Background
Salbutamol is a selective beta 2 receptor agonist, can effectively inhibit the release of allergic substances such as histamine and the like, prevents bronchospasm, is suitable for symptoms such as bronchial asthma, asthmatic bronchitis, bronchospasm, emphysema and the like, is a first-choice medicament for relieving acute asthma attack, and has become a popular single medicament in the world. The levosalbutamol hydrochloride is a single optical isomer of the salbutamol, the drug effect is 80 times of that of the dextrsalbutamol, the side effect is reduced, the curative effect is further improved, the same curative effect can be produced by only 1/4 dose of the raceme of the levosalbutamol hydrochloride, and the effect is better than that of the raceme at 1/2 dose. Therefore, the levalbuterol is hopeful to replace albuterol and becomes a first-choice drug for relieving the acute asthma attack.
At present, the synthetic route of levalbuterol hydrochloride is mainly divided into two types:
One is to use chiral reagent to separate and purify the albuterol of the racemate, such as Chen Yang et al (Chen Yang, liu Xiangkui, zhang Xiaomin, etc.. Preparation of albuterol hydrochloride [ J ]. J.Chinese medicine industry journal, volume 37, 6, pages 376-378, ISTIC PKU CSCD CA BP, 2006.) discloses a synthetic route for albuterol hydrochloride:
However, the method has low raw material utilization rate, and the total yield after purification is only 28.5%, so that the method is not suitable for large-scale industrialized production.
The other is to make the proportion of the levalbuterol hydrochloride far larger than that of the dextralbuterol hydrochloride by constructing a chiral center, and then to achieve the purpose of improving the product yield by purification, for example Cheng Qingfang and the like disclose an asymmetric synthesis method of (R) -albuterol hydrochloride (Cheng Qingfang, wang Qifa, xu Xingyou, she Yan, zhang Hui. Asymmetric synthesis of (R) -albuterol hydrochloride [ J ]. Organic chemistry, 2007 (12): 1558-1561.) which comprises the following specific synthesis route:
According to the method, chiral borneol-based beta-diketone iron compound is used as a catalyst to catalyze the asymmetric epoxidation reaction of the styrene compound, so that the high enantioselective epoxidation of the styrene compound is realized, and the purpose of synthesizing the levalbuterol is finally achieved, but the route needs to use an expensive iron complex, and post-treatment needs column chromatography, so that the industrial amplification is not facilitated.
Similarly, zhou Danyang et al disclose a chemical asymmetric synthesis method of (R) -salbutamol, which takes 1- (4-hydroxy-5-hydroxymethyl phenyl) -aminoethyl ketone as a raw material, carries out coupling reaction through CuI catalysis, and then uses (-) -Ipc 2 BCl as a reducing agent to enantioselectively reduce carbonyl, finally generates (R) -salbutamol (Zhou Danyang, chen Ling. (R) -salbutamol) and synthesizes [ J ]. Shenyang university (natural science edition), 2015,27 (06): 442-445.DOI: 10.16103/j.cnki.21-1583/n.2015.06.004.); however, the route needs a large amount of copper catalyst, and causes heavy metal pollution to the environment, which is not environment-friendly.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to overcome the defects and shortcomings of low yield, expensive catalyst and heavy metal pollution existing in the existing method for synthesizing the levalbuterol hydrochloride, and the disadvantage that the purification by combining column chromatography is unfavorable for industrial amplification, and provides the preparation method of the levalbuterol hydrochloride, which has the advantages of low cost, high yield, mild condition, environment friendliness, simple operation and low equipment requirement, and is suitable for industrial mass production.
