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• the present invention relates to a process for the production of a porphyrin of formula (I) and further to a process for the production of an intermediate compound such as compounds of formula (II).
• Radiotherapy although widely used in the management and the treatment of early to advanced stage cancers, has many drawbacks including normal tissue damage and burdensome treatment schedules (up to 6 weeks). Clinical radiotherapy and chemotherapy deliver survival rates that remain inadequate and in some instances totally unacceptable. However, where there is no alternative treatment, which is the case for the vast majority of cancer patients, the use of radiotherapeutic modalities prevails. It is projected that current research efforts will improve the delivery and the outcome of radiotherapy by only 10% over the next 10 years. That is, an increase from 30% to 33% cure rate, with the remaining balance of treatment achieving 70% palliation. A major challenge is to significantly improve this cure rate without compromising normal tissue tolerance. Conservative estimates suggest that over 100,000 patients are treated per day worldwide with conventional radiotherapy and over 5,000 new patients per day arrive into the treatment modality. There is clearly a need to improve the conventional radiotherapy methodology to provide improved cure rates.
• X-ray activated-drug therapy or photo activated drug therapy (PAT).
• PAT photo activated drug therapy
• an activatable drug is administered to the patient, and the drug is preferentially localised to tumour tissue.
• This approach may be combined with a number of standard radiotherapy techniques.
• X-ray activated-drug therapy (PAT) is capable of replacing conventional radiotherapy for the treatment of cancer.
• Translation of x-ray activated-drug therapy into the clinic has the potential to deliver staggering cure rates of 85%, up from 30 % with conventional radiotherapy.
• Radiotherapy may be given using large X-ray machines. Occasionally gamma rays or electrons may be used.
• the activatable drugs can be activated using X- rays (as well as ionizing radiation such as gamma rays, electrons, protons, neutrons) that are used in conventional radiotherapy and its variants such as confocal radiotherapy, intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), invasive internal radiotherapy and brachytherapy.
• External X-rays are targeted by way of masks (contoured to the shape of the tumour) and beamed in from the outside.
• Single or multiple x-ray beams at different angles may be used to maximise the x-ray dose to tumour and concurrently minimise the x-ray dose to normal tissue.
• Invasive internal radiotherapy involves the introduction of radioactive tubes into the tumour to give a very intense x-ray dose.
• a number of tumours can be treated in this way, in particular cancer of the cervix, breast and skin.
• radioactive "seeds" are seriotactically placed within a tumour mass.
• the radioactive source is generally one of the following: Radium-226, Caesium-137, Cobalt-60, Mdium-192, Gold -198, Strontium-90, Yttrium-90.
• Other radionuclides suitable for unsealed use are Iodine- 131, Phosphorous-32, Yttrium-90.
• IMRT is a recent development which uses three dimensional data derived from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography (PET), single-photon-emission tomography (SPECT) and computed tomography (CT)- scans to deliver very precisely x-rays to the target.
• MRI magnetic resonance imaging
• PET positron emission tomography
• SPECT single-photon-emission tomography
• CT computed tomography
• IMRT is data hungry and requires information on the exact dimensions of a tumour and its spread, and small movements of the tumour (O.lmm-lmm) that arise from breathing and the heart beat result in less than optimal x-ray dose delivery to guerrilla cells at the edges of the tumour. Such cells escape treatment and can result in tumour recurrence.
• a real-time feedback to compensate for tumour movement would assist in this method.
• Treatment planning information is derived from conventional diagnostic imaging techniques such as MRI, PET, SPECT as well X-ray images and CT scans. Careful planning is necessary to ensure that the treatment area and field includes all of the cancer and avoids vital organs (e.g. heart, spinal cord, gut). Improved methods of imagining tumours are required to assist in such planning.
