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Definitions

• This invention relates to novel 1- or 5- substituted-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-3-benzazepines, their preparation and to pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
• the compounds have valuable pharmaceutical properties in the treatment of psychoses, depression, pain and hypertension.
• European Patent Application No. 83105610.6 (Publication No. 0 096 838) discloses certain 1-aryloxy substituted 2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-3-benzazepines having H and/or alkoxy substituents in the 7- and 8-positions thereof. These compounds are disclosed as having utility in the treatment of depression.
• novel benzazepines lacking such a 1-phenyl substituent provide good anti-dopaminergic activity, in particular, showing surprising selectivity for the D-1 subclassification of dopaminergic receptors. Accordingly, in one of its aspects, the present invention provides novel benzazepines of the structural formula I:
• R 1 represents -XR 6 , -CHR 7 R 8 , cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, -H, -CN, -(CO)OR 9 , -O(CO)R 9 ,
• R 2 represents -H (provided that R 1 does not represent H ) , -OH (provided that R 1 does not represent
• R 3 represents H, alkyl, allyl or cyclopropylmethyl
• R 4 represents H, halo, alkyl, haloalkyl or alkoxy
• R 5 represents -OR 10 , -N(R 9 ) 2 or -O ⁇ C(R 7 ) 2 ⁇ OCOR 13 ;
• R 6 represents -H, aryl, heteroaryl, naphthyl, aralkyl, heteroarylalkyl, alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkylalkyl, cycloalkenylalkyl, alkoxyalkyl or -(CH 2 ) n R 11 ;
• R 7 represents -H or alkyl
• R 8 represents cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, cycloalkylalkyl, cycloalkenylalkyl, aralkenyl, aralkynyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkyl, alkoxyalkyl or -(CH 2 ) n R 12 ; each R 9 independently represents H, alkyl, alkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, aralkyl or aryl;
• R 10 represents H, -COR 9 or -CON(R 9 ) 2 ;
• R 11 represents -(CO) OR 9 , -COR 9 , -(CO)N(R 9 ) 2 , -CN, -O(CO)N(R 9 ) 2 , -O(CO)R 9 , -N(R 9 ) 2 , -OR 9 or -SR 9 , provided that R 11 is not -N(R 9 ) 2 , -OR 9 or -SR 9 when n is
• R 12 represents -(CO)OR 9 , -COR 9 , -(CO)N(R 9 ) 2 ,
• R 13 represents alkyl, aralkyl or aryl
• X represents -O-, -S-, or -N(R 9 )-; m represents 0 or 1; n represents an integer of from 1 to 4; Y represents N or CH;
• Z represents CH 2 (if Y does not represent CH) or NR 9 ; and p and q each independently represent integers of from 1 to 3 such that the sum of p plus q is from 1 to 5 and p and q do not both represent 1 when Y is N and Z is NR 9 .
• halo represents fluoro, chloro, bromo or iodo
• alkyl including the alkyl portions of cycloalkylalkyl, cycloalkenylalkyl, heteroarylalkyl, alkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, etc.
• alkyl including the alkyl portions of cycloalkylalkyl, cycloalkenylalkyl, heteroarylalkyl, alkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, etc.
• alkyl including the alkyl portions of cycloalkylalkyl, cycloalkenylalkyl, heteroarylalkyl, alkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, etc.
• alkyl including the alkyl portions of cycloalkylalkyl, cycloalkenylalkyl, heteroarylalkyl, alkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, etc.
• alkyl including the alkyl portions of cycloalkylalkyl,
• heteroaryl represents aromatic heterocyclic groups having at least one O, S and/or N interrupting the carbocyclic structure and having a sufficient number of delocalized pi electrons to provide aromatic character, with the aromatic heterocyclic groups preferably containing from 2 to
• 2- or 4-imidazolyl 2-, 4-, 5- or 6-pyr imidinyl, 2- or 3-pyrazinyl, 3- or 4-pyridazinyl, 3-, 5- or 6-
• R 1 represents -XR 6 , -CHR 7 R 8 , cycloalkyl or cycloalkenyl, wherein R 6 represents -H, phenyl, substituted phenyl, aralkyl, alkyl, haloalkyl or alkoxyalkyl, X represents
• R 7 represents H or alkyl
• R 8 represents cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, haloalkyl or alkoxyalkyl.
