Background art:
canagliflozin (Canagliflozin), trade name:
research and development companies: the first three ingredients of Mirabilitum pratense,Yang Sen. Canagliflozin received marketing approval by the united states Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on 29 th 3 th 2013, european pharmaceutical administration (EMA) on 15 th 11 th 2013, japanese pharmaceutical and medical instrumentation complex (PMDA) on 4 th 7 th 2014, and Chinese Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) on 29 th 9 th 2017.
Dapagliflozin (Dapagliflozin), trade name:
research and development companies: aslikang, Baishimei Guibao. Dapagliflozin received a marketing approval from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on day 11-12 in 2012, the united states Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on day 1-8 in 2014, the japanese pharmaceutical and medical device integrated agency (PMDA) on day 3-24 in 2014, and the Chinese Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) on day 3-13 in 2017.
Engelizin (Empagliflozin), trade name:
research and development companies: boringer Yiger, Li Lai. Engelizin received marketing approval from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on 5/22 days 2014, the united states Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on 8/1 days 2014, the japanese pharmaceutical and medical device complex (PMDA) on 12/26 days 2014, and the Chinese Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) on 9/20 days 2017.
The gliflozin antidiabetic is a sodium-glucose cotransporter 2(SGLT2) inhibitor. 90% of renal glucose reabsorption is accomplished by SGLT2 protein (SGLT1 is responsible for the remaining 10%). The glimpuride hypoglycemic agent reduces the reabsorption of filtered glucose and lowers the renal glucose threshold, thereby increasing the excretion of urine glucose. The composition can be used for assisting diet control and exercise to improve blood sugar control of adult type II diabetes.
The key for preparing the glijing hypoglycemic agent is C (sp)2)-C(sp3) The construction of the glucoside bond, hereinafter, the advantages and disadvantages of the existing synthetic method are described by taking canagliflozin as an example:
currently, canagliflozin C (sp)2)-C(sp3) The synthesis of the glucoside bond has a plurality of literature reports at home and abroad, and most of the synthesis adopts organic lithium reagents. Firstly, preparing aryl lithium, then adding hydroxyl protected gluconolactone at-78 ℃ to carry out nucleophilic addition reaction to construct a glycosidic bond. The obtained compound can be converted into a ketal key intermediate C-1 by removing the protecting group of the glycosyl part, and the key intermediate can be separated and purified by beating. Finally, the ketal compound C-1 is passed through a reducing agent (e.g., Et)3SiH/BF3·Et2O) reducing to obtain the final product canagliflozin.
Construction of C (sp) for Canagliflozin2)-C(sp3) Glucosidic linkages, synthetic routes reported in patents WO2005012326a1, WO2017071813a1 and in documents j.med.chem.2010,53,6355-:
a)n-BuLi,THF,Tol,-78℃;b)MsOH,MeOH,-78℃tor.t.
the advantages are that: the raw materials of the intermediates C-2 and C-4 are cheap and easy to obtain, and the preparation is simple.
The disadvantages are as follows: in the process of generating the key intermediate C-1, a byproduct C-1a is inevitably generated, the purity of the product is not high, and the product is oily and is not easy to separate and purify.
Construction of C (sp) for Canagliflozin2)-C(sp3) The glucoside linkage, the synthetic route reported in patent US20100099883a1, is as follows:
the advantages are that: the reaction temperature is increased.
The disadvantages are as follows: the iodobenzene intermediate is high in price; the reaction yield is not high, and the product is oily and is not easy to separate and purify.
Construction of C (sp) for Canagliflozin2)-C(sp3) The optimized synthetic routes reported in patent WO2012140120A1 and in the literature Organic Letters,2012,14(6),1480-1483 are as follows:
the advantages are that: the intermediates are all solid and are easy to transfer and post-treat.
The disadvantages are as follows: the reaction temperature span is large, and the product needs column chromatography purification, so that the requirement on reaction equipment is high; pivaloyl chloride is relatively smelly and has strong irritation and corrosivity.
The prior synthesis route reported by the literature has the defects of process conditions. If the raw materials are expensive, the production cost is higher; if column chromatography purification is needed, the requirements on production equipment are high. Therefore, it is urgently needed to provide a new process condition to solve the above problems.