• Porphyrins have been applied in the prior art to various radiation type therapies including boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) and photodynamic therapy (PDT). Porphyrins are known to have a high affinity for neoblastic tissues in mammals, including man (see, for example, Solloway et al, Chem Rev (1998), 98, 1515-1562, US 5,877,165; British Journal of Radiology (1998), 71, 773- 781 ; Journal of Neuro-Oncology (2001), 52, 111-117; and International Journal of Cancer (1996), 68, 114-119).
• BNCT boron neutron capture therapy
• PDT photodynamic therapy
• porphyrins including synthetic tetraphenyl porphyrins (TPP) derivatives including CuTCPH and NiTCPH.
• TPP tetraphenyl porphyrins
• These porphyrin rings existing as chelating agents for nickel and copper atoms, exhibit very favourable localization to tumor tissue in preference to normal tissue or blood. For example, in US 5,877,165 a tumor colon blood ratio of 16:1 is described.
• the invention provides a process for the preparation of a compound having the formula I:
• M is a single-photon-emission tomography imageable radiometal and/or a paramagnetic metal
• R is hydrogen or a halogen provided that at least one R is halogen
• Y is selected from ortho, meta or para 0(CH 2 ) I1 C 2 HB 9 Hi O or O(CH 2 ) n C 2 HB 10 Hio
• n is 0 or an integer from 1 to 20 and O(CH 2 ) n C 2 HB 9 Hio is nido ortho-, meta- or para-carborane and O(CH 2 ) n C 2 HB 10 Hio is ortho-, meta- or para-carborane, said process comprising halogenating a compound having the formula III
• the compound of formula I produced by the process of the first aspect contains eight R groups.
• each R group is preferably halogen, more preferably each R group is bromide.
• Y is preferably selected from meta O-(CH 2 ) n -C 2 HB 9 Hi 0 or meta O-(CH 2 ) n -C 2 HB 10 H 10 wherein n is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10.
• M is preferably a transition metal or a lanthanide metal.
• the process is preferably is a process for the formation of a compound of formula I wherein M is Cu, each R is bromide and Y is meta 0-CH 2 -C 2 HB ioH lo .
• the second aspect of the invention provides a process for the production of a compound of formula (III) as defined above said process comprising combining a compound having the formula II wherein Y is as defined for the compound of formula I;
• the third aspect of the invention provides a process for the production of a compound of formula I from a compound of formula II comprising combining a compound of formula II with a metal acetate to form a compound of formula III in situ, and then combining said in situ generated compound of formula III with a halogenating agent to form a compound of formula I.
• the compound of formula II is preferably combined with the metal acetate in dichloromethane. More preferably, the metal acetate is copper acetate.
• Halogenation of the in situ generated compound of formula III is preferably carried out with bromine. Halogenation preferably occurs in an aliphatic alcohol having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, more preferably methanol.
• the fourth aspect of the invention is directed to a process for the preparation of a compound having the formula II as defined above said process comprising a) combining an aldehyde having the formula
• the invention further relates to a process of producing a compound having the formula IV as set out above, said process comprising the process set out in step a) above.
• the invention further relates to a process for producing a compound of formula II from a compound of formula V via the process set out in step b) above.
• the fifth aspect of the invention is directed to a process for the preparation of a compound having the formula I as defined above said process comprising a) combining an aldehyde having the formula
• the compound of formula II is preferably combined with the acetate of the metal M in a mixture of dichloromethane and methanol.
• the compound of formula II is preferably combined with the acetate of the metal M in dichloromethane.
• the reaction of the compound of formula II with the metal acetate preferably occurs at ambient temperature.
• the halogenation preferably occurs in a mixed solvent solution, preferably a chlorinated solvent or a mixture of chlorinated solvents said chlorinated solvent being selected from trichloromethane, carbon tetrachloride and/or dichloromethane, more preferably dichloromethane.
• the halogenation is preferably carried out in an aliphatic alcohol having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, preferably methanol.
