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GB2091243A
GB2091243A GB8134852A GB8134852A GB2091243A GB 2091243 A GB2091243 A GB 2091243A GB 8134852 A GB8134852 A GB 8134852A GB 8134852 A GB8134852 A GB 8134852A GB 2091243 A GB2091243 A GB 2091243A
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There are provided 4'-deoxy-3'- epi-daunorubicin, 4-deoxy-3'-epi- doxorubicin and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof of formula <IMAGE> where R is H or OH. These have anti-tumour properties. 4'-Deoxy-3'-epi-daunorubicin is prepared from 3'-epi-4'-keto-N-trifluoracetyl- daunorubicin by reduction of the 4'-keto group with sodium borohydride to the corresponding 4'-hydroxy group, reaction of the resultant intermediate with trifluoro- methanesulphonic anhydride followed by treatment with n-tetrabutylammonium iodide to give a 4'- halo derivative which is reductively dehalogenated by treatment with tributyltin hydride to 4'-deoxy-3'- epi-N-trifluoracetyl-daunorubicin. Mild alkaline hydrolysis removes the N-protecting group to give 4'- deoxy-3'epi-daunorubicin. This may be transformed, via its 14- bromo derivative, to its doxorubicin analogue.

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SPECIFICATION Anthracycline glycosides The invention relates to anthracycline glycosides having antitumour properties, to processes for their preparation, and to pharamaceutical compositions containing them.
The invention provides 4'-deoxy-3'-epi-daunorubicin, 4'-deoxy-3'-epi-doxorubicin and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts.
4'-Deoxy-3'-epi-daunorubicin and 4'-deoxy-3'-epi-doxorubicin have the following formula
R representing a hydrogen atom and a hydroxy group respectively.
The invention further provides a process for the preparation of 4'-deoxy-3'-epi-daunorubicin, which process comprises reducing 3'-epi-4'-keto-N-trifoluroactyl-daunorubicin (1) with sodium borohydride to obtain a mixture of 3'-epi-N-trifluoroacetyl-daunorubicin (2) and 3',4'-diepi-Ntrifluoroacetyl-daunorubicin (3), replacing the 4'-hydroxy group of either or both thereof by an iodine atom by treatment with triflouromethanesulphonic anhydride in the presence of an organic base followed by treatment with an excess of tetrabutylammonium iodide, reductively dehalogenating the resultant 3'-epi-4'-iodo-N-trifluoroacetyl-daunorubicin (5) and/or 3',4'-diepi4'-iodo-N-trifluoroacetyl-daunorubicin (4) by treatment with tributyltin hydride in the presence of a,cx'-azobis (isobutyronitrile), and removing the N-trifluoroacetyl group from the resultant 4'deoxy-3'-epi-N-trifluoroacetyl-daunorubicin (6) mild alkaline hydrolysis.
The process is illustrated by th following reaction scheme, to which the compound numbers included in the last preceding paragraph refer. In the reaction scheme, D represents the group
Me represents a methyl group and TFA represents a trifluoroacetyl group.
REACTION SCHEME
D 0 o \ NHTFA / (1) NABS D D H Me Me NHTFA .' NHTFA (2) HO 1.(CF3S02)20 12.n.Bu4NI 20 r2.n.BuqNI ID D 0 IMe / Me (4) . n.Bu3SnH I D 0 ≈ mild Me alkali 4 ' -deoxy-3 ' -epi b NHTFA / (6) -daunorubicin In order to introduce a halogen atom at the C-4' position of (2) and (3) via SN2 displacement, the trifluoromethylsulphonyloxy group is employed as leaving group.The trifluoromethylsulphonyl derivative allows the displacement to be carried out in mild conditions so as not to affect the glycosidic linkage. The introduction of the trifluoro-methylsulphonyl group at the C-4' position of (2) and (3) is performed using trifluoromethylsulphonic anhydride. The organic base is suitably pyridine, and the reaction may be carried out at 0 C. The corresponding trifluoromethylsulphonates on treatment with an excess of tetrabutylammonium iodide are promptly converted in high yield to the iododerivatives (4) and (5).
The 4'-deoxy-3'-epi-daunorubicin may be isolated as such or as one of its addition salts after suitable work-up procedures. 4'-deoxy-3'-epi daunorubicin may be converted to 4'-deoxy-3'-epidoxorubicin by bromination and treatment of the resultant 14- bromo derivative with aqueous sodium formate in accordance with the method described in United States Patent Specification No 3803124, and this conversion is within the scope of the invention.
The invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising 4'-deoxy-3'-epi-daunorubicin, 4'-deoxy-3'epi-doxorubicin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of either thereof in admixture with a pharmaceutically acceptable diluent or carrier.
The starting material, 3'-epi-4'-keto-N-trifluoroacetyl-daunorubicin (1), may be prepared from N-trifluroacetyl-daunorubicin by treatment thereof with activated dimethylsulphoxide in a basic solvent. The activated dimethylsulphoxide is known (see K. Omura 8r D. Swern, Tetrahedron 1978, 34, 1651-1660). Trifluoroacetic anhydride is the preferred activating agent. The reagent is suitably prepared in anhydrous methylene dichloride at from - 50"C to - 70"C. The nature of the basic solvent affects the course of the reaction.For example, a bulky base such as 1,5diazodicyclo (4,3,0)-non-5-ene (DBN) leads to 4'-keto-N-trifluoroacetyl-daunorubicin whereas the use of triethylamine causes partial epimerisation at C-3' and leads to a mixture of 4'-keto-Ntrifluoroacetyl-daunorubicin and 3'-epi-4'-keto-N-trifluoroacetyl-daunorubicin in the approximate ratio 1:1. The 4'-keto-N-trifluoroacetyl-daunorubicin obtained using DBN as the basic solvent can also be epimerised to give an approximately 1:1 mixture of 4'-keto-N-trifluoroacetyldaunorubicin and 3'-epi-4'-keto-N-trifluoroacetyl-daunorubicin by filtration over silica gel buffered to pH 7 with phosphate buffer.
The invention is illustrated by the following Examples.
Example 1 Preparation of 3'-epi-N-tnfluornacetyldaunorubicin (2) and 3' 4 '-diepi-N-trifluoroacetylda unorubicin (3) A solution of 5 g (8.05 mmol) of 3'-epi-4'-keto-N-trifluoroacetyl-daunorubicin (1) in 500 ml of acetone was treated at room temperature with 0.4 g (10 mmol) of sodium borohydride dissolved in 200 ml of methanol. After five minutes the reduction was complete. The reaction mixture was then neutralized with 0.1 N aqueous hydrochloric acid, evaporated to a small volume (50 ml) under vacuum and diluted with 250 ml of methylene dichloride. The organic solution, washed with water, was dried over anhydrous sodium sulphate and evaporated by dryness.The residue, containing a mixture of (2) and (3) approximately in the ratio 1:1, was chromatographed on a column of silica gel eluting with methylene dichloride:acetone (97:3 by volume) to give 1.8 g of 3',4'-diepi-N-trifluoroacetyl-daunorubicin (3) and 2.4 g of 3'-epi-N-trifluoroacetyl-daunorubicin (2).
Example 2 Preparation of 4 '-deoxy-3 '-epi-4 '-iodo-N-trifluoro-acetyl-da un orubicin (5) and 4'-deoxy-4'-iodo- 3', 4 '-diepi-N-trifluoroacetyl-daunorubicin (4) To a stirred solution of 5 g of 3'-epi-N-trifluoroacetyl-daunorubicin (2), prepared as described in Example 1, in 100 ml of anhydrous methylene dichloride and 6 ml of anhydrous pryidine, cooled to O"C, was added over a period of 10 minutes a solution of 2.7 ml of trifluoromethanesulphonic an hydride in 20 ml of anhydrous methylene dichloride. Then the organic phase was washed with a cooled 5% aqueous solution of sodium bicarbonate, water, 0.1 N aqueous solution of hydrochloric acid and water in that order. The organic solution, dried over an hydros sodium sulphate, was used in the following step without further purification.To the organic solution was added 10 g of tetra-butylammonium iodide. After 1 hour at 40"C the transformation was complete and the reaction mixture afforded (4) in crude form. This was purified by chromatography on a column of silica gel using methylene dichloride as eluent to give 3.7 9 of the iododerivative (4) (yield 63%).
m.p. 142"C. TLC on Kiesel gel plate F 254 (Merck) using chloroform:acetone (9:1 by volume): Rf 0.42. 5 g of 3',4'-diepi-N-trifluoroacetyl-daunorubicin (3) was converted to iododerivative (5) (4.6 g yield 78.8%) as described for compound (2):
TLC on Kieselgel plate F 254 (Merck) using chloroform:acetone (9:1 by volume): Rf 0.5. m.p.
144-148'C with (decomposition).
