US3755367A - Substituted 1,4-benzodioxanes - Google Patents

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US3755367A
US3755367A US00183684A US3755367DA US3755367A US 3755367 A US3755367 A US 3755367A US 00183684 A US00183684 A US 00183684A US 3755367D A US3755367D A US 3755367DA US 3755367 A US3755367 A US 3755367A
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    • C07D319/141,4-Dioxanes; Hydrogenated 1,4-dioxanes condensed with carbocyclic rings or ring systems
    • C07D319/161,4-Dioxanes; Hydrogenated 1,4-dioxanes condensed with carbocyclic rings or ring systems condensed with one six-membered ring
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  • R is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom having an atomic number not exceeding 35 or an alkyl or alkoxy group having from one to six carbon atoms,
  • R is a saturated aliphatic group having one to eight carbon atoms
  • n is an integer from 2 to 6 and acid addition salts of such benzodioxanes.
  • the compounds exhibit an unusual combination of tranquilising, taming and aggression-building activity when administered 10 rats.
  • This invention relates to the production of pharmacologically valuable 1,4-benzodioxanes.
  • the present invention provides a basically 2-substituted 1,4-benzodioxane having the general formula:
  • R is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom having an atomic number not exceeding 35 or an alkyl or alkoxy group having one to six, preferably one or two, carbon atoms, R is a saturated aliphatic group having one to eight, preferably two to six, carbon atoms and n is an integer from Q, to 6, and acid addition salts of such benzodioxanes.
  • the substituent R may be present in any of the four available positions in the benzene ring of the '1,4-benzodioxane nucleus, i.e., in the 5-, 6-, 7- or 8-position.
  • the group R may be, for example, chlorine, bromine, methyl, ethyl, methoxy or ethoxy, but is most preferably hydrogen.
  • the acid addition salt may be any pharmacologically acceptable salt, for example, the hydrochloride, hydrobromide, sulphate, phosphate, acid maleate, acid succinate, acid tartrate or lactate of the said 1,4-benzodioxanes.
  • the substituent R may be an alkyl group having one to eight, preferably tWo to six, carbon atoms and may be a straight chain orbranched chain alkyl group. When it is a branched chain alkyl group it may be atertiary-alkyl group.
  • alkyl groups are methyl ethyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, secondary-butyl, tertiary-butyl, secondary-amyl, tertiary-amyl, n-hexyl, 2,2-dimethyl-nbutyl, 3,3-dimthyl-n-propy1, tertiary-heptyl and tertiaryoctyl.
  • R may be a cycloalkyl group, for example a cyclohexyl group.
  • the group (CH is a'polymethylene group containing not more than six carbon atoms: it is preferred that this group consist of two, threeor four methylene groups.
  • the reaction may be between a Z-aminomethyl- 1,4-benz-odioxane and a straight chain omega-haloalkyl sulphone in which the second organic group attached to sulphur is a saturated aliph'atic group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or between a 2-halomethyl-1,4-benzodioxane and a straight chain omega-aminoalkyl sulphone in which the second organic group attached to sulphur is a saturated aliphatic group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms.
  • Both of these reactions lead to the formation of a hydrohalide of the 2-substituted 1,4-benzodioxane.
  • This hydrohalide may be subsequently decomposed by treating the crude product with an acid acceptor. It is preferred to use an inorganic acid acceptor and to carry out the reaction in the presence of a solvent for the base being liberated. After separation of the organic phase containing the free sulphone base, solvent and any low boiling volatile materials can be removed therefrom, the residue taken up in a volatile solvent and treated with a solution of an acid in order to form the corresponding salt.
  • the Z-aminomethyl-l,4-benzodioxane from which the compounds of the present invention may be obtained include Z-aminomethyl-1,4-benzodioxane, 2-aminomethyl-7-chloro-1,4-benzodioxane, Z-aminomethyl-S-methyl-l,4-benzodioxane and 2-aminomethyl-8-methoxy-1,4-benzodioxane.
  • compounds of the present invention may also be obtained include Z-chloromethyl-1,4-benzodioxane, 2-bromomethyl-1,4-benzodioxane, 2-chloromethyl-7-chloro-1,4-benzodioxane, Z-chloromethyl-S-methyl-1,4-benzodioxane and Z-chloromethyl-S-methoxy-1,4-benzodioxane.
