Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a novel method for synthesizing urolithin compounds by taking hydroxy-9-fluorenone as a raw material and carrying out three steps of hydroxy protection, baeyer-Villiger reaction and hydroxy deprotection.
The invention provides a method for preparing a compound (I), which comprises the following steps of S2, carrying out oxidation reaction on a compound (II) in the presence of peroxyacid to generate the compound (I):
Compound (II):
Compound (I):
wherein R 1′,R2′,R3′,R4′,R5′,R6′,R7 'and R 8' are each independently selected from the group consisting of H, OH, C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 haloalkyl, OR, R is independently selected from the group consisting of C1-C4 alkyl, hydroxy protecting group, OR R forms a heterocycloalkyl group containing at least one O heteroatom with the O atom attached, OR two R together form-C1-C3 alkylene-when two OR are in adjacent positions;
And optionally S3, when the-O-hydroxyl protecting group exists in the compound (II), the product obtained in the step (1) is subjected to a hydroxyl deprotection reaction to generate the compound (I).
In another preferred embodiment, prior to S2, the method further comprises the step S1 of reacting-OH in R 1′,R2′,R3′,R4′,R5′,R6′,R7 'and R 8' with a hydroxyl protecting reagent to produce compound II having an-O-hydroxyl protecting group.
In another preferred embodiment, the peroxyacid is peroxytrifluoroacetic acid, p-nitroperoxybenzoic acid, m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid, peroxybenzoic acid, peroxyacetic acid, and the preferred peroxyacid is m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid.
In another preferred embodiment, the hydroxyl protecting group is selected from the group consisting of methyl, t-butyl (tBu), benzyl (Bn), 3, 4-Dihydropyranyl (DHP), p-methoxybenzyl, trityl, and C1-C6 alkylsilyl.
In another preferred embodiment, the reaction in S2 is performed in the presence of another protic acid, such as trifluoroacetic acid, trichloroacetic acid, tribromoacetic acid, or a combination thereof.
In another preferred embodiment, in compound (I), R 7' is OH.
In another preferred embodiment, in compound (II), R 1′、R5 'and R 6' are both H, and R 2′、R3′、R4′、R7 'and R 8' are independently selected from H, OH, OBn or O-DHP.
In another preferred embodiment, in compound (I), R 1′、R5 'and R 6' are both H, and R 2′、R3′、R4′、R7 'and R 8' are independently selected from H and OH.
In another preferred embodiment, in compound (II), R 1′、R3′、R4′、R5′、R6 'and R 8' are both H, and R 2 'and R 7' are both OBn or O-DHP.
In another preferred embodiment, compound (I) is urolithin A
In another preferred embodiment, in compound (II), R 1′,R2′,R3′,R4′,R5′,R6 ' and R 8 ' are both H and R 7 ' is OBn or O-DHP.
In another preferred embodiment, compound (I) is urolithin B
In another preferred embodiment, in compound (II), R 1′,R4′,R5′,R6 'and R 8' are both H, and R 2′,R3 'and R 7' are both OBn or O-DHP.
In another preferred embodiment, compound (I) is urolithin C
In another preferred embodiment, in compound (II), R 1′,R4′,R5 'and R 6' are both H, and R 2′,R3′,R7 'and R 8' are both OBn or O-DHP.
In another preferred embodiment, compound (I) is urolithin D
In another preferred embodiment, in compound (II), R 1′,R3′,R5 'and R 6' are both H, and R 2′,R4′,R7 'and R 8' are both OBn or O-DHP.
In another preferred embodiment, compound (I) is urolithin E
In another preferred embodiment, the method comprises the steps of:
s1, in an inert solvent, hydroxy-9-fluorenone and a hydroxy protecting reagent perform hydroxy protection reaction to obtain a compound II;
S2, in an inert solvent, in the presence of peroxyacid, carrying out Baeyer-Villiger reaction on the compound II to obtain a compound III;
and S3, in an inert solvent, performing hydroxyl deprotection reaction on the compound III to obtain the compound shown in the formula I.
