NZ614366B2 - Methods and compositions for preparing noribogaine from voacangine - Google Patents
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a method for preparing and purifying noribogaine which method comprises: (a) covalently attaching voacangine to a solid support via the indole nitrogen of voacangine so as to form a suspension of solid supports having voacangine bound thereto; (b) converting voacangine to 12-hydroxyibogamine-18-carboxylic acid methyl ester, 12-hydroxyibogamine-18-carboxylic acid or the carboxylic acid salt thereof under conditions wherein the level of voacangine bound to the solid support is less than 0.1 weight percent; (c) cleaving and recovering 12-hydroxyibogamine-18-carboxylic acid methyl ester, 12-hydroxyibogamine-18-carboxylic acid or the carboxylic acid salt thereof from the solid support; (d) converting the 12-hydroxyibogamine-18-carboxylic acid methyl ester, 12-hydroxyibogamine-18-carboxylic acid or the carboxylic acid salt thereof to noribogaine; and (e) isolating and purifying noribogaine. 12-hydroxyibogamine-18-carboxylic acid methyl ester, 12-hydroxyibogamine-18-carboxylic acid or the carboxylic acid salt thereof under conditions wherein the level of voacangine bound to the solid support is less than 0.1 weight percent; (c) cleaving and recovering 12-hydroxyibogamine-18-carboxylic acid methyl ester, 12-hydroxyibogamine-18-carboxylic acid or the carboxylic acid salt thereof from the solid support; (d) converting the 12-hydroxyibogamine-18-carboxylic acid methyl ester, 12-hydroxyibogamine-18-carboxylic acid or the carboxylic acid salt thereof to noribogaine; and (e) isolating and purifying noribogaine.
Description
METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PREPARING NORIBOGAINE FROM
VOACANGINE
Field of the Invention
[0001] This invention relates generally to methods and compositions for preparing and
purifying the non-addictive alkaloid noribogaine.
State of the Art
Noribogaine is a well known member of the ibogaine family of alkaloids and is
sometimes referred to as 12-hydroxyibogaine. US Patent No. 2,813,873 claims
noribogaine albeit as “12-O-demethylibogaine” while providing an incorrect structural
formula for ibogaine. The structure of noribogaine has now been thoroughly evaluated
and is found to combine the features of tyrptamine, tetrahydrohavaine and indolazepines.
Noribogaine can be depicted by the following formula:
[0003] Noribogaine and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts have recently received
significant attention as a non-addictive alkaloid useful in treating drug dependency (U.S.
Patent No. 6,348,456) and as a potent analgesic (U.S. Patent No. 7,220,737).
Conventionally, noribogaine is prepared by demethylation of naturally occurring
ibogaine:
which is isolated from Tabernanth iboga, a shrub of West Africa. Demethylation may be
accomplished by conventional techniques such as by reaction with boron
tribromide/methylene chloride at room temperature followed by conventional
purification. Alternatively, noribogaine can be prepared from the naturally occurring
alkaloid, voacangine
by decarboxylation followed by demethylation as described in U.S. Patent No. 2,813,873.
Such a process provides for ibogaine as the first intermediate in this two step synthesis.
Ibogaine is addictive and possesses hallucinogenic properties. It is a Schedule 1-
controlled substance as provided by the US Food and Drug Administration. Accordingly,
methods for preparing noribogaine from ibogaine require high levels of assurance that
contamination with unacceptable levels of ibogaine is avoided. As above, a one-step
method for preparation of noribogaine from ibogaine via demethylation does not provide
the requisite assurance that ibogaine will consistently be removed as a potential
contaminant. This applies equally as well to noribogaine prepared from voacangine as
described above as the penultimate compound in this synthesis is ibogaine.
Accordingly, there is an ongoing need to provide a method for preparing
noribogaine from voacangine such that the potential for ibogaine contamination can be
effectively and reliably minimized.
Summary of the Invention
This invention provides methods and compositions for the preparation of
noribogaine wherein contamination by ibogaine is predictably and effectively minimized,
if not altogether eliminated and/or at least provides the public with a useful choice. In
certain embodiments, the methods described herein employ the use of solid supports to
effect separation of noribogaine from any possible contaminants such that any ibogaine
contamination is significantly reduced if not altogether eliminated. In certain
embodiments, the methods described herein employ an ion exchange resin to effect
separation of noribogaine from any possible contaminants such that any ibogaine
contamination is significantly reduced if not altogether eliminated.
[0008] Accordingly, in one of its method aspects, this invention is directed to a method
for preparing and purifying noribogaine which method comprises:
a) converting voacangine to 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid or the
carboxylic acid salt or ester thereof, wherein the indole nitrogen is optionally
protected by an amino protecting group;
b) optionally isolating the 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid or the
carboxylic acid salt, ester and/or amino protected derivative thereof;
c) converting the product of step a) or b) to noribogaine; and
d) isolating noribogaine.
[0008a] In another aspect the invention relates to a method for preparing and purifying
noribogaine which method comprises:
a) converting voacangine to 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid
wherein the indole nitrogen is optionally protected by an amino protecting group;
b) converting the 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid to noribogaine;
c) isolating noribogaine.
