GB2047689A - A process for preparing pivaloyloxymethyl esters of 6- beta - amidinopenicillanic acids - Google Patents

A process for preparing pivaloyloxymethyl esters of 6- beta - amidinopenicillanic acids Download PDF

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GB2047689A
GB2047689A GB8009291A GB8009291A GB2047689A GB 2047689 A GB2047689 A GB 2047689A GB 8009291 A GB8009291 A GB 8009291A GB 8009291 A GB8009291 A GB 8009291A GB 2047689 A GB2047689 A GB 2047689A
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A process for preparing the pivaloyloxymethyl esters of 6- beta - amidinopenicillanic acids, in which a derivative of 6- beta -amidinopenicillanic acid is reacted with chloromethylpivalate in an aprotic dipolar solvent in the presence of an alkaline metal carbonate at a temperature of from +20 DEG to +40 DEG C. The process is carried out in high yield and is particularly useful for preparing the medicine pivmecillinam which has a pronounced antibiotic activity.

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SPECIFICATION A process for preparing pivalòyloxymethyl esters of 6 ss-amidinópeniciltariie acids This invention relates to a process for preparing pivaloyloxymethyl esters of 6-ss-amidinopencillanic acids, particularly the pivaloyloxymethyl ester of 6-[(hexahydro-1 H-azepin-1yl)methyleneimino]penicillanic acid, commonly referred to as pivmecillinam.
The pivaloyloxymethyl esters of 6-P-amidinopenicillanic acids are already known and are described; for example, in British Patent No. 1,293,590. Such compounds are characterized by having a high antibiotic effect, particularly on gram-negative bacteria.
According to British Patent No.1,293,590, such pivaioyloxymethyl esters can be obtained by a reaction between pivaloyloxymethyl ester of 6-aminopenicillanic acid and reactive derivatives of disubstituted formamides and disubstituted thioformamides, or by reaction between reactive derivatives of esters (particularly the pivaloyloxymethyl ester) of 6:formamidopenicillanic acid and secondary amines.
Another method for-obtaining the pivaloyloxymethyl esters is described in British Patent No. 1,482,388, according to which the pivaloyloxymethyl ester of 6-aminopenicillanic acids reacted with secondary amines together with orthoformic ororthothioform ic'esters.
British Patent No. 1,315,566 extends the teaching of British Patent No, 1)293590 by using the-disubstituted amides and disubstituted thioamides as reactants instead of the corresponding formamides and thioformamides of British Patent No. 1,293,590.
Ail of the above cited patents of the prior art use as a reactant the pivaloyloxymethyl esther of 6-aminopenicillanic acid, which is a highly unstable compound and has to be sallfied and then converted again in situ to the free base.
The present invention provides a method of preparing pivaloyloxymethyl esters of 6-amidinopenicillanic acids by using stable reactants. The reection-proceeds with good yieldsand short reaction times as compared with the above prior art.
The invention comprises preparing pivaloyloxymethyl esters of 6-ss-amidinopenicillanic acids having the formula I
wherein R and R2-each represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or atycloalkyl group having 5 or 6 carbon atoms, or R1 and R2, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bonded, form a cyclic group;R3 represents the group -CH2-O-CO-C(CH3)3; and R4 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl radical having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; wherein a compound of the general formula (I) in which R1, R2 and R4 are as above indicated, but R3 is a hydrogen atom, is reacted with chloromethylpivalate in an aprotic dipolar solvent in the presence of an alkaline carbonate at a temperature of from +20 C to +40 C.
The chloromethylpivalate is a per se well known compound'and is described, for example, in J.Amer.Chem.Soc. 89,5442, (1967). The compound of formula (I) in vhich-R1, R2 and R4are as aboveshown but R3 is -H, is well known per se and is described in British Patent No. 1,293,590; and a method of preparing it with high yields is disclosed in our copending Italian Patent Application No. 21809 A/79 In the prior art methods referred to above, one reactant is always the pivaloyloxymethyl ester of 6-aminopenicillanic acid, which is separately prepared and then reacted td produce the desired-final -product, whereas according to the present invention, the final compound is directly obtained by esterification of 6-B-amidinopenicillanic acid (which is a stable compound}.