Those skilled in the art understand that the hydroxy-9-fluorenone differs from compound II only in that one or more of the hydroxy groups in the hydroxy-9-fluorenone are present in compound II in the form of an-O-hydroxy protecting group. The structural difference between compound III and compound I is only that the-O-hydroxy protecting group in compound III is present in the form of-OH in compound I.
In another preferred embodiment, the method comprises the steps of:
S1, in an inert solvent, in the presence of alkali, hydroxyl-9-fluorenone and a hydroxyl protecting reagent perform a hydroxyl protecting reaction to obtain a compound II;
s2, in an inert solvent, in the presence of trifluoroacetic acid and peroxyacid, carrying out Baeyer-Villiger reaction on the compound II to obtain a compound III;
and S3, in an inert solvent, carrying out hydroxyl deprotection reaction on the compound III in the presence of alkali and a catalyst to obtain the compound shown in the formula I.
In another preferred embodiment, in step S1, the inert solvent is acetone, acetonitrile, tetrahydrofuran, dioxane, toluene, xylene, or a combination thereof, and the preferred solvent is acetone or acetonitrile.
In another preferred embodiment, the hydroxyl protecting agent in step S1 is benzyl chloride, benzyl bromide, dihydropyran, preferably benzyl chloride.
In another preferred embodiment, in step S1, the base is selected from the group consisting of potassium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, potassium bicarbonate, or a combination thereof.
In another preferred example, in the step S1, the molar ratio of the hydroxy-9-fluorenone to the hydroxy protecting agent is 1:2 to 1:5, and the preferred molar ratio is 1:3 to 1:4.
In another preferred example, in the step S1, the molar ratio of the alkali of the hydroxyl-9-fluorenone is 1:2-1:5, and the preferred molar ratio is 1:3-1:5.
In another preferred embodiment, in step S1, the temperature of the reaction is 50-90 ℃, preferably 60-85 ℃.
In another preferred embodiment, in step S1, the reaction time is 3 to 12 hours, preferably 5 to 8 hours.
In another preferred example, the step S1 further comprises a post-treatment step of cooling the reaction solution obtained in the step S1, filtering, pulping the filter cake by adding water, filtering, and drying to obtain the compound II.
In another preferred embodiment, in step S2, the inert solvent is dichloromethane, acetone, acetonitrile, tetrahydrofuran, dioxane, toluene, xylene, or a combination thereof, and the preferred solvent is dichloromethane.
In another preferred example, in step S2, the peroxyacid is peroxytrifluoroacetic acid, paranitroperoxybenzoic acid, m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid, peroxybenzoic acid, peracetic acid, and the preferred peroxyacid is m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid.
In another preferred example, in the step S2, the molar ratio of the compound II to the peroxyacid is 1:1 to 1:5, and the preferred molar ratio is 1:3 to 1:4.
In another preferred example, in the step S2, the molar ratio of the compound II to trifluoroacetic acid is 1:1-1:5, and the preferred molar ratio is 1:1-1:2.
In another preferred embodiment, step S2 is performed under inert gas such as nitrogen or helium.
In another preferred embodiment, in step S2, the temperature of the reaction is 30.+ -. 10 ℃, preferably 30.+ -. 5 ℃.
In another preferred embodiment, in step S2, the reaction time is from 6 to 24 hours, preferably from 8 to 15 hours.
In another preferred example, the step S2 further comprises a post-treatment step of cooling the reaction solution in the step S2, adding an aqueous solution (10+/-5 wt%) of sodium sulfite, stirring and quenching the reaction, adding an aqueous solution (10+/-5 wt%) of sodium carbonate, stirring (0.5-1 h), standing and separating the solution, washing the aqueous layer with water, washing the aqueous layer with saturated saline, standing and separating the solution, collecting the organic layer, and removing dichloromethane to obtain the compound III.