• R 1 are cycloalkyl and cycloalkenyl, in particular cyclohexyl and cyclohexenyl.
• R 1 is X R 6
• preferred values for R 6 are alkyl, in particular methyl and ethyl and cycloalkyl, in particular cyclohexyl, and preferred values for X are
• R 1 represents wherein m is 1 and R 9 is hydrogen or alkyl. In another further preferred embodiment of the invention R 1 is 1-pyrrolyl.
• R 2 a preferred value is -H and for R 3 a preferred value is -CH 3 .
• R 4 is preferably halogen, in particular chloro, and R 5 is preferably -OH, -O ⁇ CO ⁇ R 9 or
• R 9 represents alkyl, alkoxy or alkoxyalkyl
• R 7 represents hydrogen
• R 13 represents alkyl
• Preferred compounds of the general formula I include:
• the present invention provides a process for the preparation of a compound of the formula I which process comprises a process selected from the following processes A to E:
• R 3 , R 4 and R 13 are as defined for formula I, R 3a is R 3 or
• R 5a is R 5 as defined for formula I or is alkoxy
• L 3 is an anion, preferably an anion derived from a halo acid or a sulfonic acid
• D is a reactive group capable of being eliminated as DH with formation of the azepine ring
• Z is R 1 or R 2 ,
• the present invention also includes intermediates useful in the preparation of the compounds of formula I, i.e., intermediates of formula II
• R 3a represents R 3 as defined above or -COOR 14 wherein R 14 is alkyl, aryl, aralkyl or haloalkyl; R 4 is as defined above; R 5a represents R 5 as defined above or alkoxy; and Q represents H, halo or -SO 2 R" wherein R" is CH 3 , CF 3 , phenyl or tolyl. Q preferably represents chloro or bromo.
• a preferred intermediate is of the formula Ila
• the compounds of formula I possess analgesic, anticholinergic, antiaggressive and general tranquilizing properties.
• the invention therefore includes pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula I in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and methods for treating mental disorders including psychoses, schizophrenia or depression in a mammal, or for the control of pain or anxiety in a mammal by administering an effective amount of a compound of formula I to the affected mammals.
• R 1 and R 2 are different, may exist in isomeric forms.
• the invention contemplates all such isomers both in pure form and in admixture, including racemic mixtures.
• the compounds of formula I may form pharmaceutically acceptable salts with organic and inorganic acids.
• suitable acids for salt formation are hydrochloric, sulfuric, phosphoric, acetic, citric, malonic, salicylic, malic, fumaric, succinic, ascorbic, maleic, methanesulfonic and other mineral and carboxylic acids well known to those in the art.
• the salts are prepared by contacting the free base form with a sufficient amount of the desired acid to produce a salt in the conventional manner.
• the free base forms may be regenerated by treating the salt with a suitable dilute aqueous base solution such as dilute aqueous sodium hydroxide, potassium carbonate, ammonia and sodium bicarbonate.
• the free base forms differ from their respective salt forms somewhat in certain physical properties, such as solubility in polar solvents, but the salts are otherwise equivalent to their respective free base forms for purposes of the invention.
• a compound of formula III may be reacted with a suitable reducing agent to reduce the carbonyl oxygen:
• Suitable reducing agents include BH 3 /THF, LiAlH 4 , NaBH 4 /pyridine, NaAlH 2 (OCH 2 CH 2 OC 2 H 5 ) 2 , etc.
• the reaction may be performed at any suitable temperature, e.g. from about 0°C to about 120°C, and may be performed in an inert solvent such as THF, ether, etc.
• the compounds of formula III may be prepared by the processes described below:
• R 12 is an alkyl group such methyl or ethyl.
• This reaction may be performed at any suitable temperature, e.g., from about 0°C to about 50°C. Usually an inert solvent such as DMF, CH 2 Cl 2 , etc., is employed but the reaction may also be run neat. The reaction is run in the presence of coupling agents or dehydration agents such as dicyclohexylcarbodiimide, N-ethyl-N'- (dimethylamino) ethylcarbodiimide, etc.
• coupling agents or dehydration agents such as dicyclohexylcarbodiimide, N-ethyl-N'- (dimethylamino) ethylcarbodiimide, etc.
