Process for the synthesis of carbapenem intermediated and...

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2000-02-23

2001-05-22

Raymond, Richard L. (Department: 1611)

Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series

Organic compounds

Heterocyclic carbon compounds containing a hetero ring...

C540S465000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06235898

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a process for synthesizing carbapenem intermediates. Generally the carbapenems are substituted at the 2-position. The intermediate compounds are included as well.
Many of the carbapenems are useful against gram positive microorganisms, especially methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), methicillin resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (MRSE), and methicillin resistant coagulase negative Staphylococci (MRCNS). These antibacterials thus comprise an important contribution to therapy for treating infections caused by these difficult to control pathogens. There is an increasing need for agents effective against such pathogens (MRSA/MRCNS) which are at the same time relatively free from undesirable side effects.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In one aspect of the invention, a process of synthesizing a carbapenem compound of formula 6:
is disclosed wherein
R represents H or methyl, P and P* represent protecting groups and each R
1
represents H, halo, OH, OP wherein P is a protecting group, —C
1-6
straight- or branched-chain alkyl, unsubstituted or substituted with one to four R
d
groups; and —C
3-7
cycloalkyl, unsubstituted or substituted with one to four R
d
groups;
each R
d
independently represents halo; OP, wherein P is a protecting group, —CN; —NO
2
; —NR
e
R
f
; —OR
g
; —SR
g
; —CONR
e
R
f
; —COOR
g
; —SOR
g
; —SO
2
R
g
; —SO
2
NR
e
R
f
; —NR
e
SO
2
R
f
; —COR
e
; —NR
e
COR
f
; —OCOR
e
; —OCONR
e
R
f
; —NR
e
CONR
f
R
g
; —NR
e
CO
2
R
h
; —OCO
2
R
h
; —C(NR
e
)NR
f
R
g
; —NR
e
C(NH)NR
f
R
g
; —NR
e
C(NR
f
)R
g
; —R* or —Q;
R
e
, R
f
and R
g
represent hydrogen; —R*; —C
1-6
straight- or branched-chain alkyl unsubstituted or substituted with one to four R
i
groups;
or R
e
and R
f
taken together with any intervening atoms represent a 4-6 membered saturated ring optionally interrupted by one to three of O, S, —C(O)— or NR
g
with R
g
as defined above, said ring being unsubstituted or substituted with one to four R
i
groups;
each R
i
independently represents halo; —CN; —NO
2
; phenyl; —NHSO
2
R
h
; —OR
h
, —SR
h
; —N(R
h
)
2
; —N
+
(R
h
)
3
; —C(O)N(R
h
)
2
; —SO
2
N(R
h
)
2
; heteroaryl; heteroarylium; —CO
2
R
h
; —C(O)R
h
; —OCOR
h
; —NHCOR
h
; guanidinyl; carbamimidoyl or ureido;
each R
h
independently represents hydrogen, a —C
1-6
straight or branched-chain alkyl group, a —C
3
-C
6
cycloalkyl group or phenyl, or when two R
h
groups are present, said R
h
groups may be taken in combination and represent a 4-6 membered saturated ring, optionally interrupted by one or two of O, S, SO
2
, —C(O)—, NH and NCH
3
;
Q is selected from the group consisting of:
 wherein:
a and b are 1, 2 or 3;
L
−
is a pharmaceutically acceptable counterion;
&agr; represents O, S or NR
s
;
&bgr;, &dgr;, &lgr;, &mgr; and &sgr; represent CR
t
, N or N
+
R
s
, provided that no more than one of &bgr;, &dgr;, &lgr;, &mgr; and &sgr; is N
+
R
s
;
R* is selected from the group consisting of:
 wherein:
d represents O, S or NR
k
;
e, g, x, y and z represent CR
m
, N or N
+
R
k
, provided that no more than one of e, g, x, y and z in any given structure represents N
+
R
k
;
R
k
represents hydrogen; —C
1-6
straight- or branched-chain alkyl, unsubstituted or substituted with one to four R
i
groups; or —(CH
2
)
n
Q where n=1, 2 or 3 and Q is as previously defined;
each R
m
independently represents a member selected from the group consisting of: hydrogen; halo; —CN; —NO
2
; —NR
n
R
o
; —OR
n
; —SR
n
; —CONR
n
R
o
; —COOR
h
; —SOR
n
; —SO
2
R
n
; —SO
2
NR
n
R
o
; —NR
n
SO
2
R
o
; —COR
n
; —NR
n
COR
o
; —OCOR
n
; —OCONR
n
R
o
; —NR
n
CO
2
R
h
; —NR
n
CONR
o
R
h
; —OCO
2
R
h
; —CNR
n
NR
o
R
h
; —NR
n
CNHNR
o
R
h
; —NR
n
C(NR
o
)R
h
; —C
1-6
straight- or branched-chain alkyl, unsubstituted or substituted with one to four R
i
groups; —C