In another preferred embodiment, in step S3, the inert solvent is selected from the group consisting of absolute methanol, absolute ethanol, acetonitrile, methylene chloride, tetrahydrofuran, N-dimethylformamide, or a combination thereof, and the preferred solvent is absolute methanol.
In another preferred example, in step S3, the catalyst is palladium carbon, platinum carbon or raney nickel, and the preferred catalyst is raney nickel or palladium carbon. Wherein the metal content in the palladium carbon and the platinum carbon can be 3-10wt%, preferably 5wt%.
In another preferred embodiment, in step S3, the mass ratio of the compound III to the catalyst is 100:5 to 100:20, and the preferred mass ratio is 100:7 to 100:15, such as 100:10.
In another preferred embodiment, in step S3, the temperature of the reaction is 40.+ -. 10 ℃, preferably 40.+ -. 5 ℃.
In another preferred embodiment, in step S3, the base is formic acid amine or acetic acid amine.
In another preferred example, the molar ratio of the compound III to the base is 1:2 to 1:8, preferably 1:2 to 1:5, more preferably 1:4.
In another preferred embodiment, in step S3, the reaction time is 4 to 16 hours, preferably 5 to 10 hours. In another preferred example, the step S3 further comprises a post-treatment step, namely cooling the reaction solution in the step S3, adding N, N-dimethylformamide, stirring (0.5-1 hour), filtering, adding water into the filtrate for crystallization, filtering, and drying to obtain the compound I.
It is understood that within the scope of the present invention, the above-described technical features of the present invention and technical features specifically described below (e.g., in the examples) may be combined with each other to constitute new or preferred technical solutions. And are limited to a space, and are not described in detail herein.
Detailed Description
The inventor provides an industrial scale preparation method of urolithin compounds through extensive and intensive research and massive screening and testing. Specifically, hydroxyl-9-fluorenone is used as a raw material, and the urolithin compound is synthesized through three steps of hydroxyl protection, baeyer-Villiger reaction and hydroxyl deprotection, the method has the advantages of simple synthesis steps, low cost and easy obtainment of raw materials, small environmental pollution, high yield, suitability for large-scale production and great significance for industrial production of the urolithin compounds. The present invention has been completed on the basis of this finding.
Terminology
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, when used in reference to a specifically recited value, the term "about" means that the value can vary no more than 1% from the recited value. For example, as used herein, the expression "about 100" includes 99 and 101 and all values therebetween (e.g., 99.1, 99.2, 99.3, 99.4, etc.).
As used herein, the term "comprising" or "including" can be open, semi-closed, and closed. In other words, the term also includes "consisting essentially of, or" consisting of.
As used herein, the term "room temperature" or "normal temperature" refers to a temperature of 4-40 ℃, preferably 25±5 ℃.
Preparation method
The present invention provides a process for preparing compound (I), comprising the steps of:
s2, in the presence of peroxyacid, the compound (II) is subjected to oxidation reaction to generate a compound (I):
Compound (II):
Compound (I):
wherein R 1′,R2′,R3′,R4′,R5′,R6′,R7 'and R 8' are each independently selected from the group consisting of H, OH, C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 haloalkyl, OR, R is independently selected from the group consisting of C1-C4 alkyl, hydroxy protecting group, OR R forms a heterocycloalkyl group containing at least one O heteroatom with the O atom attached, OR two R together form-C1-C3 alkylene-when two OR are in adjacent positions;
And optionally S3, when the-O-hydroxyl protecting group exists in the compound (II), the product obtained in the step (1) is subjected to a hydroxyl deprotection reaction to generate the compound (I).
In the present invention, carbonyl groups are converted into lactones mainly by the Baeyer-Villiger reaction of 9-fluorenones.
While the substituents on the ring are not particularly limited and may be selected according to the desired product to be produced. Optionally, when the substituents on the ring are present with reactive groups such as OH, the Baeyer-Villiger reaction is followed by respective deprotection and deprotection steps, which are common to those skilled in the art and may be chosen as desired. For example, common hydroxyl protecting groups include, but are not limited to, methyl, t-butyl (tBu), benzyl (Bn), 3, 4-Dihydropyranyl (DHP), p-methoxybenzyl, trityl, and C1-C6 alkylsilyl.