• the halogenation preferably occurs at ambient temperature,
• the sixth aspect of the invention is directed to a further process for the preparation of a compound having the formula I as defined above said process comprising a) combining an aldehyde having the formula
• the compound having the formula (II) is preferably combined with the metal acetate in dichloromethane.
• the halogenation is preferably carried out in an aliphatic alcohol having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, preferably methanol.
• the insertion of the metal and the halogenation are preferably carried out at ambient temperature.
• the seventh aspect of the invention relates to a process for the formation of an aldehyde having the formula
• Y is as defined for a compound of formula I, comprising activation of a carborane with acetonitrile, reaction with propargyl oxybenzyl acetate to form an alcohol and subsequent oxidation.
• the carborane is decaborane.
• Fig. 1 shows a reaction scheme for the preparation of the substituted porphyrin l,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octabromo- ⁇ , ⁇ , ⁇ , ⁇ -tetra-[3-(l,2-dicarbododecaborane-(12)-l-yl- methoxyl)phenyl]po ⁇ hynato-copper ⁇ (also known as CuTCPBr).
• a process for the preparation of a compound having the formula I as defined comprises halogenation of a compound of formula III as defined above.
• the compound having the formula III is combined with a halogenating agent in a solvent solution preferably comprising an aliphatic alcohol having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, dichloromethane, trichloromethane and/or carbon tetrachloride or, preferably a mixed solvent system such as mixture of two or more of an aliphatic alcohol having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, dichloromethane trichloromethane, and/or carbon tetrachloride.
• the mixed solvent is preferably trichloromethane and carbon tetrachloride.
• the solvent system preferably comprises dichloromethane.
• the solvent system may additionally comprise a base such as an organic base.
• a base such as an organic base.
• suitable bases include pyridine, alcohols etc.
• the aliphatic alcohol has from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, preferably 1 to 4 carbons atoms.
• the aliphatic alcohol can be one or more of methanol, ethanol, propanol, butanol, pentanol or hexanol.
• the aliphatic alcohol is methanol. It will be appreciated that when the halogenation is carried out in an aliphatic alcohol, it is not necessary to use an organic base such as pyridine.
• the halogen represented by R may be F, Cl, Br, I, preferably Br.
• Suitable halogenating agents are F 2 , Cl 2 , Br 2 and I 2 .
• a particularly preferred halogenating agent is bromine.
• one or more of the groups R is a halogen, preferably two, three, four, five, six, seven or eight of the groups R are halogen, most preferably all the R groups are halogen.
• the halogenating agent will therefore be provided in sufficient quantity to allow the desired degree of halogenation.
• sufficient halogenating agent is used to ensure that each R in formula I represents halogen.
• the halogenating agent will therefore be provided in sufficient excess to ensure that each R in formula I represents halogen.
• the halogenating agent can be provided at a level of 8 to 20 equivalents (compared to the amount of the compound of formula III), preferably at a level of 9 to 14 equivalents.
• a solution of the halogenating agent is added incrementally to a solution of the compound of formula III over a period from 1 minute to 6 hrs, preferably from 0.5hr to 3 hours and the resulting mixture stirred for a period from 10 minutes to 6 hours, preferably 1 hour to 4 hours.
• the reaction may be carried out at a temperature from 0 to 80 0 C, preferably at ambient temperature.
• a base such as pyridine is added and the resulting mixture stirred for a period from 2 hours to 48 hours.
• the compound of formula I is formed by combining a compound of formula III with a halogenating agent and an aliphatic alcohol having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms
• the halogenating agent is preferably bromine.
• any remaining halogenating agent or any reaction products of the halogenating agent should be removed from the reaction mixture after the halogenation step has been completed. This removal can be carried out using methods well known in the art.
• hydrogen bromide, formed during the formation of a compound of formula I is removed using a base, preferably an inorganic base, such as one or more bicarbonate salts of a group IA metal.
• the compound of the formula III is produced by combining a compound having the formula II as defined above with the acetate of the metal M, preferably at ambient temperature, to form a compound having the formula HI.