• the compounds of formula VI can be made by reacting the compounds of formula IV with, for example, SOCl 2 or (COCl) 2 to yield the acid chloride of formula IVa
• This reaction may be run neat, i.e., with the acid as the solvent, or in the presence of a solvent such as acetic acid. Any suitable temperature may be employed, e.g., from about 0°C to about 50°C
• the compounds of formula VII are then reduced to a compound of formula III by employing a suitable hydrogenation agent which will reduce the olefinic bond of formula VII without reducing the carbonyl thereof, e.g., H 2 /PtO 2 , H 2 /Pd-C, etc.:
• the compounds of formula III may be prepared by a sequence of steps starting with reacting a compound of formula IVb with a compound of formula V to produce a compound of formula Via, which is then reacted with a strong acid and then a reducing agent to form a compounds of formulas VIla and VIII, as shown below:
• R 12 is as defined above. These reactions may be performed under the conditions described above for the respective reaction.
• the compound of formula VIII is reacted with a halogenating agent such as SO 2 Y 2 , e.g., SO 2 Cl 2 , SO 2 Br 2 , etc., to produce a compound of formula IX:
• a halogenating agent such as SO 2 Y 2 , e.g., SO 2 Cl 2 , SO 2 Br 2 , etc.
• This reaction may be run at any suitable temperature and is usually performed in an inert solvent such as CH 2 Cl 2 , CHCI 3 , etc.
• the Y group in the compound of formula IX can be hydrolyzed to an OH group which may then be reacted with an appropriate sulfonyl halide or anhydride (such as tolylsulfonyl chloride or methanesulfonyl chloride) to provide other intermediates of formula II above.
• an appropriate sulfonyl halide or anhydride such as tolylsulfonyl chloride or methanesulfonyl chloride
• the nucleophile is the precursor of the group R 1 and can be, for example, an alkanol, primary or secondary amine, a thiol, sodioethylmalonate, cyanide, etc.
• the compound of formula X may be reacted with a suitable halogenating agent as described above to form a compound of formula XI:
• the reaction conditions for these two steps are as described above in the preceding paragraph.
• the order of reactions of the nucleophiles may be reversed so that the R 2 group is added first and the R 1 group second.
• the compound of formula VIII may be reacted in an electrophilic substitution reaction with a compound of the formula R 1 L 1 wherein L 1 is a leaving group such as a halogen, e.g., CI, Br or I, or a sulfononyloxy group, e.g., tosyloxy, methane-sulfonyloxy, etc., to produce a compound of the formula X:
• This reaction is run in the presence of a strong base M + L- such as NaH, KH, potassium tertiary butoxide, etc.
• the reaction may be performed at temperatures of from about 0°C to about 100°C may and may be run neat or in an inert solvent such as THF, DMF, etc.
• a compound of formula X may be reacted in another electrophilic substitution reaction with a compound R 2 L 1 wherein L 1 is as described above to produce a compound of formula III:
• R 1 L 1 and R 2 L 1 reactants may be reversed so that the R 2 group is added first and the R 1 group second.
• the compounds of formula VII above may also be converted directly to a compound of formula I by employing a stronger reducing agent which will reduce both the olefinic bond and the carbonyl group of the compound of formula VII:
• Suitable stronger reducing conditions include, for example, catalytic hydrogenation under elevated temperature and pressure, e.g., with Raney nickel at about 25° to about 100°C and about 20-100 atmospheres. These reductions may be performed in inert solvent such as ethanol.
• R is an alkyl or aryl group such as methyl, ethyl, phenyl, etc.
• Any suitable reducing agent may be employed, e.g., LiAlH 1 , etc., in a suitable solvent such as ether, THF, etc. and at a temperature of from 0°C up to reflux temperature of the reaction mixture.
• the compound of formula XII may be prepared by a number of different techniques. For example, a compound of XIV may be reacted with a compound of XV to produce a compound of XVI:
• L 2 represents a suitable leaving group such as CI, Br, I, tosyloxy, methanesulfonyloxy, etc. and R 12 represents alkyl. Any inert solvent such as ether, CH 2 Cl 2 , CHCI 3 , etc. may be employed.