In another preferred embodiment, prior to S2, the method further comprises the step S1 of reacting-OH in R 1′,R2′,R3′,R4′,R5′,R6′,R7 'and R 8' with a hydroxyl protecting reagent to produce compound II having an-O-hydroxyl protecting group.
Typically, urolithin-like compounds may be prepared by the methods of the present invention including, but not limited to, urolithin A, B, C, D and E.
More specifically, the method comprises the steps of:
s1, in an inert solvent, hydroxy-9-fluorenone and a hydroxy protecting reagent perform hydroxy protection reaction to obtain a compound II;
S2, in an inert solvent, in the presence of peroxyacid, carrying out Baeyer-Villiger reaction on the compound II to obtain a compound III;
and S3, in an inert solvent, performing hydroxyl deprotection reaction on the compound III to obtain the compound shown in the formula I.
Those skilled in the art understand that the hydroxy-9-fluorenone differs from compound II only in that one or more of the hydroxy groups in the hydroxy-9-fluorenone are present in compound II in the form of an-O-hydroxy protecting group. The structural difference between compound III and compound I is only that the-O-hydroxy protecting group in compound III is present in the form of-OH in compound I.
In another preferred embodiment, the method comprises the steps of:
S1, in an inert solvent, in the presence of alkali, hydroxyl-9-fluorenone and a hydroxyl protecting reagent perform a hydroxyl protecting reaction to obtain a compound II;
s2, in an inert solvent, in the presence of trifluoroacetic acid and peroxyacid, carrying out Baeyer-Villiger reaction on the compound II to obtain a compound III;
and S3, in an inert solvent, carrying out hydroxyl deprotection reaction on the compound III in the presence of alkali and a catalyst to obtain the compound shown in the formula I.
In another preferred embodiment, the hydroxyl protecting agent in step S1 is benzyl chloride, benzyl bromide, dihydropyran, preferably benzyl chloride.
In another preferred example, in step S2, the peroxyacid is peroxytrifluoroacetic acid, paranitroperoxybenzoic acid, m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid, peroxybenzoic acid, peracetic acid, and the preferred peroxyacid is m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid.
In another preferred example, in step S3, the catalyst is palladium carbon, platinum carbon or raney nickel, and the preferred catalyst is raney nickel or palladium carbon. Wherein the metal content in the palladium carbon and the platinum carbon can be 3-10wt%, preferably 5wt%.
The main advantages of the invention include:
(1) The method of the invention uses (poly) hydroxy-9-fluorenone as the initial raw material, and has low price.
(2) The method has the advantages of simple steps, mild conditions, high total yield, small environmental pollution, suitability for large-scale production and great significance for industrial production of the urolithin compounds.
The invention is further described below in conjunction with the specific embodiments. It is to be understood that these examples are illustrative of the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. The experimental methods, in which specific conditions are not noted in the following examples, are generally conducted under conventional conditions or under conditions recommended by the manufacturer. Percentages and parts are by weight unless otherwise indicated.
Example 1
The preparation of the compound II comprises the following specific steps:
Synthesis of Compound II by adding 2, 7-dihydroxy-9-fluorenone (50 g,0.23 mol) to 500mL of acetonitrile, adding potassium carbonate (127.7 g,0.92 mol) with stirring, adding 3, 4-dihydropyran (68.1 g,0.81 mol) after stirring uniformly, heating the system to reflux, reacting for 5-8 hours, monitoring the reaction endpoint by TLC, cooling to room temperature, filtering, adding 500mL of purified water into the filter cake, pulping for 1 hour, filtering, and drying by 45 ℃ air blast to constant weight to obtain 72.8g (yield 81.2%) of brick red solid powder, namely Compound II.
