GB2155476A - Esters of the family of N-phosphonomethylglycine and their use in the preparation of known herbicides - Google Patents
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- 239000004009 herbicide Substances 0.000 title description 7
- XDDAORKBJWWYJS-UHFFFAOYSA-N glyphosate Chemical compound OC(=O)CNCP(O)(O)=O XDDAORKBJWWYJS-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 title description 4
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Abstract
Phosphonic acid diesters having the formula: <IMAGE> in which R represents a hydrogenolysable group, preferably an aralkyl group, and R<1> represents a hydrolysable group, are obtained by a process wherein phosphonic acid esters of the formula (R<1>O)2P(O)H are reacted with formaldehyde and compounds of the formula R-NH-CH2-COOH, R and R<1> having the meanings given above. Compounds of the formula <IMAGE> may be obtained by hydrogenolysis of the above compounds.
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Esters of the family of n-phosphonomethy19lycine and their use in the preparation of known herbicides The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of N- substituted phosphonic acid esters of the N-phosphonomethyiglycine family which may be used for the synthesis of herbicides.
Numerous herbicides belonging to the N-phosphonomethyiglycine family are known (US Patents 3,455,675, 4,388,103 and 4,397,676, French Patent 2,129,327 European Patents 10 53,871, 54,382 and 73,574 PCT Patent No. W083/03,608, British Patent 2, 090,596 and Belgian Patents 894,244, 894,245, 894,590, 894,591, 894,592, 894,593, 894,594 and 894,595).
One object of the invention is to provide a very simple and improved process for preparing herbicides, which employs relatively simple reactants, particularly glycine and its simple 15 derivatives.
Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent in the course of the description which follows.
Mention has already been made (French Patent 2,129,327) of the formation of triesters of N phosphono-methylglycine by the reaction of ethyl glycinate with formaldehyde and with diethyl 20 phosphite. This process is unsatisfactory, since it is considered to be excessively directed towards the formation of N,N-bis-(phosphonomethyi)giycine. For this reason it ha been proposed (French Patent 2,193,830) to prepare N-phosphono-methyiglycine by reacting an N arylalky1glycine with formaldehyde and phosphorous acid, with subsequent elimination of the N arylalkyl group by the action of hydrobromic or hydroiodic acid. However, this process is not 25 considered to be satisfactory either, because of the low yields obtained and because of the formation of lachrymatory benzyl bromide. It has therefore been proposed to prepare N phosphonomethylglycine by the reaction of N-substituted glycine with formaldehyde and with phosphorous acid, followed by a hydrogenolysis of the (N,N-disubstituted) N-phosphono methyl glycine which is obtained. This process has the disadvantage of being carried out in a very dilute medium and of being very lengthy. Also, more recently (European Patent 81,459) there has been a move towards reactants other than glycine and formaldehyde, and aminomethylphos phonic acid has been reacted with glyoxal in the presence of S02 It has now been found, and this is the subject of the present invention, that herbicides of the N-phosphonomethyiglycine family can be obtained by virtue of new intermediate products, which are themselves accessible from N-substituted glycine derivatives and formaldehyde.
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of phosphonic acid diesters of the formula:
OR' R 1 1 0 = P-CH2-N-CH2-CO-01-1 (1) 1 OR' in which R represents a hydrogenolysable group, preferably an aralkyl group and R' represents a hydrolysable group. The radical R may, in particular, be a radical of the formula:
R4 1 Ar-C- (11) 1 R 3 in which Ar is an aromatic group, preferably aryl and more particularly phenyl; this radical Ar may, if desired, carry one or more substituents which do not interfere with the reactions involved in the process (alkyl, alkoxy, nitro and others, the number of carbon atoms being preferably equal to 6 60 at most), although it does not appear particularly advantageous to employ such substituents, and R 3 and R4 each represent a hydrogen atom or a radical Ar or an alkyl group, preferably having at most 6 carbon atoms.
Radicals R which may be mentioned are the benzyi, 1 -phenylethy], 1 phenylpropyl, naphthyl- 65 2 GB 2 155 476A 2 methyl, l-naphthylethyl, l-naphthylpropyi, diphenyimethyl and trityl (i.e. tri phenyl methyl) radi cals. Benzyl is preferred.