• the compound of formula XVI may be cyclized with a strong acid such as HCl, CF 3 SO 3 H, etc. to produce compounds of formulas XVII and XVIII (the compounds XVII also being final compounds of the formula I prepared in accordance with Process D of the invention hereinafter described in greater detail):
• the carbonyl group on the compound of formula XIX may be reduced to a hydroxyl group with a suitable reducing agent, for example, NaBH 4 , to produce a compound of formula XX:
• a compound of formula XX is reacted with a sulfonyl halide such as tosyl chloride (TsCl) to form a compound of formula XXI.
• a sulfonyl halide such as tosyl chloride (TsCl)
• the compound of formula XXI is then reacted with a suitable nucleophile (nu) which is the precursor of the R 1a group, e.g., HNR 6 R 10 such as methyl amine, an alkanol such as methanol, ethanol or benzyl alcohol, a thiol such as methanethiol, a cyanide such as NaCN, etc, to provide a compound of formula Xllb:
• a suitable nucleophile (nu) which is the precursor of the R 1a group, e.g., HNR 6 R 10 such as methyl amine, an alkanol such as methanol, ethanol or benzyl alcohol, a thiol such as methanethiol, a cyanide such as NaCN, etc, to provide a compound of formula Xllb:
• a compound of formula XXIIa or XXIIb may be reacted with a compound R 2 L 3 or R 1 L 3 , respectively, and then with a suitable hydrogenating agent such as NaBH 4 , in an inert medium such as a lower alcohol and at a temperature of from 0°C up to the reflux temperature of the reaction mixture, to provide a compound of formula I:
• L 3 represents a suitable leaving group such as an anion derived from a halo acid or sulfonic acid, e.g Br, tosyloxy, CI, etc.
• the compounds of formula XXIIa or XXIIb may be prepared by reacting a compound of formula XVIII with a suitable electrophilic agent R 1 L 3 or R 2 L 3 , respectively, wherein L 3 is as defined above.
• Suitable electrophilic agents include, for example, benzyl bromide. This reaction may be run in the presence of a base such as potassium carbonate and in the presence in an inert solvent such acetonitrile.
• Process E where it is desired to produce a compound of formula XXIIIa or XXIIIb
• the olefinic double-bonds of the compounds of formula XXIIa and XXIIb may be saturated by techniques conventional in the art, for example, by treatment with sodium borohydride in the presence of a carboxylic acid, e.g., acetic acid in an inert medium at a temperature of from 0°C up to the reflux temperature of the reaction mixture.
• a carboxylic acid e.g., acetic acid in an inert medium at a temperature of from 0°C up to the reflux temperature of the reaction mixture.
• the compounds of the general formula I may also be prepared by intramolecular condensation of a compound of the general formula
• D is a reactive group capable of being eliminated as DH with formation of the azepine ring.
• D may be hydroxy, a substituted hydroxy group, in particular alkoxy, a halogen such as chlorine or bromine or a sulfonic acid ester such as -O-tosyl or an -O-mesyl group.
• Condensation may suitably be effected by treating the compound of the general formula XVI' with a strong acid such as HCl, CF 3 SO 3 H in an inert medium at a temperature of from 0°C up to the reflux temperature of the reaction mixture and then isolating the desired compound of the formula I.
• a compound of formula XXIV may be reacted with a compound of formula XXV to produce a compound of formula I:
• L 4 is a leaving group such as Br, tosyloxy, CI, etc.
• the compounds of formula XXIV above may be prepared, for example, by treating a compound of formula XII with hydrolyzing agent such as a base, e.g., aqueous or alcoholic KOH or NaOH.
• R 4 and R 5 groups during the reactions.
• Conventional protecting groups are operable.
• the groups listed in column 1 of the following table may be protected as indicated in column 2 of the table:
• R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 and R 5 groups in formula I may be varied by appropriate selection of starting materials from which the compounds are synthesized or by reacting a compound of formula I with a suitable reagent to effect the desired conversion of the substituent to another R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 or R 5 group.
• Clinically active antipsychotic drugs are known to depress discrete trial avoidance behavior at doses that do not retard escape response ⁇ Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 66, 740 (1957) ⁇ .
• a series of experiments was carried out to assess the ability of the compounds of this invention to suppress the conditioned avoidance response (CAR) in rats.
• Rats were required to jump onto a platform located 6.75 inches (17.15 cm) above the grid floor of an experimental chamber in response to a 5-second tone to avoid a 10-second foot shock (0.6 ma). Each experimental session consisted of 20 such trials presented at 30-second intervals.