Example 2
The preparation of the compound II comprises the following specific steps:
(1) Synthesis of Compound II by adding 2, 7-dihydroxy-9-fluorenone (50 g,0.23 mol) to 500mL of acetonitrile, adding potassium carbonate (127.7 g,0.92 mol) under stirring, adding benzyl bromide (138.5 g,0.81 mol) after stirring uniformly, heating the system to reflux, reacting for 5-8 hours, monitoring the reaction endpoint by TLC, cooling to room temperature, filtering, adding 500mL of purified water into the filter cake, pulping for 1 hour, filtering, and drying to constant weight by 45 ℃ air blast to obtain 85.1g (yield 88.4%) of brick red solid powder, namely Compound II.
Example 3
The new method for synthesizing urolithin A specifically comprises the following steps:
(1) Synthesis of Compound II by adding 2, 7-dihydroxy-9-fluorenone (50 g,0.23 mol) to 500mL of acetonitrile, adding potassium carbonate (127.7 g,0.92 mol) under stirring, adding benzyl chloride (102.3 g,0.81 mol) after stirring uniformly, heating the system to reflux, reacting for 5-8 hours, monitoring the reaction endpoint by TLC, cooling to room temperature, filtering, adding 500mL of purified water into the filter cake, pulping for 1 hour, filtering, and drying to constant weight by 45 ℃ air blast to obtain 86.9g (yield 92.1%) of brick red solid powder, namely Compound II.
(2) Synthesis of Compound III, namely adding compound II into 800mL of dichloromethane, adding m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid (173 g,0.852 mol) under stirring, dropwise adding trifluoroacetic acid (24.1 g,0.21 mol), heating to 30 ℃, introducing nitrogen for protection reaction for 10-15 hours, monitoring the reaction end point by TLC, cooling to room temperature, adding 100mL of 10% sodium sulfite aqueous solution, stirring for 1 hour, quenching the reaction, adding 10% sodium carbonate aqueous solution, stirring for 0.5 hour, standing for separating, washing the water layer twice with purified water, washing once with saturated saline, standing for separating, and distilling the organic layer under reduced pressure to remove dichloromethane. 76.8g (yield 84.9%) of compound III was obtained as a tan solid.
(3) Synthesis of urolithin A by adding 768mL of anhydrous methanol to compound III, adding 5% palladium-carbon catalyst (7.7 g), adding ammonium formate (47.4 g,0.75 mol) under stirring, heating to 40 ℃ for reaction for 5-10 hours, TLC monitoring the reaction end point, cooling to room temperature, adding N, N-dimethylformamide, stirring for 0.5 hours, filtering, adding purified water to filtrate for crystallization for 1 hour, filtering, drying to obtain yellow solid (40.7 g, yield: 94.9%), namely urolithin A, and HPLC purity of 99.25%.
Example 4
The new method for synthesizing urolithin A specifically comprises the following steps:
(1) The synthesis of the compound II comprises the steps of adding 2, 7-dihydroxyl-9-fluorenone (5 kg,23 mol) into 50L of acetonitrile, adding potassium carbonate (12.7 kg,92 mol) under stirring, adding benzyl chloride (10.2 kg,81 mol) after stirring uniformly, heating a system to reflux, reacting for 5-8 hours, monitoring the reaction endpoint by TLC, cooling to room temperature, filtering, adding 50L of purified water into a filter cake, pulping for 1 hour, filtering, and drying to constant weight by 45 ℃ air blast to obtain 8.5kg (yield 92%) of brick red solid powder, namely the compound II.
(2) The synthesis of the compound III comprises the steps of adding 80L of dichloromethane into the compound II, adding m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid (17 kg,8.5 mol) under stirring, dropwise adding trifluoroacetic acid (2.4 kg,2.1 mol), heating to 30 ℃, introducing nitrogen for protecting reaction for 10-15 hours, monitoring the reaction end point by TLC, cooling to room temperature, adding 10% sodium sulfite aqueous solution, stirring for 1 hour, quenching the reaction, adding 10% sodium carbonate aqueous solution, stirring for 0.5 hour, standing for separating, washing the water layer twice with purified water, washing with saturated saline water, standing for separating, and distilling the organic layer under reduced pressure to remove the dichloromethane. 7.8kg of a brown yellow solid is obtained, namely the compound III.