The invention content is as follows:
in order to overcome the defects of the existing process route, the invention provides a novel method for stereoselectively synthesizing key intermediates (C-1, D-1 and E-1) of canagliflozin, dapagliflozin and engagliflozin, and the process route is as follows:
1)PMDTA,n-BuLi,THF,Tol,-78℃;2)i)Citricacid,MeOH,-20℃tor.t.;ii)MsOH,MeOH,r.t
the invention is realized by the following steps:
1) in the presence of a cosolvent, performing halogen metal exchange on a raw material aryl bromide 2 and an organic lithium reagent to obtain an aryl lithium reagent 3, and performing nucleophilic addition reaction on the aryl lithium reagent and a TMS-protected gluconolactone 4 to obtain a transition-state product 5;
2)5, removing TMS protecting group, and converting hemiketal into ketal to obtain the key intermediate 1 with single configuration.
Further, the preparation method comprises the following steps: 1) in the presence of a cosolvent, performing halogen metal exchange on aryl bromide of a raw material compound 2 and an organic lithium reagent to obtain an aryl lithium reagent 3, and performing nucleophilic addition reaction on the aryl lithium reagent and a gluconolactone 4 protected by TMS to obtain a transition state product 5;
2) adding citric acid aqueous solution into methanol, heating and stirring for reaction.
Preferably, the method comprises the following steps:
the cosolvent in the step 1) comprises one or more of hexamethylphosphoric triamide (HMPA), Pentamethyldiethylenetriamine (PMDTA), Tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEDA), 1,4,7,10, 10-Hexamethyltriethylenetetramine (HMTTA), N-Dimethylpropyleneurea (DMPU), ethylene glycol dimethyl ether (DME) and 12-Crown-4 (12-Crown-4), and the molar ratio of the compound 2 to the cosolvent is 1: 1.1-1: 2. Preferably PMDTA, and the molar ratio of the compound 2 to the PMDTA is 1: 1.1-1: 2.
The organolithium reagent in step 1) is n-butyllithium or n-hexyllithium, but is not limited to these two organolithium reagents
The molar ratio of the compound 2 to the organic lithium reagent is 1: 1.1-1: 2.
The temperature of the halogen metal exchange reaction in the step 1) is-65 to-85 ℃, preferably-75 to-80 ℃.
The reaction solvent in step 1) is tetrahydrofuran.
In the step 2), in the TMS protecting group removal of the transition state product 5, a citric acid aqueous solution is used, and the concentration of the citric acid (Citricacid) aqueous solution is 5-25%. The reaction solvent is methanol and toluene, and the amount of the methanol is 30-40% of the total volume of the reaction solvent tetrahydrofuran and toluene.
In the step 2), the amount of methanesulfonic acid used for converting the hemiketal into the ketal is 5 to 10 mol%, preferably 7 to 8 mol%, of the compound 2.
The invention has the advantages that:
the raw materials are cheap and easy to obtain, the preparation is simple and convenient, and the production cost is favorably reduced; by adopting the method, key intermediates (C-1, D-1 and E-1) of canagliflozin, dapagliflozin and engagliflozin can be stereoselectively synthesized, the reaction yield is high (> 75%), the product purity is high (about 95% of HPLC purity), and the method is favorable for preparing a final product by the next reduction; the crude product can be purified by pulping to obtain a solid product, is easy to transfer, weigh and the like, and is suitable for large-scale production.
The specific implementation mode is as follows:
the following examples are further illustrative of the present invention and include, but are not limited to, examples of implementation. The present invention is described in detail below with reference to examples, but it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to these examples and the preparation method used. Furthermore, equivalent alterations, combinations, and modifications of the present invention as described herein are possible for those skilled in the art, and are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.
Example 1: preparation of C-1
2- (2-methyl-5-bromobenzyl) -5- (4-fluorobenzene) thiophene (5.0g, 13.85mmol), tetrahydrofuran (50mL), and PMDTA (7.0mL, 1.5equiv) were sequentially added to a 500mL three-necked flask, the air in the reaction flask was replaced with nitrogen, the temperature of the cold trap was controlled to about-78 ℃, 1.6M n-butyllithium (13.0mL, 1.5equiv) was slowly dropped, and the mixture was stirred for about 1 h. Adding TMS-protected gluconolactone 4(8.5g, 1.3equiv) and toluene (50mL) into another 100mL round-bottom flask, mixing, and controlling the temperature of a cold trap to be about-78 ℃. The toluene solution of 4 was slowly dropped into a three-necked flask, and stirred for 2 hours while maintaining the temperature.