• a correct CAR is scored whenever the rat jumps onto the platform during the tone (prior to foot shock).
• An escape response is scored when the rat jumps onto the platform during a shock.
• a response failure is defined as the lack of an escape response during the 10-second shock period.
• Binding of a compound to a receptor site, in vitro, is demonstrated by the specificity of binding and the saturability of the available sites.
• a methodology for characterization of binding and an interpretation of the data are described by Billard et al., Life Sciences 35, 1885 (1984) in which the binding of the benzazepine (R)-(+)-8-chloro-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-3-methyl-5-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepin-7-ol hemimaleate (SCH 23390) to the dopamine D-1 receptor is characterized.
• Tritiated SCH 23390 and tritiated spiperone were obtained as described in the Billard et al. reference supra and serially diluted in 0.05 M Tris buffer, pH 7.4, as required.
• a compound of the invention is diluted in 0.05 M Tris buffer, pH 7.4, as required.
• mice Male Sprague-Dawley rats (200 to 250 g) from Charles River Breeding Laboratories, Mass. were used to obtain brain tissue. The rats were humanely sacrificed and their brains removed and placed on ice. Striatal tissue was excised, pooled, and homogenized (Brinkman Polytron, 10 sec) in 100 volumes (w/v) of ice cold 50 mM Tris buffer, pH 7.4 (at 25°C). The homogenate was centrifuged at 20,000 xg for 10 min. The resultant pellet was rehomogenized in Tris buffer and centrifuged again. The final pellet was resuspended in 50 mM Tris buffer pH 7.4 containing 120 mM NaCl, 5 mM KCl, 2 mM CaCl 2 , and 1 mM MgCl 2 .
• IC 50 concentration of test drug necessary to displace 50% of specifically bound 3 H-Sch 23390
• [L] concentration of radioligand used in the assay
• K D dissociation constant
• K i The inhibition constants (K i ) determined from the assays for compounds of the invention are as shown in Table 2 below.
• the comparatively small K i values of these compounds in the competitive binding assay with SCH 23390 indicate that the compounds of formula I bind strongly to the D-1 receptor site.
• the relatively high K i values for the D-2 site, for which spiperone is highly selective, indicates that the compounds are not specifically bound to that receptor site.
• the antidepressive method of the invention is identified, for example, by test procedures which measure a compound's effect on tetrabenazine (TBZ)-induced ptosis in mice or which measure a compound's effect on muricide activity in rats as discussed below.
• TTZ tetrabenazine
• mice Groups of 5 mice are administered test drugs followed 30 minutes later by ip injection of tetrabenazine, 30 mg/kg. Thirty minutes later, the degree of ptosis is evaluated. Percent blockade of each treated group is used to determine ED 50 's, defined as that dose which prevents ptosis in 50% of mice. ED 50 's and 95% confidence limits are calculated by probit analysis.
• Blockade of muricidal (mouse-killing) behavior in rats is used as a measure of evaluating the anti- depressant activity of drugs (Int. J. Neuro-pharmacol., 5 , 405-11 (1966)).
• ED 50 is defined as that dose which blocks muricide behavior in 50% of treated rats and is calculated using probit analysis.
• the analgesic effect of the compounds of formula I and the method for providing analgesia may be exemplified by the Acetic Acid Writing Test in Mice described below.
• ACETIC ACID WRITHING TEST IN MICE The blockade of writhing induced by the intraperitoneal injection of acetic acid is an established experimental animal model for the screening of antinociceptive drugs (drugs which prevent the appreciation or transmission of pain sensations). See Hendershot et al., J . Pharmacol. Exp. Therap. 125:237, (1959) and Koster et al., Fed. Proc. 18.: 412, (1959).
• ком ⁇ онент to be tested are dissolved or suspended in aqueous 0.4% methylcellulose vehicle.
• dosages are prepared for delivery of the selected weight of compound in a total volume of 20 mg/kg of body weight.
• dosages are prepared for delivery of the selected weight of compound in a volume of 10 ml/kg of body weight.
• test procedure is that described by Hendershot et al., supra, except that acetic acid is substituted for phenylquinone.
• Groups of five male CFl mice (20-26 g.) are dosed orally with test drug and injected 15 minutes later with 0.6% aqueous acetic acid (10 mg/kg).