[0008b] In another aspect the invention relates to a method for preparing and purifying
noribogaine which method comprises:
a) converting voacangine to 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid methyl
ester wherein the indole nitrogen is optionally protected by an amino protecting
group;
b) optionally covalently attaching 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid
methyl ester or amino protected derivative thereof to a solid support via the
hydroxyl group of 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid methyl ester or
amino protected derivative thereof so as to form a suspension of solid supports
having 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid methyl ester or amino protected
derivative thereof bound thereto;
c) removing residual voacangine from said suspension;
d) cleaving and recovering the 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid
methyl ester or amino protected derivative thereof from the solid support;
e) converting the 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid methyl ester or
amino protected derivative thereof to noribogaine; and
f) isolating noribogaine.
[0008c] In another aspect the invention relates to a method for preparing and purifying
noribogaine which method comprises:
a) covalently attaching voacangine to a solid support via the indole nitrogen of
voacangine so as to form a suspension of solid supports having voacangine
bound thereto;
b) converting voacangine to 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid methyl
ester,12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid or the carboxylic acid salt
thereof under conditions wherein the level of voacangine bound to the solid
support is less than 0.1 weight percent;
c) cleaving and recovering 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid methyl
ester,12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid or the carboxylic acid salt
thereof from the solid support;
d) converting the 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid methyl ester, 12-
hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid or the carboxylic acid salt thereof to
noribogaine; and
e) purifying noribogaine.
[0008d] In another aspect the invention relates to a solid support having voacangine, 12-
hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid methyl ester, 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic
acid or the carboxylic acid salt thereof, covalently bound thereto through a cleavable
linker.
[0008e] In another aspect the invention relates to a compound of the formula:
where M is lithium or sodium.
[0008f] In another aspect the invention relates to A compound of the formula:
where M is lithium, sodium or potassium.
[0008g] Certain statements that appear below are broader than what appears in the
statements of the invention above. These statements are provided in the interests of
providing the reader with a better understanding of the invention and its practice. The
reader is directed to the accompanying claim set which defines the scope of the invention.
Also described herein is a method for preparing noribogaine which method
comprises:
a) converting voacangine to 12-methoxyibogaminecarboxylic acid or the
carboxylic acid salt or ester thereof, wherein the indole nitrogen is optionally
protected by an amino protecting group;
b) optionally isolating the 12-methoxyibogaminecarboxylic acid or the
carboxylic acid salt, ester and/or amino protected derivative thereof;
c) converting the product of step a) or b) to noribogaine; and
d) isolating noribogaine.
Also described herein is a method for preparing noribogaine which method
comprises:
a) converting voacangine to 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid the carboxylic
acid salt thereof, wherein the indole nitrogen is optionally protected by an amino
protecting group;
b) converting the 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid or the carboxylic acid salt
and/or amino protected derivative thereof to noribogaine; and
c) isolating noribogaine.
[0011] Also described herein is a method for preparing and purifying noribogaine which
method comprises:
a) converting voacangine to 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid methyl ester
wherein the indole nitrogen is optionally protected by an amino protecting group;
b) optionally covalently attaching 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid methyl
ester or amino protected derivative thereof to a solid support via the hydroxyl group of
12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid methyl ester or amino protected derivative
thereof so as to form a suspension of solid supports having 12-hydroxyibogamine
carboxylic acid methyl ester or amino protected derivative thereof bound thereto;
c) removing residual voacangine from said suspension;
d) cleaving and recovering the 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid methyl
ester or amino protected derivative thereof from the solid support;
e) converting the 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid methyl ester or amino
protected derivative thereof to noribogaine; and
f) isolating noribogaine.
Also described herein is a method for preparing and purifying noribogaine which
method comprises:
a) covalently attaching voacangine to a solid support via the indole nitrogen of
voacangine so as to form a suspension of solid supports having voacangine bound
thereto;
b) converting voacangine to 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid methyl ester
or 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid or carboxylic acid salt thereof under
conditions wherein the level of voacangine bound to the solid support is less than 0.1
weight percent;
c) cleaving and recovering 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid methyl ester or
12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid or carboxylic acid salt thereof from the
solid support;
d) converting the 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid methyl ester or 12-
hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid or carboxylic acid salt thereof to noribogaine;
e) purifying noribogaine.
Also described herein is a method for preparing and purifying noribogaine which
method comprises utilizing an ion exchange resin for isolating and/or purifying the 12-
hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid methyl ester, 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic
acid or carboxylic acid salt thereof, or noribogaine or a corresponding salt thereof.
Also described herein is a solid support having voacangine, 12-
hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid methyl ester or 12-hydroxyibogamine
carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid salt thereof covalently bound thereto through a
cleavable linker.
Detailed Description of the Invention
Described herein are methods and compositions comprising noribogaine and, in
particular, methods and compositions comprising highly pure noribogaine. However,
prior to describing this invention in greater detail, the following terms will first be
defined.