3-7
cycloalkyl, unsubstituted or substituted with one to four R
i
groups; and —(CH
2
)
n
Q where n and Q are as defined above;
R
n
and R
o
represent hydrogen, phenyl; —C
1-6
straight- or branched-chain alkyl unsubstituted or substituted with one to four R
i
groups;
each R
s
independently represents hydrogen; phenyl or —C
1-6
straight- or branched-chain alkyl, unsubstituted or substituted with one to four R
i
groups;
each R
t
independently represents hydrogen; halo; phenyl; —CN; —NO
2
; —NR
u
R
v
; —OR
u
; —SR
u
; —CONR
u
R
v
; —COOR
h
; —SOR
u
; —SO
2
R
u
; —SO
2
NR
u
R
v
; —NR
u
SO
2
R
v
; —COR
u
; —NR
u
COR
v
; —OCOR
u
; —OCONR
u
R
v
; —NR
u
CO
2
R
v
; —NR
u
CONR
v
R
w
; —OCO
2
R
v
; —C
1-6
straight- or branched-chain alkyl, unsubstituted or substituted with one to four R
i
groups;
R
u
and R
v
represent hydrogen or —C
1-6
straight- or branched-chain alkyl, unsubstituted or substituted with one to four R
i
groups;
or R
u
and R
v
together with any intervening atoms represent a 4-6 membered saturated ring optionally interrupted by one or more of O, S, NR
w
or —C(O)—, said ring being unsubstituted or substituted with one to four R
i
groups;
each R
w
independently represents hydrogen; —C
1-6
straight- or branched-chain alkyl, unsubstituted or substituted with one to four R
i
groups; C
3-6
cycloalkyl optionally substituted with one to four R
i
groups; phenyl optionally substituted with one to four R
i
groups, or heteroaryl optionally substituted with 1-4 R
i
groups;
or R
h
and R
w
taken together with any intervening atoms represent a 5-6 membered saturated ring, optionally interrupted by one or two of O, S, SO
2
, NH or NCH
3
;
R
x
represents hydrogen or a C
1-8
straight- or branched-chain alkyl, optionally interrupted by one or two of O, S, SO, SO
2
, NR
w
, N
+
R
h
R
w
, or —C(O)—, said chain being unsubstituted or substituted with one to four of halo, CN, NO
2
, OR
w
, SR
w
, SOR
w
, SO
2
R
w
, NR
h
R
w
, N
+
(R
h
)
2
R
w
, —C(O)—R
w
, C(O)NR
h
R
w
, SO
2
NR
h
R
w
, CO
2
R
w
, OC(O)R
w
, OC(O)NR
h
R
w
, NR
h
C(O)R
w
, NR
h
C(O)NR
h
R
w
, or a phenyl or heteroaryl group which is in turn optionally substituted with from one to four R
i
groups or with one to two C
1-3
straight- or branched-chain alkyl groups, said alkyl groups being unsubstituted or substituted with one to four R
i
groups;
R
y
and R
z
represent hydrogen; phenyl; —C
1-6
straight or branched chain alkyl, unsubstituted or substituted with one to four R
i
groups, and optionally interrupted by O, S, NR
w
, N
+
R
h
R
w
or —C(O)—;
or R
x
and R
y
together with any intervening atoms represent a 4-6 membered saturated ring optionally interrupted by O, S, SO
2
, NR
w
, N
+
R
h
R
w
or —C(O)—, unsubstituted or substituted with 1-4 R
i
groups,
and when R
x
and R
y
together represent a 4-6 membered ring as defined above, R
z
is as defined above or R
z
represents an additional saturated 4-6 membered ring fused to the ring represented by R
x
and R
y
taken together, optionally interrupted by O, S, NR
w
or —C(O)—, said rings being unsubstituted or substituted with one to four R
i
groups comprising reacting a compound of formula 4′:
with a carbapenem of formula 7:
wherein R, P and P* are as previously defined and L represents a leaving group, to produce a compound of formula 6.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The invention is described herein in detail using the terms defined below unless otherwise specified.
The term “alkyl” refers to a monovalent alkane (hydrocarbon) derived radical containing from 1 to 10 carbon atoms unless otherwise defined. It may be straight, branched or cyclic. Preferred alkyl groups include methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, butyl, t-butyl, cyclopentyl and cyclohexyl. When substituted, alkyl groups may be substituted with up to four substituent groups, selected from R
d
and R
i
, as defined, at any available point of attachment. When the alkyl group is said to be substituted with an alkyl group, this is used interchangeably with “branched alkyl group”.
Cycloalkyl is a specie of alkyl containing from 3 to 15 carbon atoms, without alternating or resonating double bonds between carbon atoms. It may contain

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