Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series – Organic compounds – Nitrogen attached directly or indirectly to the purine ring...
Reexamination Certificate
2002-09-13
2003-05-06
Rotman, Alan L. (Department: 1625)
Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series
Organic compounds
Nitrogen attached directly or indirectly to the purine ring...
C544S362000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06559309
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of camptothecin and camptothecin-like compounds and to novel intermediates used in this preparation.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Camptothecin and many camptothecin-like compounds, i.e., derivatives have been found to have potent cytotoxicity, and hence, are potent antitumor agents. The camptothecin moiety common to these compounds has a chiral center at the 20 position. The configuration about this position appears to be important to the antitumor activity of camptothecin and its derivatives now in clinical trials.
Camptothecin and its derivatives can be produced using several processes taught in the art such as those described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,894,456; U.S. Pat. No. 4,399,282, U.S. Pat. No. 4,399,276; U.S. Pat. No. 4,943,579; European Patent Application 0 321 122 A2 published Jun. 21, 1989; U.S. Pat. No. 4,473,692; European Patent application No. 0 325 247 A2 published Jul. 26, 1989; European Patent application 0 556 585 A2 published Aug. 25, 1993; U.S. Pat. No. 4,981,968; U.S. Pat. No. 5,049,668; U.S. Pat. No. 5,162,532; U.S. Pat. No. 5,180,722; and European Patent application 0 540 099 A1 published May 5, 1993.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
One aspect of the present invention is the preparation of the camptothecin derivative of formula (I′)
known by the chemical name “7-(4-methylpiperazino-methylene)-10,11-ethylenedioxy-20(R,S)-camptothecin,” which comprises cyclising the compound of formula (II′)
wherein X is halogen, particularly chloro, bromo, or iodo.
A particular aspect the invention provides a process for preparing a compound of formula (I) as shown in Scheme 1 wherein the configuration about the 20 position is (S)
Further aspects of the present invention provide the intermediate of formula (II′), particularly of formula (II), and novel intermediates used in the synthesis of the compounds of formula (II′) and (II) taught herein.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Compounds of the present invention have 1 or more asymmetric carbon atoms that form enantiomeric arrangements, i.e., “R” and “S” configurations. The present invention includes all enantiomeric forms and any combinations of these forms. For simplicity, where no specific configuration is depicted in the structural formulas, it is to be understood that both enantiomeric forms and mixtures thereof are represented. Unless noted otherwise, the nomenclature convention, “(R)” and “(S)” denote essentially optically pure R and S enantiomers respectively. Also included in the present invention are other forms of the compounds including: solvates, hydrates, various polymorphs and the like.
Acceptable salts include, but are not limited to acid addition salts of inorganic acids such as hydrochloride, sulfate, phosphate, diphosphate, hydrobromide, and nitrate; or of organic acids such as acetate, malate, maleate, fumarate, tartrate, succinate, citrate, lactate, methanesulfonate, p-toluenesulfonate, palmoate, salicylate, oxalate, and stearate. Also within the scope of the present invention, where applicable, are salts formed from bases such as sodium or potassium hydroxide. For further examples of physiologically acceptable salts see, “Pharmaceutical Salts,”
J. Pharm. Sci.,
66 (1), 1 (1977).
The cyclisation process to prepare the compound of formula (I′) from a compound of formula (II′) via the intramolecular Heck may be carried out in the presence of a palladium catalyst such as palladium(II) acetate under basic conditions, e.g., in the presence of an alkaline earth carbonate, such as potassium carbonate in a polar, aprotic solvent, e.g., acetonitrile or dimethylformamide.