[0016] It is to be understood that this invention is not limited to particular embodiments
described, as such may, of course, vary. It is also to be understood that the terminology
used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only, and is not
intended to be limiting, since the scope of the present invention will be limited only by
the appended claims.
[0017] It must be noted that as used herein and in the appended claims, the singular
forms “a”, “an”, and “the” include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates
otherwise. Thus, for example, reference to “a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient”
includes a plurality of such excipients.
1. Definitions
[0018] Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the
same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this
invention belongs. As used herein the following terms have the following meanings.
As used herein, the term “comprising” or “comprises” is intended to mean that
the compositions and methods include the recited elements, but not excluding others.
“Consisting essentially of” when used to define compositions and methods, shall mean
excluding other elements of any essential significance to the combination for the stated
purpose. Thus, a composition consisting essentially of the elements as defined herein
would not exclude other materials or steps that do not materially affect the basic and
novel characteristic(s) of the claimed invention. “Consisting of” shall mean excluding
more than trace elements of other ingredients and substantial method steps. Embodiments
defined by each of these transition terms are within the scope of this invention.
The term “about” when used before a numerical designation, e.g., temperature,
time, amount, and concentration, including range, indicates approximations which may
vary by ( + ) or ( - ) 10 %, 5 % or 1 %.
[0021] As stated above, described herein are compositions comprising noribogaine and
an excipient to facilitate transport across the blood brain barrier.
As used herein, the term “noribogaine” refers to the compound:
as well as its pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Conventionally, noribogaine is
prepared by demethylation of naturally occurring ibogaine:
which is isolated from Tabernanth iboga, a shrub of West Africa. Demethylation may be
accomplished by conventional techniques such as by reaction with boron
tribromide/methylene chloride at room temperature followed by conventional
purification. As disclosed herein, it is contemplated that noribogaine can be prepared
essentially free of any potential ibogaine contamination from voacangine:
This invention is not limited to any particular chemical form of noribogaine and the drug
may be given to patients either as a free base or as a pharmaceutically acceptable addition
salt.
[0023] The term "12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid" refers to compounds of the
formula:
The term "carboxylic acid salt " refers to salts of the carboxylic acid moiety of
12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid. Exemplary salts include, but are not limited
to, the lithium, sodium, and potassium salts.
The term "ester" refers to esters of the carboxylic acid moiety of 12-
hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms. Exemplary
esters include, but are not limited to, methyl, allyl, benzyl, and aryl esters, as well as
suitable substituted derivatives thereof.
[0026] The term "solid support" refers to a material having a rigid or semi-rigid surface
which contain or can be derivatized to contain reactive functionality which covalently
links noribogaine or ibogaine to the surface thereof through a cleavable linker. Such
materials are well known in the art and include, by way of example, silica, synthetic
silicates, biogenic silicates, porous glass, hydrogels, silicate-containing minerals,
synthetic polymers, polystyrene, polypropylene, polyacrylamide, polyethylene glycol,
polyacrylamide and copolymers thereof including copolymers of
polystyrene/polyethylene glycol and polyacrylamide/polyethylene glycol, and the like.
As used herein, the term “cleavable linking arms" refer to linking arms, which
are a chemical group or a covalent bond which covalently attaches at one end to a solid
support and at the other end to ibogaine or noribogaine. At least one of the covalent
bonds of the linking arm which attaches ibogaine or noribogaine to the solid support can
be readily broken by specific chemical or enzymatic reactions, thereby providing for
ibogaine or noribogaine free of the solid support. The chemical or enzymatic reactions
employed to break the covalent bond of the linking arm are selected so as to be specific
for bond breakage thereby preventing unintended reactions occurring elsewhere on the
compound. The cleavable linking group is selected relative to ibogaine/noribogaine
formed on the solid support so as to prevent premature cleavage of either ibogaine or
noribogaine from the solid support as well as not to interfere with any of the procedures
employed during synthesis on the support. Suitable cleavable linking arms are well
known in the art, and may include such groups as carbonate groups, carbamate groups,
amide groups, and the like. In a preferred embodiment, the cleavable linker arm contains
no more than 10 atoms. More preferably, the cleavable linker contains from 1 to 4 carbon
atoms and from 2 to 4 heteroatoms selected from oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, S(O) and
S(O) .
[0028] As used herein, the term “pharmaceutically acceptable salt” refers to
pharmaceutically acceptable salts of noribogine which salts are derived from a variety of
organic and inorganic counter ions well known in the art and include, by way of example
only, sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, ammonium, tetraalkylammonium, and the
like; and when the molecule contains a basic functionality, salts of organic or inorganic
acids, such as hydrochloride, hydrobromide, tartrate, mesylate, acetate, maleate, oxalate
and the like.