The above object of the present invention is achieved by the following technical scheme:
The preparation method of the levalbuterol hydrochloride is synthesized by the following steps:
The method specifically comprises the following steps:
S1, reacting a compound A (5- (2-bromoacetyl) -2-hydroxybenzaldehyde) in an organic solvent at 10-20 ℃ under the reduction condition of sodium triacetoxyborohydride to obtain a compound B (5- (2-bromoacetyl) -2-hydroxybenzaldehyde);
S2, cyclizing the compound B (5- (2-bromoacetyl) -2-hydroxybenzyl alcohol) obtained in the step S1 with 2, 2-dimethoxypropane under the action of a catalyst, and reacting in an organic solvent at 20-30 ℃ to obtain a compound C (6-bromoacetyl-2, 2-dimethyl-4H-benzo [1,3] dioxin);
S3, reducing the compound C (6-bromoacetyl-2, 2-dimethyl-4H-benzo [1,3] dioxin) obtained in the step S2 in an organic solvent at 0-10 ℃ in the presence of a borane complex and a chiral ligand to obtain a chiral intermediate compound D (6- (2-bromo-1- (S) -ethanol) -2, 2-dimethyl-4H-benzo [1,3] dioxin);
S4, reacting the compound D (6- (2-bromo-1- (S) -ethanol) -2, 2-dimethyl-4H-benzo [1,3] dioxin) obtained in the step S3 in an organic solvent at 20-30 ℃ in the presence of potassium carbonate to obtain an epoxide intermediate compound E (6- (2- (S) -ethylene oxide) -2, 2-dimethyl-4H-benzo [1,3] dioxin);
S5, performing ring-opening reaction on the compound E obtained in the step S4 in an organic solvent with the temperature of between 45 and 55 ℃ by using tert-butylamine, turning over the configuration, and performing chiral resolution on the compound E in an organic solvent with the temperature of between 45 and 55 ℃ by using a resolving agent D- (+) -dibenzoyl tartaric acid (D-DBTA) to obtain D- (+) -dibenzoyl tartrate of the compound F;
S6, deprotecting the D- (+) -dibenzoyl tartrate of the compound F obtained in the step S5 in an organic solvent at 15-25 ℃ under the action of hydrogen chloride, and refining to obtain the compound F.
Further, in step S1, the organic solvent is selected from one or more of dichloromethane, methanol, tetrahydrofuran, and acetonitrile. Preferably, the organic solvent is tetrahydrofuran.
Preferably, in the step S1, the mass volume ratio of the compound A to the organic solvent is 1 (5-10) g/ml.
Preferably, in step S1, the molar usage ratio of the compound a to sodium triacetoxyborohydride is 1: (1-2).
Further, in step S2, the catalyst is p-toluenesulfonic acid, glacial acetic acid or sulfuric acid. Preferably, the catalyst is p-toluene sulfonic acid.
Preferably, in step S2, the molar usage ratio of the compound B to the catalyst is 1: (0.01-0.05).
Preferably, in step S2, the organic solvent is dichloromethane, tetrahydrofuran, toluene or 1, 4-dioxane; more preferably, the organic solvent is dichloromethane.
Preferably, in the step S2, the mass-volume ratio of the compound B to the organic solvent is 1 (10-15).
Further, in step S3, the borane complex is N, N-diethylaniline.
Preferably, in step S3, the molar ratio of the compound C to the borane complex is (1-2): 1.
Preferably, in step S3, the chiral ligand is (1 r, 2S) - (+) -cis-1-amino-2-indanol.
Preferably, in step S3, the organic solvent is tetrahydrofuran.
Further, in the step S4, the molar ratio of the compound D to the potassium carbonate is 1 (1-3).
Preferably, in step S4, the organic solvent is methanol, ethanol or isopropanol. Preferably, the organic solvent is methanol.
Preferably, in the step S4, the mass volume ratio of the compound D to the organic solvent is 1 (5-10) g/ml.
Further, in step S5, the molar usage ratio of the compound E to t-butylamine is 1: (4-6).
Preferably, in step S5, the organic solvent of the ring-opening reaction is methanol, ethanol or isopropanol; preferably, the organic solvent of the ring-opening reaction is ethanol.
Preferably, in the step S5, the mass-volume ratio of the compound D of the ring-opening reaction to the organic solvent is 1 (5-10) ml/g.
Further, in step S5, the molar ratio of the compound E to the resolving agent is 1: (0.4-0.6).
Preferably, in step S5, the chiral-split organic solvent is a mixed solution of methanol and isopropanol at a volume ratio of 1:10.
Preferably, in step S5, the method further comprises a step of beating and purifying, wherein the beating and purifying solvent is a mixed solution of methanol and water, and the mass-volume ratio of the compound F to the methanol is 1:10, the mass volume ratio of the water to the water is 1: (0.5-2.0); the pulping temperature is 50 ℃, and the crystallization temperature is 20+/-5 ℃.
In step S6, the organic solvent is a mixed solvent obtained by mixing any one of ethyl acetate, methyl tert-butyl ether, isopropyl ether and methylene dichloride with methanol according to a volume ratio of 10:1.
Preferably, in the step S6, the mass-volume ratio of the D- (+) -dibenzoyl tartrate of the compound F to the mixed solvent is 1 (10-15) g/ml.