(3) The synthesis of urolithin A comprises the steps of adding 78L of anhydrous methanol into a compound III, adding 5% of palladium-carbon catalyst (0.7 kg), adding ammonium formate (4.8 kg,7.6 mol) into the mixture under stirring, heating the mixture to 40 ℃ for reacting for 5 to 10 hours, monitoring the reaction end point by TLC, cooling the mixture to room temperature, adding N, N-dimethylformamide into the mixture, stirring the mixture for 0.5 hour, filtering the mixture, adding purified water into the filtrate for crystallization for 1 hour, filtering the filtrate, and drying the filtrate to obtain yellow solid (4.09 kg) which is urolithin A, wherein the liquid phase purity is 99.08 percent.
Example 5
The new method for synthesizing urolithin A specifically comprises the following steps:
(1) The synthesis of the compound II comprises the steps of adding 2, 7-dihydroxyl-9-fluorenone (200 kg) into 2000L acetonitrile, adding potassium carbonate (508 kg) under stirring, adding benzyl chloride (408 kg) after stirring uniformly, heating a system to reflux, reacting for 5-8 hours, monitoring the reaction end point by TLC, cooling to room temperature, filtering, adding 2000L of purified water into a filter cake, pulping for 1 hour, filtering, and drying to constant weight by 45 ℃ in a blowing way to obtain 348.5kg of brick red solid powder, namely the compound II.
(2) The synthesis of the compound III comprises the steps of adding 3200L of dichloromethane into the compound I, adding m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid (680 kg) into the mixture under stirring, dropwise adding trifluoroacetic acid (96 kg), heating to 30 ℃, introducing nitrogen for protecting and reacting for 10-15 hours, monitoring the reaction end point by TLC, cooling to room temperature, adding 10% sodium sulfite aqueous solution into the mixture, stirring for 1 hour, quenching the reaction, adding 10% sodium carbonate aqueous solution into the mixture, stirring for 0.5 hour, standing for separating, washing the water layer twice with purified water, washing the water layer once with saturated saline, standing for separating, and distilling the organic layer under reduced pressure to remove the dichloromethane. 313kg of a brown yellow solid is obtained, namely the compound III.
(3) And (3) synthesizing urolithin A, namely adding 3120L of anhydrous methanol into a compound II, adding 5% of palladium-carbon catalyst (28 kg), adding ammonium formate (193 kg) under stirring, heating to 40 ℃ for reacting for 5-10 hours, monitoring the reaction end point by TLC, cooling to room temperature, adding N, N-dimethylformamide, stirring for 0.5 hour, filtering, adding purified water into filtrate for crystallization for 1 hour, filtering, and drying to obtain 165.2kg of yellow solid, namely urolithin A. HPLC purity 99.19% (fig. 1).
Example 6
The new method for synthesizing urolithin B specifically comprises the following steps:
(1) Synthesis of Compound II 7-hydroxy-9-fluorenone (50 g,0.255 mol) was added to 500mL of acetonitrile, potassium carbonate (52.8 g,0.38 mol) was added with stirring, benzyl chloride (35.3 g,0.28 mol) was added after stirring well, the system was heated to reflux, the reaction was allowed to proceed for 5-8 hours, TLC was monitored for the end point of the reaction, cooled to room temperature and then filtered, 500mL of purified water was added to the filter cake, slurried for 1 hour, filtered, and air-dried at 45℃until the weight was constant, to give 66.0g (yield 90.6%) of a brick-red solid powder, namely Compound II.