R' is a hydrolysable radical; examples of hydrolysable radicals which may be mentioned are optionally substituted hydrocarbyl radicals, particularly alkyl or phenyl radicals which are optionally substituted by halogen atoms or by phenyl, cyano, alkoxy or alkoxycarbonyl groups. 5 R' generally contains at most 12 carbon atoms and is advantageously an alkyl radical containing from 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a phenyl radical.
The process for the preparation of the compunds of formula (1) is carried out by the reaction of a phosphite (or phosphonic acid ester) of the formula:
O-Rl 1 0 = P-H (111) 1 O-Rl when R' is as hereinbefore defined, with formaldehyde and an N- substituted glycine derivative, the substituent on the nitrogen atom being a hydrogenolysable substituent; this N-substituted glycine derivative is in practice a compound of the formula RNI-I-CH2-CO01-1.
The reaction is generally carried out at between 0 and 1 OWC, preferably between 1 and 20 90'C, by simply mixing the reactants. Although a large excess (3/1 to 1 /3 in molar ratios) of one-of the reactants relative to the other is possible, it is in practice more advantageous to operate as close to stoichiometry as possible and not to depart by more than 20 mole % from this stoichiometry. It is indeed one of the major advantages of the invention that it does not require an excess of one of the reactants relative to the others. Another advantage of the invention lies in the good yields obtained in the preparation of the compounds according to the invention.
Formaldehyde is employed in any of the conveniently accessible forms. According to a most commonly used method it is employed in the form of an aqueous solution of a concentration between 1 % and saturation, preferably of 30% to 40%.
The reaction may be carried out in the presence of an inert solvent; sometimes such a solvent serves no purpose but the reaction mixture usually contains water, especially because of the use of formaldehyde in an aqueous solution.
The reaction product is isolated by any means known per se.
The products of the formula (1) may be converted into known herbicidal products of the 35 formula:
OR' 1 0 = P-CH2-NH-CH2_CO-OH IV) I OR' wherein R' is as hereinbefore defined, by simple hydrogenolysis of the group R. In most cases this is a debenzylation. It is carried out advantageously in an aqueous or alcoholic medium at ambient or elevated temperature, and at atmospheric pressure or above. The usual catalysts of hydrogenolysis of the radicals R in question may be employed as a catalyst. Suitable catalysts which may be mentioned are palladium, platinum, and Raney nickel. This catalyst may be employed with or without an inert support. It is also possible to employ the abovementioned metals, particularly palladium and platinum, in the form of salts, hydroxides, or oxides, which are converted to the corresponding metal under the action of hydrogen. Palladium-based catalysts, such as palladium on charcoal or palladium on barium sulphate, or palladium hydroxide on charcoal, are employed as a preferred debenzylation catalyst. At the end of the reaction, the catalyst may be separated by filtration and the filtrate evaporated; this yields the product of the formula (IV) in a practically pure state. A major advantage of the invention lies in 55 the fact that the reaction time for this debenzylation is relatively short, which makes it possible to use reduced quantities of catalyst.
When it is desired to prepare known non-esterified forms of herbicides, such as for example N-phosphonomethyiglycine itself, the product of the formula (IV) may be hydrolysed completely or partially in a known manner, e.g. by heating with an aqueous solution of an acid or alkaline 60 agent, particularly a hydroxide or carbonate of an alkali metal or alkaline-earth metal, or hydrochloric, sulphuric, phosphoric, perchloric or aryisulphonic acids. This hydrolysis may also be accompanied by a salt formation or a conversion to other herbicidal derivatives. This hydrogenolysis can also be followed by a hydrolysis and/or a salt formation reaction.
The examples which follow and which are given without implying a limitation illustrate the 65 3 GB2155476A 3 invention and show how it can be put into practice.
Example 1
N-Benzyiglycine (39 g), water (80 mi) and an aqueous solution (20.3 mi) of formaldehyde 5 (0.248 mole) are mixed. Di phenyl phosphite (C,, H50)2PH(O) (58g = 0.248 mole) is added dropwise at ambient temperature. After 30 minutes, the temperature is allowed to rise to 30' and stirring is continued for one hour. The product is filtered off, washed with water and dried. After recrystallisation from a mixture of isopropyl ether and isopropanol in the ratio of 10/ 1 by volume, a white powder (57.4 9) is obtained (yield 59.1 %), which melts at 91 C and consists 10 of the product of the formula:
C,1-150 C1-12-C^ 1 1 0 = P-CI-12N-CH2-COOH (V) 1 C61-1,0 Example 2:
N-Benzyiglycine (16.5 g), water (28 m[) and diethylphosphite (C2H50)2PH(O) (13.8 g) are 20 mixed. An aqueous 37% strength formaldehyde solution (9 mi = 0. 11 mole) is added at 2WC.