A phase transfer catalyst such as a tetraalkylammonium halide salt, e.g., tetra-n-butyl ammonium chloride, tetra-n-butyl ammonium bromide, or tetra-n-butyl ammonium iodide, may optionally be included. A ligand for the palladium catalyst may also be included such as a triphenylphosphine, tri-o-tolyphosphine, tri-m-tolyphosphine or tri-p-tolyphosphine. In particular, the reaction may be carried out in an inert atmosphere, such as under nitrogen or argon. Suitably, the reaction mixture is heated, for example to a temperature between about 50° to about 110° C. for about 1 to about 24 hours. Variations on these conditions will be apparent from the literature on the Heck reaction. See, e.g., R. Grigg et al.,
Tetrahedron
46, 4003-4008 (1990).
Alternatively, the cyclisation process may be accomplished by a free-radical cyclisation reaction. Suitably, the reaction is carried out in a solvent such as toluene in the presence of a tin hydride, e.g., tri-n-butyltin hydride, and a radical initiator at an elevated temperature e.g. of from about 50° C. to about 100° C.
When the compound of formula (I′) is obtained as a mixture of enantiomers, the cyclisation process may optionally be followed by a resolution step, using conventional technology known in the art, to obtain the desired enantiomer. Furthermore, when the compound of formula (I′) is obtained as a free base or a salt thereof, the cyclisation process may optionally be followed by a conversion step whereby the resulting compound of formula (I′) is converted into a physiologically acceptable salt or solvate thereof.
The compound of formula (II) may be prepared according to Scheme 2.
In Step 1 of Scheme 2 a compound of formula (VIII), 1,4-benzodioxan-6-amine, commercially available from the Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc., 1001 West Saint Paul Avenue, Milwaukee, Wis. 53233, is acylated in a Friedel-Crafts Acylation adding a halomethylketone to the 6 position producing the halo-ketone of formula (VII) (see March,
Advanced Organic Chemistry,
484-487, 496-97 (1985)). The acylation can be carried out in a halogenated solvent such as dichloromethane in the presence of a Lewis acid such as boron trichloride, an acylating agent such as chloroacetonitrile, and another Lewis acid such as aluminum chloride or gallium chloride. The mixture is heated at a temperature of from about 30 to about 40° C. To those skilled in this art, variations on these conditions will be apparent from the literature on Friedel-Crafts Acylation of anilines.
In Step 2, the halo-ketone of formula (VII) is reacted in a two-step, single vessel reaction (N-acylation followed by base-mediated Aldol condensation) producing the halomethylquinolone of formula (VI). The reaction is carried out in a polar, aprotic solvent such as acetonitrile in the presence of a suitable base such as triethylamine and an acylating agent such as an alkyl malonyl chloride, e.g., ethyl malonyl chloride, at a temperature ranging from about 0° C. to about 30° C., followed by the addition of more base such as sodium methoxide in methanol or triethylamine.
In Step 3, the halomethyl-quinolone of formula (VI) is converted to a haloquinoline of formula (V) using a halogenating reagent such as phosphorus oxychloride or phosphorus oxybromide. The reaction is carried out in the presence of the halogenating reagent and may use an additional cosolvent such as 1,2-dichloroethane at a temperature ranging from about 50° C. to about 120° C. for about 2 to about 24 hours.
In Step 4, the compound of formula (V) is transformed into the compound of formula (III) by a two-step process which may involve separate isolation of the intermediate compound of formula (IV). The compound of formula (V) is dissolved in an aprotic solvent such as dichloromethane or tetrahydrofuran and treated with N-methylpiperazine in the presence of an amine base such as triethylamine or N-methylpiperazine at a temperature of from about room temperature to about 80° C. for about 1 to 12 hours. The intermediate compound of formula (IV) may be isolated at this point. In particular, the reaction solvent may be exchanged if necessary for dichloromethane and a reducing agent such as an aluminum hydride, e.g. diisobutylaluminum hydride, is added at a temperature ranging from about room temperature (20° C.-30° C.) to about 37° C. with stirring for about 1 to 12 hours.
In step 5, the
Comins Daniel L.
Fang Francis Gerard
Huie Edward McDonald
Xie Shiping
Cooper & Dunham LLP
Desai Rita
OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Rotman Alan L.
White John P.
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