• the mice are placed in a large observation beaker and the number of writhes for each animal is counted during a 10 minute interval starting 3 minutes after injection of acetic acid.
• a writhe is defined as a sequence of arching of the back, pelvic rotation and hindlimb extension.
• Initial screening is performed using a dosage of 30 mg/kg. If this dose affords 50% or greater reduction in the number of writhes compared to the control, the animal is considered to be protected, a dose response curve is developed using a logarithmic sequence of lower doses and an ED 50 is determined by interpolation.
• the compounds of this invention are non-toxic at the therapeutic dose.
• inert, pharmaceutically acceptable carriers are admixed with the active compounds.
• the pharmaceutically acceptable carriers may be either solid or liquid.
• Solid form preparations include powders, tablets, dispersible granules, capsules, cachets and suppositories.
• a solid carrier can be one or more substances which may also act as diluents, flavoring agents, solubilizers, lubricants, suspending agents, binders or tablet disintegrating agents; it may also be an encapsulating material.
• the carrier is a finely divided solid which is in admixture with the finely divided active compound.
• the active compound is mixed with a carrier having the necessary binding properties in suitable proportions and compacted in the shape and size desired.
• the powders and tablets typically contain from 5 to about 70% of the active ingredient dependent upon the potency of the active compound, the size and age of the intended user, and the range of dosage required for the specific therapy.
• Suitable solid carriers are magnesium carbonate, magnesium stearate, talc, sugar, lactose, pectin, dextrin, starch, gelatin, tragacanth, methylcellulose, sodium carboxymethylcellulose, a low melting wax, cocoa butter and other materials typically used in the pharmaceutical industries.
• preparation is intended to include the formulation of the active compound with encapsulating material as carrier, providing a capsule in which the active component (with or without other carriers) is surrounded by a carrier, which is thus in association with it.
• carrier a capsule in which the active component (with or without other carriers) is surrounded by a carrier, which is thus in association with it.
• cachets are included. Tablets, powders, cachets and capsules can be used as solid dosage forms suitable for oral administration.
• a low melting wax such as a mixture of fatty acid glycerides or cocoa butter is first melted and the active ingredient is dispersed homogeneously therein as by stirring. The molten homogeneous mixture is then poured into convenient sized molds, allowed to cool and thereby solidify.
• Liquid form preparations include solutions, suspensions and emulsions. As an example may be mentioned water or water-propylene glycol solutions for parenteral injection. Liquid preparations can also be formulated in solution in aqueous polyethylene glycol solution.
• Aqueous solutions suitable for oral use can be prepared by adding the active component in water and adding suitable colorants, flavors, stabilizing, sweetening, solubilizing and thickening agents as desired.
• Aqueous suspensions suitable for oral use can be made by dispersing the finely divided active component in water with viscous material, i.e., natural or synthetic gums, resins, methylcellulose, sodium carboxymethylcellulose and other well-known suspending agents.
• solid form preparations which are intended to be converted, shortly before use, to liquid form preparations for either oral or parenteral administration.
• liquid forms include solutions, suspensions and emulsions.
• solid form preparations are most conveniently provided in unit dose form and as such are used to provide a single liquid dosage unit. Alternatively, sufficient solid may be provided so that after conversion to liquid form, multiple individual liquid doses may be obtained by measuring predetermined volumes of the liquid form preparation as with a syringe, teaspoon or other volumetric container.
• the solid form preparations intended to be converted to liquid form may contain, in addition to the active material, flavorants, colorants, stabilizers, buffers, artificial and natural sweetners, dispersants, thickeners, solubilizing agents and the like.
• the solvent utilized for preparing the liquid form preparation may be water, isotonic aqueous salt solutions , ethanol, glycerine, propylene glycol and the like, as well as mixtures thereof.
• the solvent utilized will be chosen with regard to the route of administration. For example, liquid preparations containing large amounts of ethanol are not generally suitable for parenteral use.
• transdermal compositions can take the form of creams, lotions and/or emulsions and can be included in a transdermal patch of the matrix or reservoir type as are conventional in the art for this purpose.
• the pharmaceutical preparation is in unit dosage form.
• the preparation is subdivided into unit doses containing appropriate quantities of the active components.
• the unit dosage form can be a packaged preparation, the package containing discrete quantities of preparation such as packeted tablets, capsules and powders in vials or ampules.