No exothermic effect is observed. The mixture is heated for five hours at 50' and then cooled, and CH2C12 (40 mi) is added. The organic phase is separated off and water (40 mi) followed by N aqueous NaOH solution (100 mi) are added. The aqueous phase is decanted, extracted with CH2C12 and acidified. The organic phase is dried and evaporated. A product (23.5 g = 74% 25 yield) is obtained of the formula:
C2H50 CH2-C6H.
1 1 0 -- P-CH2N-CH2-CO01-1 (V1) C21-1r,0 Example 3:
Ethyl N-benzy1glycinate is saponified in situ. An aqueous 30% strength NaOH solution (0.5 35 I = 5 moles) and water (1 1) are mixed into this solution, ethyl N- benzylglycinate (965 g) is poured gradually over one hour. The temperature rises to 45C. The ethanol is distilled off, the residue is cooled and a 6 N aqueous hydrochloric acid solution (0.82 1) is added. The N benzylglycine precipitates. Diethylphosphite (690 g) and 37% strength aqueous formaldehyde (0.45 1 = 5 moles) are added. The mixture is heated for 5 hours 30 minutes at 50C.
Thereafter, the procedure of Example 2 is followed. The product of formula (VI) (116 9 = 71 % yield) is obtained,
Claims (17)
1. A process for the preparation of phosphonic acid diesters having the formula:
OR, R 1 1 0 = P-CH2-N-CH2-CO-01-1 1 OR, in which R represents a hydrogenolysable group, preferably an aralkyl group, and R' represents a hydrolysable group, wherein a phosphonic acid ester of the formula (WO)2P(O)H is reacted with formaldehyde and a compound of the formula R-NI-I-CH2-COOH, R and R' having the meanings given above,
2. A process according to claim 1, wherein the radical R is a radical of the formula:
R 4 1 Ar- C- (11) 1 R 3 4 GB2155476A 4 in which Ar is an aromtic group, preferably aryi, which is optionally substituted and R 3 and R' each represent a hydrogen atom or a radical Ar or an alkyl group, preferably having at most 6 carbon atoms.
3. Process according to claim 2, in which R is the benzy] radical.
4. Process according to any one of claims 1 to 3, in which R' is an alkyl or phenyl radical which is optionally substituted and has at most 12 carbon atoms.
5. Process according to any one of claims 1 to 4, in which R' is an alkyl radical having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms or is the phenyl radical.
6. Process according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the reaction is carried out 10 between 0 and 1 00T, each reactant being present in a proportion which does not differ by more than 20% from stoichiometry.
7. Process according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the reaction is carried out in an aqueous medium.
8. Process according to claim 1 substantially as hereinbefore described.
9. Process according to claim 1 substantially as hereinbefore described in any one of Examples 1 to 3.
10. A compound of general formula (1) wherein R and R' are as defined in claim 1 when prepared by a process claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9.
11. Process for the preparation of compounds of the formula:
OR' I 0 = P-CH2-NH-CH2-CO-OH (IV) 1 OR' wherein R' is as defined in claim 1 which comprises the hydrogenolysis of a compound of formula (1) prepared by a process according to any one of claims 1 to 9.
12. Process according to claim 11, wherein the said process is followed by a hydrolysis 30 and/or a salt-forming reaction.
13. Process according to claim 11 substantially as hereinbefore described.
14. A compound of general formula (]V) wherein R' is as defined in claim 1, when prepared by a process according to claim 11 or 13.
15. A compound of formula (1) wherein R and R' are as defined in claim 1.
16. The compound of formula (1) wherein each of the symbols R' represents phenyl and R represents benzyi.
17. The compound of formula (1) wherein each of the symbols R' represents ethyl ad R represents benzyi.
Printed in the United Kingdom for Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Dd 8818935. 1985. 4235. Published at The Patent Office. 25 Southampton Buildings, London, WC2A lAY, from which copies may be obtained.
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