As used herein, the term "protecting group" or “Pg” refers to well known
functional groups which, when bound to a functional group, render the resulting protected
functional group inert to the reaction conditions to be conducted on other portions of the
compound and which, at the appropriate time, can be reacted to regenerate the original
functionality. The identity of the protecting group is not critical and is selected to be
compatible with the remainder of the molecule. In one embodiment, the protecting group
is an “amino protecting group” which protects the amino functionality of ibogaine or
noribogaine during the reactions described herein. Examples of conventional amino
protecting groups include, for instance, benzyl, acetyl, oxyacetyl, carboxybenzyl (Cbz),
and the like. In another embodiment, the protecting group is a “hydroxy protecting
group” which protects the hydroxyl functionality of noribogaine. Examples of hydroxyl
protecting groups include, for instance, tosyl, benzyl, p-methoxybenzyl, p-nitrobenzyl,
allyl, trityl, dialkylsilylethers, such as trialkylsilyl ethers such as trimethylsilyl ether,
triethylsilyl ether, and t-butyldimethylsilyl ether; esters such as benzoyl, acetyl,
phenylacetyl, formyl, mono-, di-, and trihaloacetyl such as chloroacetyl, dichloroacetyl,
trichloroacetyl, trifluoroacetyl; and carbonates such as methyl, ethyl, 2,2,2-trichloroethyl,
allyl, benzyl, and p-nitrophenyl, methoxymethyl and tosyl. Additional examples of
hydroxy protecting groups may be found in standard reference works such as Greene and
Wuts, Protective Groups in Organic Synthesis., 2d Ed., 1991, John Wiley & Sons, and
McOmie Protective Groups in Organic Chemistry, 1975, Plenum Press.
Preparation and Purification of Noribogaine
[0030] Voacangine (12-methoxyibogaminecarboxylic acid methyl ester) is an
alkaloid found predominantly in the rootbark of the Voacanga africana tree, as well as in
other plants such as Tabernanthe iboga, Tabernaemontana africana, Trachelospermum
jasminoides and Ervatamia yunnanensis. Voacangine has been previously used as a
precursor for the semi-synthesis of ibogaine (see US Patent 2,813,873).
[0031] The present application contemplates methods for preparing noribogaine from
voacangine without providing ibogaine as an intermediate. Such methods are useful for a
number of reasons. First, the known methods for the preparation of noribogaine comprise
demethylating ibogaine as the final step. This is unlikely to provide pure noribogaine,
and ibogaine contamination is undesirable as it is a schedule 1 controlled substance and is
known to induce severe hallucinations. Second, ibogaine is isolated from the root of the
Tabernanthe iboga and is therefore only a semi-renewable source as the plant must be
compromised for isolation to take place, whereas voacangine is isolated from the bark and
is thus renewable.
The compounds of this invention can be prepared using the following general
methods and procedures. It will be appreciated that where typical or preferred process
conditions (i.e., reaction temperatures, times, mole ratios of reactants, solvents, pressures,
etc.) are given, other process conditions can also be used unless otherwise stated.
Optimum reaction conditions may vary with the particular reactants or solvent used, but
such conditions can be determined by one skilled in the art by routine optimization
procedures.
Additionally, as will be apparent to those skilled in the art, conventional
protecting groups may be necessary to prevent certain functional groups from undergoing
undesired reactions. Suitable protecting groups for various functional groups as well as
suitable conditions for protecting and deprotecting particular functional groups are well
known in the art. For example, numerous protecting groups are described in T. W. Greene
and G. M. Wuts, Protecting Groups in Organic Synthesis, Fourth Edition, Wiley, N.Y.,
2007, and references cited therein.
Furthermore, the compounds of this invention will typically contain one or more
chiral centers. Accordingly, if desired, such compounds can be prepared or isolated as
pure stereoisomers, i.e., as individual enantiomers or diastereomers, or as stereoisomer-
enriched mixtures. All such stereoisomers (and enriched mixtures) are included within
the scope of this invention, unless otherwise indicated. Pure stereoisomers (or enriched
mixtures) may be prepared using, for example, optically active starting materials or
stereoselective reagents well-known in the art. Alternatively, racemic mixtures of such
compounds can be separated using, for example, chiral column chromatography, chiral
resolving agents and the like.
[0035] It is contemplated that noribogaine can be prepared and/or purified from
ibogaine by utilizing solid support as shown in the following Schemes, where PG
represents an amine protecting group, LG represents a leaving group (e.g. a halo or
alcohol), L represents a cleavable linking group (e.g. a carbonyl compound such as a
carbonate or carbamate) and the shaded circle represents a solid support. In the following
Schemes, the O-demethylation of the aryl methoxy group to provide the corresponding
phenol can be accomplishing using any suitable method known in the art. Suitable
reagents include protic acids such as HBr and HCl, a Lewis acid (e.g. BBr , BCl , BF ,
3 3 3
AlCl , etc.), a nucleophile (e.g. RS-, N -, LiPPh , SCN-), NaCN at low pH (e.g. pH 12),
3 3 2
as well as L-Selectride, NaN(SiMe ) , LiN( Pr) , SnO , TMSI, iodocyclohexane in
3 2 2 2
refluxing DMF, and the like. In some embodiments, the O-demethylation should be
performed without converting the methyl ester to the corresponding carboxylic acid
and/or without affecting the linkage to the solid support. Suitable reagents can be readily
ascertained by one of skill in the art and can be found, for example, in T. W. Greene and
G. M. Wuts, Protecting Groups in Organic Synthesis, Fourth Edition, Wiley, N.Y., 2007
(see, e.g., the reactivity charts at pages 1006-1008 and 1022-1032), and references cited
therein.