• the metal M may be selected from the transition metals or the lanthanide metals such as vanadium (V), chromium (Cr), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), ruthenium (Ru), technetium (Tc), chromium (Cr), platinum (Pt), lead (Pd), cobalt (Co), cadmium (Cd), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), germanium (Ge), molybdenum (Mo), indium (In), tin (Sn), yttrium (Y), gold (Au), barium (Ba), tungsten (W), and gadolinium (Gd).
• the transition metals or the lanthanide metals such as vanadium (V), chromium (Cr), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), ruthenium (Ru), technetium (Tc), chromium (Cr), platinum (Pt), lead (Pd), cobalt (Co), cadmium (C
• the most preferred metals are Cu, Zn, Ni, Pb and Mn.
• the metal acetate is preferably provided at a level of 1 to 5 equivalents (compared to the amount of compound of formula II), more preferably at a level of from 1.1 to 1.5 equivalents.
• the formation of a compound of formula III is preferably carried out in a mixture of dichloromethane and methanol.
• the molar ratio of dichloromethane and methanol in the solvent mixture may be from 10:1 to 1:5.
• the formation of a compound of formula III can be carried out in dichloromethane.
• the metal acetate is preferably copper acetate.
• the reaction may be carried out at a temperature from 10 to 7O 0 C, more preferably at a temperature from 15 to 60 0 C, more preferably at ambient temperature.
• the reaction may be carried out for a period of time from 0.01 hour to 2 hours, preferably from 0.1 hour to 0.5 hour.
• the compound having the formula II as defined above may be prepared by a process comprising combining an aldehyde having the formula
• Y is as defined above with pyrrole in the presence of a Lewis acid catalyst to form a compound having the formula IV as defined above.
• a Lewis acid catalyst to form a compound having the formula IV as defined above.
• Preferred solvents for the reaction include dichloromethane (DCM) and trichloromethane.
• Suitable Lewis acid catalysts include but are not limited to trifluoroacetic acid, ZnCl 2 , FeCl 2, FeCl 3 , AIBr 3 , AICl 3 , H 2 SO 4 , HNO 3 .
• a preferred Lewis acid catalyst is boron trifluoride diethyl etherate.
• the reaction is preferably carried out in the absence of oxygen.
• a stream of dry nitrogen is passed through a mixture of the aldehyde and pyrrole in the solvent to remove all traces of oxygen before addition of the Lewis acid catalyst.
• the reaction mixture may be stirred for a period of time from 5 minutes to 6 hours, preferably about 1.5 hr.
• the reaction is preferably carried out at ambient temperature.
• reaction is preferably anhydrous.
• all traces of water are removed e.g. by the addition of activated molecular sieves and the resulting solution stirred for a period of time from 5 minutes to 3 hours and/or the drying of solvents, reagents and glassware before use.
• the reaction mixture may then be treated with from 0.01 to 2, preferably from 0.1 to 1 molar equivalents 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyanobenzoquinone (DDQ) based on the aldehyde. It may be preferred to use less than 1 molar equivalent DDQ based on the aldehyde. Such quantities were found to improve the yield of compound II.
• the resulting solution is preferably stirred for a period of time from 2 hours to 72 hours, preferably at ambient temperature.
• Y is preferably 0-CH 2 -C 2 HB I0 Hi 0 .
• the aldehyde can be produced by one or more higher yielding processes as described in the examples.
• the invention further relates to the products of the processes set out above.
• the invention relates to a compound of formula I, II, HI or V or an aldehyde as described herein as produced according to one or more of the processes set out in the invention.
• the compounds of the invention, particularly compounds of formula I can be used in the treatment of cancer, in particular in X-ray activated-drug therapy or photo activated drug therapy.
• the starting material for this step was the crude material described above, containing the propargyloxy material 3 and some of the hydroxybenzyl alcohol
• a compound of formula (4) can be prepared by the improved procedure documented below. This alternative procedure allows the production of (4) and subsequent compounds derived therefrom in a higher yield and a more cost effective manner.
