated, titanium tetrachloride is used as Lewis acid, isomer impurities are reduced in the rearrangement process, and (2) bromine which is expensive and high in toxicity is avoided being used in the process, so that the process is shortened, the risk of reaction is reduced, and three-waste pollution is reduced.
The specific embodiment is as follows:
for better understanding of the present invention, the following examples are given for illustration and not for limiting the scope of the present invention
Example 1
First, preparation of methyl 3-propionyl salicylate
Adding 30.4g (0.2 mol) of methyl salicylate and 200ml of carbon disulfide into a 500ml four-mouth bottle, starting stirring, slowly dropping 20.4g (0.24 mol) of propionyl chloride after all solids are dissolved, heating to 40 ℃, preserving heat for reaction for 4h, adding 38.0g (0.2 mol) of titanium tetrachloride, stirring for 0.5h, evaporating under reduced pressure to remove the solvent, heating to 120 ℃ for reaction for 4h, adding ice water for quenching reaction, and distilling oily matter under reduced pressure to obtain 33.6g of 3-propionyl methyl salicylate with the yield of 81%.
Second step, preparation of methyl 3-methylflavone-8-carboxylate
33.0g (0.16 mol) of methyl 3-propionyl salicylate and 63.9g (0.45 mol) of benzoyl chloride are added into a 1000ml reaction bottle in sequence, stirring is started, 64.8g (0.45 mol) of sodium benzoate is added, and the temperature is raised to 170 ℃ for reaction for 4 hours. Taking solution of dichloromethane and methanol with the volume ratio of 10:1 as developing solvent, adding reaction liquid into alkaline water to quench after TLC method detects that no residual 3-propionyl methyl salicylate exists, and obtaining product solid product 42.3g by filtering and washing, with the yield of 90%.
Third step, preparation of 3-methylflavone-8-carboxylic acid
400ml of ethanol and 22.4g (0.4 mol) of potassium hydroxide are sequentially added into a 1000ml reaction bottle and stirred at room temperature to be dissolved, 40g (0.136 mol) of 3-methylflavone-8-carboxylic acid methyl ester is added, the temperature is raised to reflux, the reaction is carried out for 10 hours, the pH value is adjusted to be =3 after the reaction is cooled, and 33.5g of 3-methylflavone-8-carboxylic acid is obtained through suction filtration and washing, and the yield is 88%.
Example 2
First, preparation of methyl 3-propionyl salicylate
Adding 30.4g (0.2 mol) of methyl salicylate and 300ml of dichloromethane into a 500ml four-mouth bottle, starting stirring, slowly dropping 20.4g (0.24 mol) of propionyl chloride after all solids are dissolved, heating to 40 ℃, preserving heat for reaction for 4h, adding 38.0g (0.2 mol) of titanium tetrachloride, stirring for 0.5h, evaporating the solvent under reduced pressure, heating to 150 ℃ for reaction for 4h, adding ice water for quenching reaction, and distilling oily substances under reduced pressure to obtain 31.1g of 3-propionyl methyl salicylate with the yield of 75%.
Second step, preparation of methyl 3-methylflavone-8-carboxylate
Adding 30.0g (0.15 mol) of 3-propionyl methyl salicylate and 59.9g (0.42 mol) of benzoyl chloride into a 1000ml reaction bottle in sequence, starting stirring, adding 60.8g (0.42 mol) of sodium benzoate, heating to 180 ℃ for reaction for 4 hours, taking a solution with a volume ratio of dichloromethane to methanol of 10:1 as a developing agent, adding a reaction solution into 400ml of sodium carbonate aqueous solution for quenching after detecting that no 3-propionyl methyl salicylate remains by a TLC method, stirring for 1 hour, carrying out suction filtration and washing to obtain 43.3g of a product solid product with the yield of 92%.
Third step, preparation of 3-methylflavone-8-carboxylic acid
400ml of methanol and 16.0g (0.4 mol) of sodium hydroxide are sequentially added into a 1000ml reaction bottle, stirred and dissolved at room temperature, 40g (0.136 mol) of 3-methylflavone-8-carboxylic acid methyl ester is added, the temperature is raised to reflux, the reaction is carried out for 10h, the pH is adjusted to be =2 by hydrochloric acid after cooling, and 32.3g of 3-methylflavone-8-carboxylic acid is obtained by suction filtration and washing with water, wherein the yield is 85%.
Example 3
First, preparation of methyl 3-propionyl salicylate
Adding 30.4g (0.2 mol) of methyl salicylate and 200ml of tetrahydrofuran into a 500ml four-mouth bottle, starting stirring, slowly dropping 20.4g (0.24 mol) of propionyl chloride after the solid is completely dissolved, heating to 40 ℃, preserving the temperature for reaction for 4h, adding 26.6g (0.2 mol) of aluminum trichloride, stirring for 0.5h, evaporating under reduced pressure to remove the solvent, heating to 180 ℃ for reaction for 4h, adding ice water for quenching reaction, and distilling oily matter under reduced pressure to obtain 26.9g of 3-propionyl methyl salicylate with the yield of 65%.
Second step, preparation of methyl 3-methylflavone-8-carboxylate
Adding 30.0g (0.15 mol) of 3-propionyl methyl salicylate and 59.9g (0.42 mol) of benzoyl chloride into a 1000ml reaction bottle in sequence, starting stirring, adding 60.8g (0.42 mol) of sodium benzoate, heating to 170 ℃ for reaction for 4h, taking a solution with a volume ratio of dichloromethane to methanol of 10:1 as a developing agent, adding a reaction solution into 600ml of sodium carbonate aqueous solution for quenching after detecting that no 3-propionyl methyl salicylate remains by a TLC method, stirring for 1h, carrying out suction filtration and washing to obtain 41.4g of a solid product with the yield of 88%.
Third step, preparation of 3-methylflavone-8-carboxylic acid
400ml of isopropanol and 9.6g (0.4 mol) of lithium hydroxide are sequentially added into a 1000ml reaction bottle and stirred at room temperature to be dissolved, 40g (0.136 mol) of 3-methylflavone-8-carboxylic acid methyl ester is added, the temperature is raised to reflux, the reaction is carried out for 10h, the pH is adjusted to be =3 by hydrochloric acid after cooling, and 30.8g of 3-methylflavone-8-carboxylic acid is obtained by suction filtration and washing with water, wherein the yield is 81%.