• the unit dosage form can also be a capsule, cachet or tablet itself, or it may be the appropriate number of any of these in a packaged form.
• the quantity of active compound in a unit dose preparation may be varied or adjusted from 1 mg to 100 mg according to the particular application and the potency of the active ingredient and the intended treatment.
• a dose of about 0.02 to about 2.0 mg/kg, preferably about 0.02 to about 0.2 mg/kg, may be employed and may be divided over 1 to 3 administrations per day.
• the composition may, if desired, also contain other therapeutic agents.
• the dosages may be varied depending on the requirement of the patient, the severity of the condition being treating and the particular compound being employed. Determination of the proper dosage for a particular situation is within the skill of those in the medical art. For convenience, the total daily dosage may be divided and administered in portions throughout the day or by means providing continuous delivery.
• the compound of formula B (3.4 g) prepared as described in Preparative Example 1 was mixed at ice-bath temperature with 10 ml of methanesulfonic acid, and the resulting solution then heated to 70°C. After two hours, the resulting mixture was poured into cold excess saturated NaHCO 3 solution. The mixture was extracted with ether. The extracts were washed with brine, dried and concentrated to an oil (2.7 g). The product was dissolved in ether and treated with a slight excess of ethereal HCl. A yellow gum separated and crystallized. Filtration of the solid and recrystallization from 2-butanone gave the compound of formula C above as a hydrochloride salt, m.p. 195-197°C.
• the compound of formula C (750 mg) prepared in Example 1A in 20 ml of dimethylformamide was added dropwise to a solution prepared from 60% sodium hydride in mineral oil (490 mg) and ethanethiol (0.9 ml) in 20 ml of dimethylformamide.
• the resulting mixture was heated at 130°C for ten hours, poured into water, and extracted with ether.
• the aqueous layer was then acidified to pH 1 with HCl and extracted again with ether.
• the aqueous layer was rebasified with solid NaHCO 3 and the precipitated oil extracted with ethyl acetate.
• the compound of formula F above (1.0 g) (prepared as described in Preparative Example 2B and wherein R 1 together with R 2 represent carbonyl) was suspended in 20 ml of absolute ethanol and treated with 140 mg of sodium borohydride, portionwise, with stirring. The mixture was warmed to 40°C and stirred for 20 minutes, after which 10 ml of 5% HCl and about 10 g of ice were added. After stirring another 30 minutes, the solid product was filtered, and dried to give 930 mg of the compound of formula G above, m.p. 143-144°C.
• the compound of formula H (0.4 g), prepared as described in Example 2, was dissolved in 5 ml of dimethylformamide, 0.2 ml of tr iethylamine added, followed by 0.093 ml of methyliodide. The resulting mixture was allowed to stand at room temperature overnight, after which it was poured into water. The mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate, dried and concentrated to an oil. This material (250 mg) was chromotographed on 25 g Merck silica gel 60-G, eluting with CHCI 3 /CH 3 OH/ NH 4 OH - 1000:50:3.
• Triphenylphosphine (0.57 g) and phenol (0.21 g) were added to a solution of the compound of formula G (0.6 g), prepared as described in Example 2A, in 30 ml of benzene. To this solution was then added another solution of diisopropylazodicarboxylate (0.433 ml) in 10 ml benzene over five minutes. The resulting mixturn was allowed to stand at room temperature overnight, after which it was concentrated to a gum. This product was chromotographed on 100 g Merck silica gel 60 G, eluting with ethylacetate/hexane - 1:4, to give 0.5 g of the compound of formula K above as a yellow oil.
• the compound of formula P above (0.42 g, 1.25 mmole) was added in 5 ml of DMF to a solution of sodium thioethoxide (prepared from 100 mg (2.5 mmole) NaH 60% in oil dispersion and 0.185 ml (2.5 mmole) ethanethiol in 10 ml DMF) and the clear solution stirred at 100-110°C for about 32 hours.
• An additional 2.5 mmole of sodium thioethoxide (prepared as above) was added and the reaction mixture heated an additional 3 hours at which time TLC showed virtually complete reaction.
• the mixture was poured into water and extracted with hexane.
• the basic aqueous solution was acidified to pH 1 with 5% HCl and re-extracted with hexane.