Preferably, in step S6, the refining is a recrystallized refining; the recrystallization solvent is a mixed solution of isopropanol and water, and the mass volume ratio of the crude product of the compound G to the isopropanol is 1:12g/ml, mass volume ratio with water is 1: (0.5-2.0), recrystallizing at 20-30 deg.C, and maintaining at-5 deg.C for 2h.
The invention has the following beneficial effects:
The invention takes 5- (2-bromoacetyl) -2-hydroxybenzaldehyde (compound A) as a starting material, and prepares the levalbuterol hydrochloride by aldehyde group reduction, propylidene protection, carbonyl asymmetric reduction, epoxidation, amine substitution, chiral resolution, purification and deprotection into salt. The whole method is carried out under milder conditions, expensive or easily polluted reagents are not needed, and the purity of the product can reach more than 99 percent without combining column chromatography purification; and the synthesis route is simple to operate, the equipment requirement is low, the yield is good, and the method is very suitable for industrial mass production.
Detailed Description
The invention is further illustrated in the following drawings and specific examples, which are not intended to limit the invention in any way. Unless specifically stated otherwise, the reagents, methods and apparatus employed in the present invention are those conventional in the art.
Reagents and materials used in the following examples are commercially available unless otherwise specified.
Specifically, the preparation method of the levalbuterol hydrochloride is synthesized according to the following route:
EXAMPLE 1 Synthesis of Compound B (5- (2-bromoacetyl) -2-hydroxybenzyl alcohol)
(1) 200.53G of compound A (5- (2-bromoacetyl) -2-hydroxybenzaldehyde) is weighed, 2.0L of tetrahydrofuran is added, stirred and dissolved, and the temperature is reduced to 15 ℃; 263.51g of sodium triacetoxyborohydride is weighed and added into the reaction system in batches, the temperature is controlled at 20+/-5 ℃, the feeding time is 120min, and the reaction is carried out for 60min at 20 ℃;
(2) Monitoring by HPLC and TLC until the reaction is complete, adding 2.0L of purified water, quenching at room temperature for 60min, concentrating at below 40 ℃ to remove most tetrahydrofuran, adding 1.6L of ethyl acetate, stirring for extraction, standing for layering, extracting the water phase with 0.4L of ethyl acetate for 1 time, mixing the organic phases, and washing with 1.0L of purified water for 1 time; adding a proper amount of anhydrous sodium sulfate for water removal;
(3) Filtering, washing filter residues with a small amount of ethyl acetate, collecting filtrate, concentrating at 40 ℃ under reduced pressure to remove most of solvent, adding 600mL of mixed solution of dichloromethane and 600mL of n-heptane when a large amount of solids are separated out, and pulping at room temperature for 1h; filtration, rinsing the filter cake with a small amount of n-heptane, and vacuum drying at 50℃for 8h gave 160.45g of a pale earthy yellow solid as compound B (5- (2-bromoacetyl) -2-hydroxybenzyl alcohol), molar yield: 79.36% and purity 92.80%;
(4) Compound B 1 HNMR (500 MHz, DMSO) 7.88-7.87 (d, 1H) 7.69-7.67 (m, 1H) 6.73-6.71 (d, 1H) 4.92 (s, 2H) 4.49 (s, 2H).
EXAMPLE 2 Synthesis of Compound C (6-bromoacetyl-2, 2-dimethyl-4H-benzo [1,3] dioxin)
(1) 150.06G of compound B (5- (2-bromoacetyl) -2-hydroxybenzyl alcohol) was weighed, 1.5L of methylene chloride was added, stirred and dispersed at room temperature, and 1.16g of p-toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate was added; 128.87g of 2, 2-dimethoxy propane is weighed and added into a reaction system in a dropwise manner, and the reaction is carried out for 2 hours at room temperature;
(2) Monitoring by HPLC and TLC until the reaction is complete, adding 0.75L of purified water, regulating the pH to 7-8 by using saturated potassium bicarbonate solution, standing for layering, collecting a lower organic phase, and washing the organic phase for 1 time by using 0.75L of purified water; the organic phase is added with anhydrous sodium sulfate and water is removed;
(3) Filtering, washing filter residue with a small amount of dichloromethane, concentrating under reduced pressure to obtain 174.01g oily substance which is compound C (6-bromoacetyl-2, 2-dimethyl-4H-benzo [1,3] dioxin) and directly used for the next reaction, wherein the yield is not calculated;
(4) Compound C 1 HNMR (500 MHz, DMSO) 7.83-7.81 (m, 1H) 7.79 (s, 1H) 6.93-6.91 (d, 1H) 5.06 (s, 2H) 4.89 (s, 2H) 1.50 (s, 6H).