  • Examples of straight chain omega-aminoalkyl sulphones which may be reacted with the 2-halomethyl-1,4-benzodioxanes include tertiary-butyl-Z-aminoethyl sulphone, methyl 3-amino-n-propyl sulphone, ethyl 3-amino-n-propy1 sulphone, iso-propyl S-amino-n-propyl sulphone, tertiarybutyl 3-amino-n-propyl sulphone, tertiary-amyl 3-aminon-propyl sulphone, tertiary-butyl 4-amino-n-butyl sulphone, tertiary-butyl S-amino-n-pentyl sulphone, tertiarybutyl 6-amino-n-hexyl sulphone and cyclohexyl 3-amin
  • 1,4-benzodioxanes having the first general formula given above may also be prepared by a process which comprises reacting a solution in an organic solvent of an acylated 2-substituted 1,4-benzodioxane having the general formula:
  • R, R and n are as defined above with a miscible solution of hydrogen peroxide in an organic organic solvent, and thereafter hydrolysing the N-acyl group with a strong acid.
  • acylated Z-substituted 1,4-benzodioxanes are in turn prepared by the acylation of basically 2-substituted 1,4-benzodioxanes having the general formula in which R, R and n are as above defined.
  • Suitable acylating agents are the acid halides and anhydrides of aliphatic and aromatic monocarboxylic acids such as acetic and propionic anhydrides and benzoyl chloride.
  • the basically substituted 1,4-benzodioxanes having the General Formula V may be prepared by the reaction of a Z-monosubstituted-methyl 1,4-benzodioxane having the General Formula II with a mono-substituted alkyl sulphide having the general formula in which R Z and n are as above defined.
  • R is a hydrogen atom or an alkoxy group.
  • Auslegeschrift No. 1,118,218 amongst the compounds disclosed therein are 2- w-methylmercapto-n-butylaminomethyl l ,4
  • the oxidation of the acylated 2-substituted 1,4-benzodioxanes with hydrogen peroxide it is preferred to use the same organic solvent for both the acylated 1,4-benzodioxane and the hydrogen peroxide.
  • the normally liquid alkane monocarboxylic acids, especially acetic acid, are suitable for this purpose.
  • the oxidation is an exothermic reaction and it is therefore desirable to add the hydrogen peroxide solution over a period of time so as to prevent the temperature of the reaction mixture exceeding a predetermined maximum of, for example, 50 C.
  • the resulting sulphone is conveniently isolated by taking advantage of its solubility in an organic solvent in which the organic solvent used to carry out the reaction is substantially insoluble, the solution freed from any residual hydrogen peroxide, and the produce then hydrolysed with a strong acid, conveniently after removal of the organic solvent.
  • the compounds of the present invention have been tested upon mice and rats and have been found to exert muscle relaxant, sedative, tranquilising and taming properties thereon.
  • An unusual feature of the compounds of the invention is their ability to induce agressive behaviour in male rats 12 to 24 hours after administration.
  • the compounds of the invention appear able to induce in rats a characteristic combination of quietness or tameness and self-confidence in the face of aggression. This effect is however biphasic, and is superseded at higher dose levels by relaxant effects.
  • R is a branched chain alkyl group and n is three have been found to exert muscle relaxant properties in rats for which ED is 0.1-1.0 mg. per kilogram bodyweight when administered subcutaneously and 10-100 mg./kg. when administered orally.
  • the approximate LD values were 400 mg. per kilogram bodyweight when administered subcutaneously and greater'than 400 mg. per kilogram when administered orally.
  • the approximate acute oral LD is 400 mg./kg.: subcutaneously it is 250 rug/kg.
  • An unusual feature of the compounds of the invention is their ability to induce aggressive behaviour in male rats 12 to 24 hours after administration.
  • EXAMPLE 1 2- (3 '-tertiary-amylsulphonyl-n-propyl) aminomethyl1- 1,4-benzodioxane Z-aminomethyl-l,4-benzodioxane (26.1 g.) and 3-tertiary-amylsulphonyl-n-propylchloride 16.7 g.) were heated at C. for two hours prior to mixing with 2 N caustic soda (40 mls.) and extracted with chloroform (once with 20 mls. and twice with 10 mls.). The chloroform extracts were combined and the combined extracts distilled to a final residue temperature of 220 C; at 0.05 mm. of mercury.
  • Recrystallisation from isopropyl alcohol have the product as white crystals, melting point 157 to 160 C.

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