[0036] Noribogaine 3 can be prepared and purified from voacangine 1 by any one of the
routes shown in Scheme 1.
Scheme 1
In one embodiment, provided herein is a method for preparing noribogaine 3,
which method comprises demethylating the 12-methoxy functionality of voacangine 1 to
provide the corresponding 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid methyl ester 2, or the
salt or ester thereof. In some embodiments, the indole nitrogen can be optionally
protected by an amino protecting group, such as tert-butoxycarbonyl or para-methoxy
benzyl. The demethylation of the 12-methoxy functionality to provide the corresponding
phenol can be accomplishing using any suitable method known in the art, including, but
not limited to, protic acids such as HBr and HCl, a Lewis acid (e.g. BBr , BCl , BF ,
3 3 3
AlCl , etc.), a nucleophile (e.g. LiPPh , RS-, N -, SCN-), NaCN at low pH (e.g. pH 12),
3 2 3
as well as L-Selectride, NaN(SiMe ) , LiN( Pr) , SnO , TMSI, iodocyclohexane in
3 2 2 2
refluxing DMF, and the like. Subsequent de-esterification of the methyl ester (typically
under basic conditions) followed by decarboxylation provides noribogaine. These steps
can be performed in the same pot, or if desired, in two separate steps to facilitate
purification.
Under certain demethylation conditions, it may be the case that the methyl ester
of the 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid methyl ester 2 is hydrolyzed, thus
forming the carboxylic acid (i.e., 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid 4). In the
event that the methyl ester of 2 is hydrolyzed to give 4, one of skill in the art could re-
esterify 4 to provide the corresponding ester under conventional conditions.
Alternatively, if the methyl ester is retained one can perform traditional transesterification
procedure to arrive at a specific ester. Exemplary esters include, but are not limited to,
methyl, allyl, benzyl, and aryl esters, as well as suitable substituted derivatives thereof.
[0039] In the methods disclosed above, the demethylation of the 12-methoxy
functionality of voacangine 1 should proceed without decarboxylation. Therefore, in
certain embodiments, it may be that an acid scavenger is used. Such acid scavengers
should not interfere with the demethylation reaction (e.g., they should not tie up the Lewis
acid, etc.). Exemplary acid scavengers which could be used in the demethylation reaction
include, but are not limited to, benzimidazole, 1,8-bis(dimethylamino)naphthalene, 1,8-
bis(hexamethyltriaminophosphazenyl)naphthalene, other proton sponges, and the like.
The decarboxylation reaction can be facilitated with the use of a suitable reagent
under standard reaction conditions known in the art. For example, decarboxylation can be
performed using a protic acid (e.g., HBr, HCl, etc.), under radical conditions via the
Barton ester using, e.g., tributyltin hydride or tert-butylmercaptan, optionally in the
presence of a suitable radical trapping agent, or other methods such as the Hunsdiecker
reaction using bromine via the silver(I) salt of the carboxylic acid. Other suitable
methods will be apparent to one of skill in the art.
In some embodiments, the methyl ester and the 12-methoxy functionality of
voacangine can be simultaneously demethylated to provide 12-hydroxyibogamine
carboxylic acid 4 in one step, and then subsequently decarboxylating the 12-
hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid to provide noribogaine.
[0042] In some embodiments, the lithium salt of voacangine (21) can be prepared by
treating voacangine (1) with n-butyllithium in hexane at 0 C with 1-propanethiol (see,
Kuehne, et al. J. Med. Chem., 2003, 46, 2716-2730). The carboxylate anion and the
lithium of 21 form a tight ion pair and thus compound 21 can be isolated and purified.
The lithium salt of voacangine (21) can likewise be demethylated using, e.g., BCl or
BBr in DCM, to provide compound 21a, which can then undergo decarboxylation under
standard conditions, such as e.g., acid catalyzed decarboxylation using HBr or HCl, to
provide the appropriate salt of noribogaine 3. Both compounds 21 and 21a can be
isolated and purified as compounds per se. The noribogaine can be isolated as the fee
base or a salt thereof, such as the hydrochloride or hydrobromide salt thereof. In one
embodiment, the noribogaine is isolated as noribogaine hydrochloride. In another
embodiment, the noribogaine is isolated as noribogaine hydrobromide. One of skill in the
art could readily interchange the anion using conventional methods.
Purification
Noribogaine 3, as well as the various intermediates disclosed herein can be
further purified using standard techniques known in the art, such as column
chromatography, crystallization, solid support chemistry, ion exchange chromatography,
and the like.
Noribogaine 3, as well as intermediates 2 and 4 (as prepared in Scheme 1) can be purified
using solid support chemistry as shown in Scheme 2.