• the reaction was carried out in a 6L reactor, with overhead stirring.
• the distilled product gradually crystallises on standing (mpt ⁇ 35 0 C).
• the reaction was carried out in a 6L reactor, with overhead stirring.
• the reaction was carried out in a 6L reactor with overhead stirring.
• the reactor was charged with the solution of (3) (4.09 moles) in DCM (3L) from the previous step and cooled to 5 0 C. Pyridine (500 ml) and DMAP (1 g) was added. Acetyl chloride (365 ml) was then added dropwise so that the internal temperature did not rise above 40 0 C. When the addition was complete, the reaction was allowed to stir at room temperature for 1.5 hours. Aqueous hydrochloric acid (2N), (200 ml) was added, the reaction stirred and phases separated. The organic layer was washed with IL of aqueous potassium carbonate (10 wt %) then with IL of brine. The organic extracts were dried over MgSO 4 , and the solvent removed in vacuo to give and orange oil.
• the decaborane starting material is first reacted with acetonitrile to give the B 10 Hi 2 (CHsCN) 2 reactive intermediate.
• the second stage of this step involves reaction of the activated borane with the alkyne functionality of 4 to give the desired o-closo-carborane sub-unit.
• the reaction was removed from the heat.
• the acetate (4) (334.7 g) was dissolved in toluene (200 ml), and half of the solution added to the stirring decaborane complex. Stirring was continued as the solid was allowed to dissolve. After an initial cooling to 76 0 C, an exotherm to 81 0 C was observed. The rest of the acetate solution was added and heating resumed. 100ml toluene was used to wash residual acetate into the reaction vessel. Heating was continued for 43h after which time no starting material remained. The reaction was allowed to cool and the solvent removed in vacuo to give the crude product as an orange oil (655 g).
• Compound 6 can also be prepared by the process outlined below.
• the process allows a more direct synthesis of the compounds of the invention. This process involves the direct addition of the borane cage onto an aldehyde as illustrated below.
• Decaborane (5Og) is dissolved in toluene (450ml) under nitrogen. Acetonitrile (50ml) is added and the mixture heated at 80 0 C for 3h. The aldehyde (64g) in toluene (50ml) is added and the mixture heated for 4Oh (no starting material). The solvent is removed under vacuum and the residue heated at reflux in methanol for 8h to destroy borane residues. Solvent is removed and the product isolated by chromatography using dichloromethane as solvent.
• the product is shown to be identical by HPLC to the product generated by alternative procedures.
• Decaborane (2.25 g) is heated at reflux in 15ml HPLC grade acetonitrile for 3h (suspended solid).
• Compound 4 (3.7g) in acetonitrile (10ml) is added.
• the mixture is heated for 8h (complete consumption of starting material), cooled, and the solvent removed.
• the residue is dissolved in dichloromethane and filtered through silica, washing with about 100ml dichloromethane.
• the solvent is removed to give 4.2g of the crude product.
• the use of acetonitrile has resulted in an acceleration of the reaction between decaborane and compound 4. This acceleration was unexpected and provides a significant benefit and advancement in the production of compounds of the invention.
• Decaborane (12.2g, 0.1 mole) is heated at reflux in 50ml acetonitrile for 5h. The volume of solvent is reduced to about 50% and replaced with 75ml dry toluene. Propargyl acetate (19.8g, 0.2 mole) is added and the mixture heated at 80-90 0 C for 36h. Solvents and excess reagent are removed by rotary evaporation. The residue is dissolved in 50ml methanol and 5ml cone. HCl is added. After leaving overnight, the solvent is reduced to low volume, toluene (100ml) added and the toluene solution washed with 10% potassium carbonate. After removal of the solvent, the residue is dissolved in a small volume of dichloromethane and passed through a short plug of silica, eluting with dichloromethane. After removal of the solvent, 12.9g product is obtained.

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