(2) Synthesis of Compound III, namely adding compound II into 800mL of dichloromethane, adding m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid (173 g,0.852 mol) under stirring, dropwise adding trifluoroacetic acid (24.1 g,0.21 mol), heating to 30 ℃, introducing nitrogen for protection reaction for 10-15 hours, monitoring the reaction end point by TLC, cooling to room temperature, adding 100mL of 10% sodium sulfite aqueous solution, stirring for 1 hour, quenching the reaction, adding 10% sodium carbonate aqueous solution, stirring for 0.5 hour, standing for separating, washing the water layer twice with purified water, washing once with saturated saline, standing for separating, and distilling the organic layer under reduced pressure to remove dichloromethane. 61.0g (yield 87.5%) of compound III are obtained as a tan solid.
(3) Synthesis of urolithin B by adding 768mL of anhydrous methanol to compound III, adding 5% palladium-carbon catalyst (7.7 g), adding ammonium formate (19.1 g,0.30 mol) under stirring, heating to 40 ℃ for reaction for 5-10 hours, TLC monitoring the reaction end point, cooling to room temperature, adding N, N-dimethylformamide, stirring for 0.5 hours, filtering, adding purified water to filtrate for crystallization for 1 hour, filtering, drying to obtain yellow solid 40.76g (yield: 95.2%), namely urolithin B, and HPLC purity of 99.42%.
Example 7
The new method for synthesizing urolithin C specifically comprises the following steps:
(1) Synthesis of Compound II by adding 2,3, 7-trihydroxy-9-fluorenone (50 g,0.204 mol) to 500mL of acetonitrile, adding potassium carbonate (135.1 g,0.98 mol) while stirring, adding benzyl chloride (84.8 g,0.673 mol) after stirring uniformly, heating the system to reflux, reacting for 5-8 hours, monitoring the reaction endpoint by TLC, cooling to room temperature, filtering, adding 500mL of purified water into the filter cake, pulping for 1 hour, filtering, and drying by 45 ℃ air blast to constant weight to obtain 92.7g (yield 91.4%) of brick red solid powder, namely Compound II.
(2) Synthesis of Compound III, namely adding compound II into 800mL of dichloromethane, adding m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid (173 g,0.852 mol) under stirring, dropwise adding trifluoroacetic acid (24.1 g,0.21 mol), heating to 30 ℃, introducing nitrogen for protection reaction for 10-15 hours, monitoring the reaction end point by TLC, cooling to room temperature, adding 100mL of 10% sodium sulfite aqueous solution, stirring for 1 hour, quenching the reaction, adding 10% sodium carbonate aqueous solution, stirring for 0.5 hour, standing for separating, washing the water layer twice with purified water, washing once with saturated saline, standing for separating, and distilling the organic layer under reduced pressure to remove dichloromethane. 85.6g (89.4% yield) of a tan solid was obtained as compound III.
(3) Synthesis of urolithin C by adding 768mL of anhydrous methanol to compound III, adding 5% palladium-carbon catalyst (7.7 g), adding ammonium formate (46.5 g,0.75 mol) under stirring, heating to 40 ℃ for reaction for 5-10 hours, TLC monitoring the reaction end point, cooling to room temperature, adding N, N-dimethylformamide, stirring for 0.5 hours, filtering, adding purified water to filtrate for crystallization for 1 hour, filtering, drying to obtain yellow solid 38.3g (yield: 94.7%), namely urolithin C, and HPLC purity of 99.28%.
Example 8
The new method for synthesizing urolithin D specifically comprises the following steps:
(1) Synthesis of Compound II by adding 2,3,7, 8-tetrahydroxy-9-fluorenone (50 g,0.192 mol) to 500mL of acetonitrile, adding potassium carbonate (126.9 g,0.92 mol) while stirring, adding benzyl chloride (102.4 g,0.81 mol) after stirring uniformly, heating the system to reflux, reacting for 5-8 hours, monitoring the reaction endpoint by TLC, cooling to room temperature, filtering, adding 500mL of purified water into the filter cake, pulping for 1 hour, filtering, and drying by 45 ℃ air blast to constant weight to obtain 111.8g (yield 90.8%) of brick-red solid powder, namely Compound II.