While the temperature was kept constant, methanol (35mL) was slowly dropped into the three-necked flask and stirred for 20 min. Then the temperature is raised to about-20 ℃, 15 percent citric acid aqueous solution (50mL) is slowly dripped into the three-necked bottle, and the temperature is raised to the room temperature and stirred for 2h after dripping. Then, a saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution (100mL) was slowly dropped into the three-necked flask, and the mixture was stirred for 20min after completion of dropping. The reaction solution was transferred to a 500mL separatory funnel, allowed to stand for separation, the organic phase was separated, the aqueous phase was extracted with ethyl acetate, the organic phases were combined, washed three times with brine, and the organic phase was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. After the drying agent was filtered off, the solvent was removed by rotary evaporation to give a yellow oil.
The yellow oil was dissolved in methanol (50mL), transferred to a 250mL round bottom flask, methanesulfonic acid (0.7mL, 10% mol) was added slowly and the reaction stirred at room temperature for 10 h. Then, a saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution (80mL) was slowly dropped into the three-necked flask, and the mixture was stirred for 20min after completion of dropping. The reaction solution was transferred to a 250mL separatory funnel, allowed to stand for separation, the organic phase was separated, the aqueous phase was extracted with ethyl acetate, the organic phases were combined, washed three times with brine, and the organic phase was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. After the drying agent was filtered off, the solvent was removed by rotary evaporation to give a pale yellow oil. The light yellow oil was purified with ethyl acetate: pulping with n-hexane (v/v: 1/3) to obtain C-1 pure product as light yellow powder with weight of 5.0g, HPLC purity of 97.1% and yield of 75.6%.
Example 2: preparation of C-1
2- (2-methyl-5-bromobenzyl) -5- (4-fluorobenzene) thiophene (5.0g, 13.85mmol), tetrahydrofuran (50mL), and PMDTA (7.0mL, 1.5equiv) were sequentially added to a 500mL three-necked flask, the air in the reaction flask was replaced with nitrogen, the temperature of the cold trap was controlled to about-78 ℃, 2.5M n-butyllithium (8.3mL, 1.5equiv) was slowly dropped, and the mixture was stirred for about 1 h. Adding TMS-protected gluconolactone 4(8.5g, 1.3equiv) and toluene (50mL) into another 100mL round-bottom flask, mixing, and controlling the temperature of a cold trap to be about-78 ℃. The toluene solution of 4 was slowly dropped into a three-necked flask, and stirred for 2 hours while maintaining the temperature.
While the temperature was kept constant, methanol (35mL) was slowly dropped into the three-necked flask and stirred for 20 min. Then the temperature is raised to about-20 ℃, 15 percent citric acid aqueous solution (50mL) is slowly dripped into the three-necked bottle, and the temperature is raised to the room temperature and stirred for 2h after dripping. Then, a saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution (100mL) was slowly dropped into the three-necked flask, and the mixture was stirred for 20min after completion of dropping. The reaction solution was transferred to a 500mL separatory funnel, allowed to stand for separation, the organic phase was separated, the aqueous phase was extracted with ethyl acetate, the organic phases were combined, washed three times with brine, and the organic phase was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. After the drying agent was filtered off, the solvent was removed by rotary evaporation to give a yellow oil.
The yellow oil was dissolved in methanol (50mL), transferred to a 250mL round bottom flask, methanesulfonic acid (0.7mL, 10% mol) was added slowly and the reaction stirred at room temperature for 10 h. Then, a saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution (80mL) was slowly dropped into the three-necked flask, and the mixture was stirred for 20min after completion of dropping. The reaction solution was transferred to a 250mL separatory funnel, allowed to stand for separation, the organic phase was separated, the aqueous phase was extracted with ethyl acetate, the organic phases were combined, washed three times with brine, and the organic phase was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. After the drying agent was filtered off, the solvent was removed by rotary evaporation to give a pale yellow oil. The light yellow oil was purified with ethyl acetate: pulping with n-hexane (v/v: 1/3) to obtain C-1 pure product as light yellow powder with weight of 5.1g, HPLC purity of 99.3% and yield of 77.6%.
Example 3: preparation of D-1
5-bromo-2-chloro-4' -ethoxydiphenylmethane (1.0g, 3.07mmol), tetrahydrofuran (16mL), and PMDTA (1.4mL, 1.5equiv) were sequentially charged into a 250mL three-necked flask, the air in the reaction flask was replaced with nitrogen, the temperature of the cold trap was controlled to about-78 ℃, 2.5M n-butyllithium (1.8mL, 1.5equiv) was slowly added dropwise, and the mixture was stirred for about 1 hour. Adding the TMS-protected gluconolactone 4(1.7g, 1.3equiv) and toluene (16mL) into another 50mL round-bottom flask, mixing uniformly, and controlling the temperature of a cold trap to be about-78 ℃. The toluene solution of 4 was slowly dropped into a three-necked flask, and stirred for 2 hours while maintaining the temperature.