Scheme 2
O OH
PG-LG
12 3
In one embodiment, the indole amine of voacangine 1 can be protected using an
amine protecting group (PG-LG) to provide compound 12, followed by either tandem
demethylation/decarboxylation followed by removal of the amine protecting group, or
sequential demethylation (intermediates 12 and 13), followed by de-esterification and
decarboxylation and removal of the amine protecting group to provide noribogaine 3. In
addition, in one embodiment, noribogaine 3 can be directly prepared and purified from
the demethylation/decarboxylation of voacangine 1 using methods known in the art and
then purified by appending noribogaine to a solid support (compound 14), washing any
contaminants, cleaving the linking group L, and recovering the noribogaine 5. In the
above syntheses, one or more of the noribogaine or intermediates shown above can be
purified using standard purification techniques known in the art (e.g. column
chromatography, ion exchange chromatography, HPLC, and the like). Compounds of
formula 11 are commercially available or can be synthesized in one or two steps from
commercially available starting materials (see, e.g. commercially available resins from
Sigma-Aldrich®). In the compounds of Scheme 2, the linking group, L, contains a
cleavable bond which is not susceptible to cleavage under the demethylating conditions
used (e.g., BBr ).
In one embodiment, noribogaine can be prepared and purified using solid
support chemistry known in the art starting from N-protected voacangine 12 in the
manner shown in Scheme 3 below, wherein Pg is hydrogen or an amino protecting group
and the shaded circle represents a solid support.
Scheme 3
O O O OH
Pg Pg
HO O
O OH
Specifically, in Scheme 3, N-protected voacangine 12, can be contacted with
boron tribromide in methylene chloride using conditions well known in the art to provide
compound 15. Attachment of N-protected voacangine 12 to a solid support can be
accomplished by use of a chloroformate/solid support, compound 16, under conventional
conditions to provide for compound 17 wherein the carbonate group is shown for
illustrative purposes only as the cleavable linking group. Other cleavable linkers can
likewise be used in the methods depicted in Scheme 3. As compound 12 does not contain
a functional group reactive with compound 3, only compound 15, will react with the solid
support and provide for compound 17. Repeated washing of compound 17 will remove
any unreacted compound 12 from contaminating the sample of amino protected
noribogaine used in this reaction. Furthermore, at any time, a small portion of the solid
support can be removed to provide a sample of noribogaine 3 (after cleavage of the solid
support and N-deprotection/decarboxylation). The sample can then be analyzed for purity
by conventional methods such as GC/LCMS, HPLC, NMR, etc.
As desired, exceptionally pure noribogaine 3 can be obtained by repeating the
process of binding compound 3 to a solid support via the hydroxyl group of amino
protected noribogaine and washing any contaminating voacangine from the suspension.
By repeating this process as often as necessary and preferably no more than 5 times, it is
contemplated that noribogaine 3 having no detectable amount of ibogaine (i.e. less than
100 ppt) can be prepared.
In another embodiment, noribogaine can be prepared and purified from
voacangine 1 in the manner described in Scheme 4 below.
Scheme 4
O O O O
O OH
In Scheme 4, voacangine 1 can be bound via conventional techniques to a solid
support, compound 16, through a cleavable linker arm which, for the sake of illustration
only, is depicted as a carbamate bond in resulting compound 18. Compound 18 can then
be contacted with boron tribromide in methylene chloride using conditions well known in
the art to provide for compound 19. Cleavage of the cleavable linker in compound 19
provides for noribogaine 3.
In one embodiment, noribogaine 3 can be purified by conventional techniques
including high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and the purity level of the
resulting purified compound confirmed by GC/LCMS. In addition, the noribogaine and
any of the intermediates (i.e., either of compounds 2 or 4) can be further purified using
ion exchange chromatography. In principal, the stationary phase is an ion exchange resin
that carries charged functional groups which interact with oppositely charged groups of
the compound to be retained. Such methods are utilized routinely in the art to purify
compounds having an ionic functional group, such as an ionized phenol. Accordingly, a
solution containing 2, 3, or 4, or an anion thereof, can be loaded onto a suitable cationic
resin. Any residual unreacted ibogaine present can then be eluted using a suitable solvent
(e.g., acetone, ethyl acetate, etc.). Once the eluent is determined to be free of ibogaine
(e.g., by HPLC, LCMS, etc.), the purified 2, 3, or 4 can be eluted off the resin. Suitable
cationic resins can be purchased from commercial sources (Aldrich®, Fisher Scientific®,
etc.).
[0051] The following synthetic and biological examples are offered to illustrate this
invention and are not to be construed in any way as limiting the scope of this invention.
Unless otherwise stated, all temperatures are in degrees Celsius.
[0051a] In this specification where reference has been made to patent specifications,
other external documents, or other sources of information, this is generally for the
purpose of providing a context for discussing the features of the invention. Unless
specifically stated otherwise, reference to such external documents is not to be construed
as an admission that such documents, or such sources of information, in any jurisdiction,
are prior art, or form part of the common general knowledge in the art.
EXAMPLES
[0052] In the examples below, the following abbreviations have the following
meanings. If an abbreviation is not defined, it has its generally accepted meaning.
Example 1 – Synthesis of Noribogaine from Voacangine
Example 1 illustrates one method for the synthesis and purification of
noribogaine from ibogaine which method follows Scheme 5 below.