(2) Synthesis of Compound III, namely adding compound II into 800mL of dichloromethane, adding m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid (173 g,0.852 mol) under stirring, dropwise adding trifluoroacetic acid (24.1 g,0.21 mol), heating to 30 ℃, introducing nitrogen for protection reaction for 10-15 hours, monitoring the reaction end point by TLC, cooling to room temperature, adding 100mL of 10% sodium sulfite aqueous solution, stirring for 1 hour, quenching the reaction, adding 10% sodium carbonate aqueous solution, stirring for 0.5 hour, standing for separating, washing the water layer twice with purified water, washing once with saturated saline, standing for separating, and distilling the organic layer under reduced pressure to remove dichloromethane. 102.1g (89.0% yield) of a tan solid was obtained as compound III.
(3) Synthesis of urolithin D by adding 768mL of anhydrous methanol to compound III, adding 5% palladium-carbon catalyst (7.7 g), adding ammonium formate (71.1 g,1.12 mol) under stirring, heating to 40 ℃ for reaction for 5-10 hours, TLC monitoring the end point of the reaction, cooling to room temperature, adding N, N-dimethylformamide, stirring for 0.5 hour, filtering, adding purified water to filtrate for crystallization for 1 hour, filtering, drying to obtain yellow solid 40.71g (yield: 95.1%), namely urolithin D, and HPLC purity of 99.43%.
Example 9
The new method for synthesizing urolithin E specifically comprises the following steps:
(1) Synthesis of Compound II by adding 2,4,7,8-tetrahydroxy-9-fluorenone (50 g,0.192 mol) to 500mL of acetonitrile, adding potassium carbonate (127.7 g,0.92 mol) under stirring, adding benzyl chloride (102.3 g,0.81 mol) after stirring uniformly, heating the system to reflux, reacting for 5-8 hours, monitoring the reaction endpoint by TLC, cooling to room temperature, filtering, adding 500mL of purified water into the filter cake, pulping for 1 hour, filtering, and drying to constant weight by 45 ℃ air blast to obtain 115.3g (yield 93.2%) of brick red solid powder, namely Compound II.
(2) Synthesis of Compound III, namely adding compound II into 800mL of dichloromethane, adding m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid (173 g,0.852 mol) under stirring, dropwise adding trifluoroacetic acid (24.1 g,0.21 mol), heating to 30 ℃, introducing nitrogen for protection reaction for 10-15 hours, monitoring the reaction end point by TLC, cooling to room temperature, adding 100mL of 10% sodium sulfite aqueous solution, stirring for 1 hour, quenching the reaction, adding 10% sodium carbonate aqueous solution, stirring for 0.5 hour, standing for separating, washing the water layer twice with purified water, washing once with saturated saline, standing for separating, and distilling the organic layer under reduced pressure to remove dichloromethane. 98.7g (yield 83.4%) of compound III are obtained as a tan solid.
(3) Synthesis of urolithin E by adding 768mL of anhydrous methanol to compound III, adding 5% palladium-carbon catalyst (7.7 g), adding ammonium formate (68.2 g,1.08 mol) under stirring, heating to 40 ℃ for reaction for 5-10 hours, TLC monitoring the end point of the reaction, cooling to room temperature, adding N, N-dimethylformamide, stirring for 0.5 hour, filtering, adding purified water to filtrate for crystallization for 1 hour, filtering, drying to obtain 39.5g of yellow solid (yield: 95.5%), namely urolithin E, and HPLC purity of 99.14%.
From the above, the method can synthesize the urolithin compounds on an industrial scale, and has the advantages of easily available raw materials, simple operation, mild reaction conditions, high yield and high product purity, and is very suitable for industrial production.
All documents mentioned in this disclosure are incorporated by reference in this disclosure as if each were individually incorporated by reference. Further, it will be appreciated that various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art after reading the above teachings, and such equivalents are intended to fall within the scope of the application as defined in the appended claims.