CN115594647A - New preparation method of Qu Faluo heater - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention provides a preparation method of trematodine, which uses commercially available 2-tert-butyl aniline as a raw material to obtain a key intermediate (Ia) through halogenation, substitution and Miyaura-Ishiyama boration reaction. The key intermediate (Ia) and common 4' - (2-acetoxy ethoxy) -3' -bromo- [1,1' -biphenyl ] -4-carboxylic acid ethyl ester are used for synthesizing Qu Faluo tin under certain conditions. The preparation method of the invention focuses on synthesizing the key intermediate (Ia), and Qu Faluo statin is prepared by designing different starting materials to obtain a unique intermediate Ia. The method can directly obtain the high-purity Qu Faluo heater without harsh reaction conditions and column chromatography.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to a novel preparation method of trefarotene.
Background
Qu Faluo was an RARG agonist, developed by Gaodemei, switzerland under the trade designation Aklief, under the code designation CD-5789. Us FDA approved Qu Faluo tine emulsion for the treatment of acne vulgaris on day 4, 10 months 2019 [1]. Qu Faluo tins was the first retinoid acne vulgaris therapy approved by the FDA in the united states for 20 years. Qu Faluo Tint this time obtained U.S. FDA accelerated approval phase III clinical study (PERFECT 1 study, NCT02566369; PERFECT2 study, NCT 02556788) results based on 2 large randomized, multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled. 2420 acne subjects were enrolled in a 2 study, randomized into a treprostinil treatment group and a placebo control group, for a period of 12 weeks, and evaluated for the safety and efficacy of Qu Faluo statin. The research reaches all the main and secondary endpoint indexes, and the trebrogliptin shows good safety and effectiveness. Tretinoin is a class of drugs that are structurally and functionally similar to vitamin a, although the latter generation of tretinoin, such as trifalotan and adapalene, have little structural similarity to vitamin a, but are functionally similar. Due to its unique selective activity, trifartam is considered the first generation of "fourth generation" retinoic acid-this selectivity appears to improve efficacy and reduce side effects compared to older, less selective retinoic acid.
Qu Faluo tin chemical name: 3"-tert-Butyl-4' - (2-hydroxy-ethoxy) -4" -pyrrolidin-1-yl- [1,1',3',1"] tert-phenyl-4-carboxylic acid.
Structural formula thereof
The only methods reported to date for the preparation of Qu Faluo is as follows: (original research compound patent CN 101087752B)
Route: 2-tert-butyl aniline is used as a raw material and is subjected to para-bromination, alkylation and boronization (the boronization step involves ultralow temperature: 70 to 78 DEG below zero) o C) Obtaining an arylboronic acid intermediate (I); carrying out one-step O-alkylation on diphenol (II) serving as a raw material to obtain an intermediate (III); (I) And (III) obtaining (IV) through SuzukiCoppling, and finally hydrolyzing two ester groups step by step to obtain a product (V).
The reaction process involves ultralow temperature reaction, and industrialization and safety are not realized in the production process. Therefore, it is necessary to find a synthetic route which has mild conditions and simple post-treatment and is suitable for industrial production.
Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the defects of the prior art, the technical scheme provided by the invention is to provide the preparation method of trematodine, which is suitable for industrial production, does not need harsh reaction conditions and is safe. The method has the advantages of high yield, simple and convenient post-treatment, low production cost and suitability for industrial production.
The invention provides a preparation method of trematodine, which uses commercially available 2-tert-butyl aniline as a raw material to obtain a key intermediate (Ia) through halogenation, substitution and Miyaura-Ishiyama boration reaction. The key intermediate (Ia) and common 4' - (2-acetoxy ethoxy) -3' -bromo- [1,1' -biphenyl ] -4-carboxylic acid ethyl ester are used for synthesizing Qu Faluo tin under certain conditions. The preparation method of the invention focuses on synthesizing the key intermediate (Ia), and Qu Faluo statin is prepared by designing different starting materials to obtain a unique intermediate Ia. The method can directly obtain the high-purity Qu Faluo heater without harsh reaction conditions and column chromatography.
The synthesis route is as follows:
in the first step of the synthesis of the key intermediate (Ia), the halogenating agent is I 2 ,Br 2 HBr, HI, preferably one of them.
In the third step of synthesizing the key intermediate (Ia), the alkaline reagent is preferably potassium carbonate and potassium acetate.