Scheme 5
O HO
12-hydroxyibogamine
voacangine
carboxylic acid methyl ester
noribogaine
Voacangine 1 can be taken up in a dichloromethane/ethanethiol solution and
cooled to 0 to -10 °C (ice salt bath). An excess (1-3 molar equivalents) of a suitable
Lewis acid (boron trichloride, boron tribromide or aluminum trichloride) is added
portionwise. The resultant mixture is stirred at 25 to 50 °C for 2 to 24 hours until
determined to be sufficiently complete by TLC. The reaction mixture can then be diluted
with fresh dichloromethane, washed with a saturated NaHCO solution, dried and
evaporated under reduced pressure which is contemplated to provide the corresponding
12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid methyl ester 2, which may then be purified by
silica gel column chromatography using a gradient of hexane and ethylacetate or used in
the next step without purification.
A solution of 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid methyl ester 2 as
provided above in a potassium/methanol solution can be heated and held at reflux for
about 6 hours, at which time the solvent can be stripped, water added and the resulting
aqueous solution is washed with ether, acidified to a pH of about 2 (conc HCl), and
evaporated to dryness. The residue can then be taken up in a chloroform/methanol
mixture and the potassium chloride filtered off to provide the hydrochloride salt of
noribogaine 1. The free base of noribogaine can be obtained by basifying an aqueous
solution of the hydrochloride salt of noribogaine 1 (e.g. with solid sodium bicarbonate,
sodium carbonate, etc.) and extracting the basic aqueous solution with ether (at least 3X).
the combined ethereal fractions can be combined and evaporated to provide noribogaine
Example 2 – Synthesis and Purification of Noribogaine from Voacangine using Solid
Support
Example 2 illustrates one method for the synthesis and purification of
noribogaine from voacangine which method follows Scheme 6 below.
Scheme 6
O OH
1) purification
2) hydrogenation
3) decarboxylation
H O OH
[0057] Specifically, in Scheme 6, voacangine is contacted with a stoichiometric excess
of benzyl chloroformate (BzCO Cl) in an inert solvent such as tetrahydrofuran. The
reaction mixture further contains at least a stoichiometric equivalent of
diisopropylethylamine relative to voacangine so as to scavenge the acid generated during
the reaction. The reaction is maintained at room temperature under an inert atmosphere
until the reaction is substantially complete as evidenced by, for example, thin layer
chromatography. At which time, an O-demethylating reagent (e.g. boron tribromide or
aluminum trichloride), and preferably a stoichiometric excess thereof, is added to the
reaction mixture which is then maintained under suitable conditions (e.g. 0° C to room
temperature) wherein the aryl methoxy group of voacangine has been converted to the
corresponding hydroxyl group. It is contemplated that under these reaction conditions,
the methyl ester will de-esterify to provide the corresponding acid.
The phenol generated above is then employed as a complementary functionality
for attachment of a solid support. In particular, an excess of chloroformate bound to a
solid support is utilized under conventional conditions such that a cleavable carbonate
bond is formed. Chloroformate bound to a solid support can be prepared from a hydroxy-
bearing polymer support (e.g. hydroxymethyl)polystyrene or polymer-bound benzyl
alcohol, both commercially available from Sigma-Aldrich®) and carbonyl dichloride.
In one particular example, 1kg of solid support containing CBZ protected 12-
hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid is loaded onto a column. The stopper of the
column is partially opened so that a flow rate through the column of 0.5 liters per hour is
maintained. Methylene chloride is continuously fed to the top of the column and
recovered at the base of the column. The elution of fresh solvent is continued until the
effluent no longer contains either of the unreacted starting materials. At which time, a
portion of the solid support is loaded into a hydrogenation vessel together with methanol
and a catalytic amount of palladium on carbon. Hydrogenation is continued under
elevated pressure for approximately 5 hours. The reaction is then stopped and the
methanol recovered and stripped to provide 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid.
Decarboxylation of 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid can be accomplished using
a metal (i.e. potassium, copper, etc.) in refluxing methanol. Additional
purification/analysis of the resultant noribogaine 3 can be provided by HPLC as desired.
Example 3 – Synthesis of Noribogaine from Voacangine via the Lithium or Sodium
Salt
Example 3 illustrates one method for the synthesis of noribogaine from
voacangine which method follows Scheme 6 below.
The conversion of voacangine 1 to Noribogaine 3 has been reported as early as
1957 (Janot and Goutarel, US 2,813,873). This was done in either a one-step process in
going from voacangine (1) to Noribogaine (3) using HOAc/HBr (48%, reflux) without
separation of any intermediates, or via a two-step process starting with converting
voacangine (1) to Ibogaine (KOMe), followed by converting the ibogaine to Noribogaine
(3) (HBr, 48% /HOAc/ reflux). This synthesis is reproducible, but we provide herein a
process for 1 to 3 that does not involve the intermediacy of ibogaine.
Sodium Voacanginecarboxylate Conversion to Noribogaine
Voacangine (1) can be converted to the voacanginic acid sodium salt (20) using
a base, such as NaO Bu in DMF, followed by demethylation (e.g. BBr or LiPPh ) to
yield Noribogaine (3).