The use of an alkaline carbonate, as an acceptor of the hydrochloric acid liberated in the esterification step in the method of the invention, enables high yields to be obtained. It has been found that yields are considerably lower and the reaction times considerably longer when using conventional acceptors of hydrochloric acid, such as triethylamine (J.Med. Chem. 13, 607 (1970)).
It is surprising that the process of the invention can be carried out and with high yields using, as a starting compound, a compound of formula (I), wherein R3 is -H, whereas when using analogous starting materials which have in their molecules a free carboxyl group and an amine group (such as ampicillin and cephalexin), in which the pivaloylmethyl esters are obtained from the pivaloyloxymethyl ester of 6-APA and 7-ADCA, as described in German Patent Applications DOS 2,012,022 and DOS 1,951, 012, the reaction would not occur at all or would occur with extremely low yields.
The following Examples illustrate the invention EXAMPLE 1 Pivaloyloxymethyl ester of 6--[(hexah ydro- ill-azepin- l-yl) methyleneimino]penicillanic acid.
(PIVMECILLINAM) 3.25g 6-ss-[(hexahydro-1 H-azepin-1 -yl) methyleneiminol pencillanicacid, 9 potassium carbonate, 2.25 g chloromethylpivalate and 0.2 g sodium iodide were added, in that order, to 50 ml dimethylformamide, and the suspension thus obtained was stirred for 3 hours at 30"C. The reaction mixture was diluted with 100 ml ethyl acetate and washed three times with 100-ml water. The organic solution dried on sodium sulphate was vacuum evaporated to dryness and the residue was crystallized from a mixture of acetone and water (1:1).
3.5 g of a compound of formula I was obtained in which R1 and R2 together form a hexamethylene chain, R4 is hydrogen and R3 is -CH2OCOC(CH3)3 Melting point: 1190C [a) DO =+231 + (C= 1.96 in ethyl alcohol) I.R.: 1780 (C=O, ss -lactam), 1765 (C =0 ester), 1745 (C=Og ester), 1630 (C = N)..
This compound was converted to its hydrochloride according to known methods.
EXAMPLE 2 Pivmecllllnam 3.25 g 6-ss- [(hexahydro-1 H-azepin-1 -yl) methyleneimino]-penicillanic acid, 1.1 g sodium carbonate, 3.25 g chloromethylpivalate and 0.2 g sodium iodide were added, in that order, to 50 ml dimethyl sulphoxide and the suspension was stirred for 5 hours at 30"C. The reaction mixture was diluted with 150 mi ethyl acetate and washed several times with water. The organic phase was dried on sodium sulphate and then vacuum evaporated to dryness. The residue was crystallized from a mixture of acetone-water (1 :1).
Thus, 3,3 g of a product identical to that described in Example 1 were obtained.
EXAMPLE 3 Pivaloyloxymethyl ester of 6-P-1(morpholln- i-yl)methyleneimino]peniclllanic acid 3.13 g 6-ss- [{morpholin-l-yi)methyleneiminol penicillanic acid, 1.4g potassium carbonate, 2.25 g chloromethylpivalate and 0.2 g sodium iodide were added in that order to 50 ml dimethyl formamide and the suspension thus obtained was stirred for 3 hours at 30"C.
The reaction mixture was diluted with 100 ml methylene chloride and washed 3 times with 100 ml water.
The organic solution was dried on magnesium sulphate and vacuum evaporated to dryness.
The residue was crystallized from a mixture of acetone and water (1:2). 3.3 g of a compound of formula I were obtained, in which R1 and R2, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bonded, form a 6 atom ring, comprising four carbon atoms, one oxygen atom and the nitrogen atom, R4 is hydrogen and R3 is -CH20COC(CH3)3.
Melting point: 78 - 80"C.
I.R.: 1775 (C= 0, p-lactam), 1765 (C = 0, ester), 1745 (C = q, ester), 1630 (C = N).

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1. A method of preparing pivaloyloxymethyl esters of 6-ss-amidinopenicillanic acids having the formula I, wherein R' and R2 each represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a cycloalkyl group having 5 or6 carbon atoms, or R1 and R2, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bonded, form a cyclic group; R3 represents the group -CH2-O-CO-C(CH3)3; and R4 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl radical having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; wherein a compound of the general formula I in which R', R2 and R4 are as above indicated, but R3 is a hydrogen atom, is reacted with chloromethylpivalate in an aprotic dipolar solvent in the presence of an alkaline carbonate at a temperature of from +20"C to +40on.
2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the alkaline carbonate is sodium carbonate or potassium carbonate.
3. A method according to either of claims 1 and 2, wherein the aprotic solvent is dimethyl sulphoxide or dimethyl formamide.
4. A method according to any preceding claim, wherein the compound thus obtained is converted to its hydrochloride.
5. A method according to any preceding claim, substantially as illustrated in the Examples.
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