In the third step of the synthesis of the key intermediate (Ia), the catalyst is preferably Pd 2 (dba) 3 ,Pd(dppf)Cl 2 。
The preparation method provided by the invention has the advantages of mild conditions, suitability for industrial production, no need of ultralow temperature reaction, simple post-treatment and high purity. 5363 the total impurity of Qu Faluo is less than 0.3%, and the single impurity is less than 0.1%, which reaches the grade of raw material drug (API), and is suitable for industrial production. The invention relates to a green synthesis process.
Detailed Description
The present patent is further illustrated below by way of examples, without thereby restricting the invention to the scope of the examples described.
Experimental procedures without specific conditions are not shown in the following examples, and are selected according to conventional procedures and conditions, or according to the commercial instructions.
Example 1
The preparation method of Qu Faluo heater comprises the following process steps
2-tert-butylaniline (100.0 g, 0.670mol) and 800 ml dichloromethane were charged into a three-necked flask, sodium hydrogencarbonate (140.7 g,1.675 mol) stirring was started. Under the condition of ice-water bath, adding iodine simple substance (340.1g, 1.340 mol) into the system in batches, reacting for 10 hours in the ice-water bath, and adding water to quench after the reaction is finished. Separating, extracting the water phase with dichloromethane twice, collecting the organic phase, adding anhydrous Na 2 SO 4 Drying for 2 hours. Filtering, removing anhydrous Na 2 SO 4 The filtrate was concentrated at 50 ℃ to give 166.0g of the desired product as a light brown solid with a yield of 90.0%. The product obtained is subsequently cyclized with 1.2 equivalents of 1,4-dibromobutane to give 103.2g of the expected compound, which is taken up in 22.9g of Pd (dppf) Cl in DMF as solvent 2 36.9g of potassium acetate is added as a catalyst to be butted with B2pin2 to obtain 72.3g of a key intermediate Ia72. And carrying out suziki coupling and hydrolysis on the key intermediate Ia and III to obtain a target product Qu Faluo statin, wherein HPLC (high performance liquid chromatography) is 99.82%, single impurities are less than 0.1%, and total impurities are less than 0.3%.
Example 2
2-Tert-butylaniline (100.0 g, 0.670mol) and 800 ml dichloromethane were added to a three-necked flask, and sodium bicarbonate (140.7g, 1.675mol) was added thereto to start stirring. Under the condition of ice-water bath, adding iodine simple substance (340.1g, 1.340 mol) into the system in batches, reacting for 10 hours in the ice-water bath, and adding water to quench after the reaction is finished. Separating, extracting the water phase with dichloromethane twice, collecting the organic phase, adding anhydrous Na 2 SO 4 Drying for 2 hours. Filtering, removing anhydrous Na 2 SO 4 The filtrate was concentrated at 50 ℃ to give 166.0g of the desired product as a light brown solid with a yield of 90.0%. The product obtained is subsequently cyclized with 1.2 equivalents of 1,4-dibromobutane to give 103.2g of the expected compound, followed by 14.4g Pd in DMF solvent 2 (dba) 3 36.9g of potassium acetate was added as a catalyst and docked with B2pin2 to give 78g of key intermediate Ia. And carrying out suziki coupling and hydrolysis on the key intermediate Ia and III to obtain a target product Qu Faluo statin, wherein HPLC is 99.80%, single impurity is less than 0.1%, and total impurity is less than 0.3%.
Claims (4)
1. A preparation method of Qu Faluo heater is characterized by comprising the following steps: the preparation method is prepared by the following synthetic route: the key intermediate (Ia) is obtained by using commercially available 2-tert-butyl aniline as a raw material and performing halogenation, substitution and Miyaura-Ishiyama boration reaction. The key intermediate (Ia) and common 4' - (2-acetoxy ethoxy) -3' -bromo- [1,1' -biphenyl ] -4-carboxylic acid ethyl ester are used for synthesizing Qu Faluo tin under certain conditions.
2. The process according to claim 1, wherein in the first step of the synthesis of the key intermediate (Ia), the halogenating agent is I 2 ,Br 2 HBr, HI, preferably one of them.
3. The process according to claim 1, wherein in the third step of the synthesis of key intermediate (Ia), the basic reagent is preferably potassium carbonate, potassium acetate.
4. The process according to claim 1, wherein in the third step of the synthesis of the key intermediate (Ia), the catalyst is preferably Pd 2 (dba) 3 ,Pd(dppf)Cl 2 。
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