Lithium Voacanginecarboxylate Conversion to Noribogaine
[0063] The lithium salt of voacangine (21) can be prepared by treating voacangine (1)
with n-butyllithium in hexane at 0 C with 1-propanethiol (see, Kuehne, et al. J. Med.
Chem., 2003, 46, 2716-2730). The carboxylate anion and the lithium of 21 form a tight
ion pair and thus compound 21 can be isolated and purified. The lithium salt of
voacangine (21) can likewise be demethylated using, e.g., BCl or BBr in DCM, to
provide compound 21a, and can then undergo decarboxylation under standard conditions,
such as e.g., acid catalyzed decarboxylation using HBr or HCl, to provide noribogaine 3.
Both compounds 21 and 21a can be isolated and purified as compounds per se. The
noribogaine 3 can be isolated as the fee base or a salt thereof, such as the hydrochloride or
hydrobromide salt thereof. In one embodiment, the noribogaine is isolated as noribogaine
hydrochloride. In another embodiment, the noribogaine is isolated as noribogaine
hydrobromide. One of skill in the art could readily interchange the anion using
conventional methods.
MeO MeO HO
BuLi.
N N N
N N N
H H DCM H
CO Li
CO Me
1 21 3
CO Li
Other Approaches Under Investigation for Ibogaine-Free Production of Noribogaine
[0064] The voacanginecarboxylate salts (20 or 21) can be converted into other carboxyl
group protected derivatives that can be demethylated and deprotected to yield
Noribogaine 3.
For example, protected derivatives include benzyl protected
voacanginecarboxylate (22) (which can be deprotected using catalytic hydrogenation),
and the allyl protected voacanginecarboxylate (23) (which can be deprotected with
Pd(IV), A-ring demethylation) can be utilized as intermediates.
Claims (16)
1. A method for preparing and purifying noribogaine which method comprises: a) converting voacangine to 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid or the 5 carboxylic acid salt or ester thereof, wherein the indole nitrogen is optionally protected by an amino protecting group; b) optionally isolating the 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid or the carboxylic acid salt, ester and/or amino protected derivative thereof; c) converting the product of step a) or b) to noribogaine; and 10 d) isolating noribogaine.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein b) and c) are conducted in a one-pot synthesis.
3. The method of claim 1 or claim 2, wherein step b) further comprises the steps of 15 b’) de- esterifying the 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid methyl ester to provide 12- hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid, and b”) decarboxylating the 12- hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid to provide the noribogaine.
4. A method for preparing and purifying noribogaine which method comprises: 20 a) converting voacangine to 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid wherein the indole nitrogen is optionally protected by an amino protecting group; b) converting the 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid to noribogaine; and c) isolating noribogaine. 25 5. A method for preparing and purifying noribogaine which method comprises: a) converting voacangine to 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid methyl ester wherein the indole nitrogen is optionally protected by an amino protecting group; b) optionally covalently attaching 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid 30 methyl ester or amino protected derivative thereof to a solid support via the hydroxyl group of 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid methyl ester or amino protected derivative thereof so as to form a suspension of solid supports having 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid methyl ester or amino protected derivative thereof bound thereto; c) removing residual voacangine from said suspension; d) cleaving and recovering the 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid
5 methyl ester or amino protected derivative thereof from the solid support; e) converting the 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid methyl ester or amino protected derivative thereof to noribogaine; and f) isolating noribogaine. 10
6. The method of claim 5, wherein steps d) and e) are reversed.
7. The method of claim 3, wherein steps b), c) and d) are repeated up to 5 times.
8. A method for preparing and purifying noribogaine which method comprises: 15 a) covalently attaching voacangine to a solid support via the indole nitrogen of voacangine so as to form a suspension of solid supports having voacangine bound thereto; b) converting voacangine to 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid methyl ester,12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid or the carboxylic acid salt 20 thereof under conditions wherein the level of voacangine bound to the solid support is less than 0.1 weight percent; c) cleaving and recovering 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid methyl ester,12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid or the carboxylic acid salt thereof from the solid support; 25 d) converting the 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid methyl ester, 12- hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid or the carboxylic acid salt thereof to noribogaine; and e) purifying noribogaine. 30
9. The method of any one of claims 1-8, wherein the method comprises utilizing an ion exchange resin for isolating and/or purifying the 12-hydroxyibogamine carboxylic acid methyl ester, 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid or the carboxylic acid salt thereof, or noribogaine.
10. A solid support having voacangine, 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid methyl ester, 12-hydroxyibogaminecarboxylic acid or the carboxylic acid salt thereof, covalently bound thereto through a cleavable linker.
11. A compound of the formula: where M is lithium or sodium. 10
12. A compound of the formula: where M is lithium, sodium or potassium.
13. The compound of claim 11 or claim 12, wherein M is lithium.
14. A method as defined in any one of claims 1-9 substantially as herein described with reference to any example thereof.
15. A solid support as claimed in claim 10 substantially as herein described with 20 reference to any example thereof.
16. A compound as defined in claim 11 or claim 12 substantially as herein described with reference to any example thereof.
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