Example 3 4 '-Deoxy-3'-epi-N-rnfluornacetyl-daunowbicin (6) A solution of 0.5 g of iododerivative (4), prepared as described in Example 2, in 20 ml of anhydrous toluene at refluxing temperature was treated under stirring and a nitrogen atmosphere with 0.25 ml of tributyltin hydride and with 0.1 g of a,a'-azobis (isobutyronitrile). After 1 5 minutes the reduction was complete. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and poured into an excess of petroleum ether (40"-60'C). The precipitate was collected by filtration, washed with petroleum ether and dried under vacuum. 0.36 g of 4'-deoxy-3'epi-Ntrifluoroacetyldaunorubicin (6) were obtained (yield 87%).
m.p. 133 . TLC on Kieselgel plate F 254 (Merck) using chloroform:acetone (9:1 by volume): Rf 0.38. PMR (CDCl3) inter alia: 1.22 8(d, 3H, CH3-C-5'); 1.5-2.5 8(m, 6H, CH2-C-21, CH2-C-4' and CH2-C-8); 2.40 8(s, 3H, CH3CO); 5.17 8(m, H, H-7); 5.48 8(m, H-1', W1 = 5 Hz).
The iododerivative (5) was converted to (6), as described for compound (4).
Example 4 4 '-Deoxy-3'-epi-daunorubicin A solution of 0.710 9 of 4'-deoxy-3'-epi-N- trifluoroacetyl-daunorubicin, prepared as described in Example 3, in 10 ml of acetone was treated with 40 ml of a 0.1 N aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide at O"C for 3 hours. Then to the solution was added 0.1 N aqueous hydrochloric acid to adjust the pH to 4.5 and the aglycones were eliminated by extractions with chloroform. Then the aqueous solution was adjusted to pH 8.6 and repeatedly extracted with chloroform. The combined extracts were dried over anhydrous sodium sulphate, concentrated to a small volume and acidified to pH 4.5 with 0.1 N methanolic hydrogen chloride to allow crystallization of the title compound as its hydrochloride: m.p. 188-189"C, [a]20+ 268' (c = 0.05, methanol).
TLC on Kieselgel plate F 254 (Merck) using chloroform: methanol: Water: acetic acid (80:20:7:3 by volume):Rf 0.85.
Example 5 4'-Deoxy-3'-epi-doxorobicin A solution of 4'-deoxy-3'-epi-daunorubicin, prepared as described in Example 5, in a mixture of methanol and dioxan was treated with bromine to form the 1 4-bromoderivative. Treatment of the 14-bromoderivative with an aqueous solution of sodium formate gave 4'-deoxy-3'-epidoxorubicin which was isolated as its hydrochloride. TLC. on Kieselgel plate F 254 (Merck) using chloroform: methanol: water: acetic acid (80:20:7:3 by volume):Rf = 0.75.

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1. 4'-Deoxy-3'-epi-daunorubicin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
2. 4'-Deoxy-3'-epi-doxorubicin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
3. A process for the preparation of 4'-deoxy-3'-epi-daunorubicin, the process comprising reducing 3'-epi-4'-keto-N-trifluoroacetyl-daunorubicin with sodium borohydride to obtain a mixture of 3'-epi-N-trifluoroacetyl-daunorubicin and 3',4'-diepi-N-trifluoroacetyl-daunorubicin, replacing the 4-hydroxy group of either or both thereof by an iodine atom by treatment with trifluoromethane-sulphonic anhydride in the presence of an organic base followed by treatment with an excess of tetrabutylammonium iodide, reductively dehalogenating the resultant 3'-epi-4'iodo-N-trifluoroacetyl-daunorubicin and/or 3',42-diepi-4'-iodo-N-trifluoroacetyl-daunorubicin by treatment with tributyltin hydride in the presence of a,a'-azobis (isobutyronitrile), and removing the N-trifluoroacetyl group from resultant 4'-deoxy-3'-epi-N-trifluoroacetyl-daunorubicin by mild alkaline hydrolysis.
4. A process for the preparation of 4'-deoxy-3'-epi-doxorubicin, the process comprising preparing 4'-deoxy-3'-epi-daunorubicin according to claim 3, brominating it and treating the resultant 14-bromo derivative with aqueous sodium formate.
5. A pharmaceutical composition comprising 4'-deoxy-3'-epi-daunorubicin, 4'-deoxy-3'epidoxorubicin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of either thereof in admixture with a pharmaceutically acceptable diluent or carrier.
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