While the temperature was kept constant, methanol (10mL) was slowly dropped into the three-necked flask and stirred for 20 min. Then the temperature is raised to about-20 ℃, 15 percent citric acid aqueous solution (50mL) is slowly dripped into the three-necked bottle, and the temperature is raised to the room temperature and stirred for 2h after dripping. Then, a saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution (100mL) was slowly dropped into the three-necked flask, and the mixture was stirred for 20min after completion of dropping. The reaction solution was transferred to a 250mL separatory funnel, allowed to stand for separation, the organic phase was separated, the aqueous phase was extracted with ethyl acetate, the organic phases were combined, washed three times with brine, and the organic phase was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. After the drying agent was filtered off, the solvent was removed by rotary evaporation to give a yellow oil.
The yellow oil was dissolved in methanol (20mL), transferred to a 100mL round bottom flask, methanesulfonic acid (0.1mL, 10% mol) was added slowly, and the reaction was stirred at room temperature for 10 h. Then, a saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution (50mL) was slowly dropped into the three-necked flask, and the mixture was stirred for 20min after completion of dropping. The reaction solution was transferred to a 100mL separatory funnel, allowed to stand for separation, the organic phase was separated, the aqueous phase was extracted with ethyl acetate, the organic phases were combined, washed three times with brine, and the organic phase was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. After the drying agent was filtered off, the solvent was removed by rotary evaporation to give a pale yellow oil. The light yellow oil was purified with ethyl acetate: pulping with n-hexane (v/v: 1/3) to obtain pure D-1 as white powder with weight of 1.1g, HPLC purity of 95.7% and yield of 81.4%.
Example 4: preparation of E-1
(3S) -3- [4- [ (2-chloro-5-iodophenyl) methyl ] phenoxy ] tetrahydrofuran (1.0g, 2.72mmol), tetrahydrofuran (16mL), and PMDTA (1.2mL, 1.5equiv) were sequentially charged into a 250mL three-necked flask, the air in the reaction flask was replaced with nitrogen, and then 2.5M n-butyllithium (1.6mL, 1.5equiv) was slowly added dropwise with controlling the temperature at about-78 ℃ in a cold trap, and stirred for about 1 h. Adding TMS-protected gluconolactone 4(1.5g, 1.3equiv) and toluene (16mL) into another 50mL round-bottom flask, mixing, and controlling the temperature of a cold trap to be about-78 ℃. The toluene solution of 4 was slowly dropped into a three-necked flask, and stirred for 2 hours while maintaining the temperature.
While the temperature was kept constant, methanol (10mL) was slowly dropped into the three-necked flask and stirred for 20 min. Then the temperature is raised to about-20 ℃, 15 percent citric acid aqueous solution (50mL) is slowly dripped into the three-necked bottle, and the temperature is raised to the room temperature and stirred for 2h after dripping. Then, a saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution (100mL) was slowly dropped into the three-necked flask, and the mixture was stirred for 20min after completion of dropping. The reaction solution was transferred to a 250mL separatory funnel, allowed to stand for separation, the organic phase was separated, the aqueous phase was extracted with ethyl acetate, the organic phases were combined, washed three times with brine, and the organic phase was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. After the drying agent was filtered off, the solvent was removed by rotary evaporation to give a yellow oil.
The yellow oil was dissolved in methanol (20mL), transferred to a 100mL round bottom flask, methanesulfonic acid (0.1mL, 10% mol) was added slowly, and the reaction was stirred at room temperature for 10 h. Then, a saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution (50mL) was slowly dropped into the three-necked flask, and the mixture was stirred for 20min after completion of dropping. The reaction solution was transferred to a 100mL separatory funnel, allowed to stand for separation, the organic phase was separated, the aqueous phase was extracted with ethyl acetate, the organic phases were combined, washed three times with brine, and the organic phase was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. After the drying agent was filtered off, the solvent was removed by rotary evaporation to give a pale yellow oil. The light yellow oil was purified with ethyl acetate: pulping with n-hexane (v/v: 1/3) to obtain pure E-1 as white powder with weight of 1.0g, HPLC purity of 93.4% and yield of 76.3%.