• the acid phase was basified with solid NaHCO 3 and extracted with ethyl acetate to yield 400 mg of oily product. Upon standing, the material crystallized. The solid was recrystallized from ether/petroleum ether to yield 170 mg of the compound of formula Q above, m.p. 158-60°.
• the concentrated acid chloride produced was dissolved in 120 ml of CH 2 Cl 2 and then added dropwise to a stirring solution of 50 ml of N-methylaminoacetaldehyde dimethylacetal and 80 ml of tr iethylamine (50% excess) in 350 ml of methylene chloride for 1.5 hours at 20-25°C with occassional cooling. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for one hour longer. The reaction mixture was extracted twice with 500 ml of water, dried over MgSO 4 , filtered and then rotoevaporated down to dryness to provide about 100 g of the compound of formula S above as a viscous syrup.
• the viscous syrup was added in small portions to 500 ml of concentrated HCl (previously chilled in an ice bath) with cooling and stirring (ice bath). This was further diluted with 500 ml of acetic acid. The mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight. The reaction mixture was poured into 8 liters of ice and H 2 O with stirring over 30 minutes. A gummy solid was filtered off and washed with water. The filtrate was extracted with one liter of CH 2 Cl 2 and rotoevaporated down to dryness. The residue of the rotoevaporation and the wet gummy solid were combined and redissolved in 700 ml of ether.
• the ether was extracted twice with 300 ml of water, and the ether solution was dried over K 2 CO 3 , charcoaled, filtered and then rotoevaporated down to dryness to provide 68.0 g of a viscous syrup which crystallized out upon seeding to give the compound of formula T above.
• the filtrate was kept in a freezer overnight and then filtered to provide an additional 1.20 g of the compound of formula W of lesser purity.
• the ether layers were combined, dried over K 2 CO 3 , filtered and then rotoevaporated to dryness to provide about 2.0 g of an oily syrup which was purified through a column of 100 g of TLC grade silica gel, eluting with CH 2 Cl 2 /C 2 H 5 OH/NH 4 OH (100/5/2).
• the fractions containing the desired component were combined and then rotoevaporated to dryness to provide about 540 mg of the desired material of formula AA above.
• a solution of sodium ethoxide in 30 ml of absolute ethanol was prepared by using 253 mg of sodium, the compound of formula W (2.75 g), prepared as described in Preparative Example 6D, was added to the solution, and the reaction mixture was heated under reflux for 3 hours. The mixture was rotoevaporated down to dryness. The residue was treated with 50 ml each of H 2 O and CH 2 Cl 2 . The CH 2 Cl 2 portion was dried with MgSO 4 and concentrated to dryness to provide 2.50 g of a solid residue which was recrystallized from 15 ml of acetonitrile to give about 780 mg of the compound of formula AH above, m.p. 106-108°C.
• NaSC 2 H 5 was prepared in DMF with 1.50 g of NaH (60% in oil) and 3.0 ml of ethanethiol in 30 ml of DMF. To 4 g of this solution was added a solution of 1.20 g of the compound of formula AI above in 2 ml of DMF. The mixture was heated on an oil bath at 130-140°C for 4 hours and then chilled to room temperature and poured into 150 ml of water. The pH was adjusted to about 8 with dropwise addition of acetic acid. The mixture was extracted twice with 30 ml of CH 2 Cl 2 .
• reaction mixture was filtered (obtained 0.32 g solid, theoretical NaCl) and evaporated to near dryness. Ether and dilute NaOH were added. The phases were separated. The ether phase was washed with brine, dried over MgSO 4 , decolorized (Darco and Florisil ) and concentrated to a gum, 0.9 g, which was the compound of formula AK as confirmed by NMR.
• NaSC 2 H 5 was prepared by adding batchwise 0.89 g of NaH (60% oil dispersion) to an ice-cold solution of 1.6 cc of ethanthiol in 20 cc of DMF. The reaction mixture was allowed to stand for 15 minutes and then a solution of 1.45 g of the compound of the formula AM in 30 cc of DMF was syringed into the mixture. The resulting reaction mixture was heated on an oil bath at 120°C for 2 hours, cooled to room temperature and then 400 cc of water added. The pH of the product mixture was adjusted to 1 with N H 2 SO 4 , the mixture extracted once with 150 cc of diethyl ether and then basified with solid NaHCO 3 to give a pH of 8.

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