EXAMPLE 3 Synthesis of Compound D (6- (2-bromo-1- (S) -ethanol) -2, 2-dimethyl-4H-benzo [1,3] dioxin)
(1) 9.21G of (1R, 2S) - (+) -cis-1-amino 2-indanol is weighed, 1.5L of anhydrous tetrahydrofuran is added, nitrogen is replaced, the temperature is reduced to 5+/-5 ℃, 150.31g of N, N-diethylaniline borane (DEANB) is slowly added dropwise under the protection of nitrogen, and the temperature is kept for 30min at 5+/-5 ℃ after the dropwise addition;
(2) Adding 1.5L of anhydrous tetrahydrofuran into a compound C (6-bromoacetyl-2, 2-dimethyl-4H-benzo [1,3] dioxin), stirring and dissolving, dropwise adding the compound C into the reaction system of the step (1) under the protection of nitrogen, wherein the dropwise adding time is 180min, and the temperature is maintained at 5+/-5 ℃; after the dripping is finished, reacting for 30min;
(3) HPLC, TLC monitoring until compound C (6-bromoacetyl-2, 2-dimethyl-4H-benzo [1,3] dioxin) is consumed, intermediate compound D is formed;
(4) 200ml of acetone is added dropwise to quench borane at the temperature of 5+/-5 ℃, and after the dropwise addition is finished, the temperature is slowly raised to room temperature, and the reaction is carried out overnight;
(5) Concentrating to remove most tetrahydrofuran, adding 1.5L of ethyl acetate and 0.75L of purified water, stirring and extracting, collecting an upper organic phase, and washing the organic phase for 1 time with 0.5L of purified water; the aqueous phases were combined and back extracted 1 time with 0.35L ethyl acetate; the organic phases are combined and washed 1 time with 0.5L of saturated sodium chloride solution; anhydrous sodium sulfate is added, and the water is removed by drying;
(6) Filtering, washing filter residues with a small amount of ethyl acetate, collecting filtrate, concentrating under reduced pressure, removing most of ethyl acetate, adding 1.2L of n-heptane, pulping for 1h, filtering, and vacuum drying at 50 ℃ to obtain 134.12g of white solid; molar yield (calculated as compound B) 75.99%, HPLC purity 95.74%;
(7) Compounds of formula (I) D1HNMR(500MHz,DMSO)7.18-7.16(dd,1H)7.09(s,1H)6.76-6.73(d,1H)4.80(s,2H)4.71-4.68(m,1H)3.62-3.50(m,2H)1.45(s,1H).
EXAMPLE 4 Synthesis of Compound F (6- ((R) -hydroxy-2- (tert-butylamino) -ethyl) -2, 2-dimethyl-4H-benzo [1,3] dioxin)
(1) 130.88G of compound D is weighed, 1.3L of methanol is added, stirring is carried out to dissolve, 125.87g of potassium carbonate is added, and the mixture is reacted for 1h at room temperature;
(2) TLC was controlled to completion, the solids were removed by filtration, the solids were washed with ethyl acetate, and the filtrates were combined and collected; concentrating the filtrate below 40deg.C, removing most of solvent, adding 1.3L ethyl acetate and 0.7L purified water, stirring, extracting, standing, and layering; the organic phase was collected, the aqueous phase was extracted 1 more than 0.4L of ethyl acetate, the organic phases were combined and washed 1 more than 0.7L of saturated sodium chloride solution; anhydrous sodium sulfate is added, and the water is removed by drying;
(3) Filtering, washing with a small amount of ethyl acetate, and collecting filtrate; concentrating under reduced pressure below 40deg.C, and removing solvent to obtain yellow oily substance as crude product of compound E;
(4) Dissolving the obtained oily matter with 1.0L absolute ethyl alcohol, dropwise adding 132.65g of tert-butylamine, and reacting at 50+/-5 ℃ for 16 hours;
(5) TLC was controlled to completion; concentrating to remove most of solvent, adding 1.0L of ethyl acetate and 1.0L of purified water, stirring, extracting, standing and layering; the organic phase was collected and the aqueous phase was extracted 1 more times with 0.3L ethyl acetate; the organic phases were combined, washed 1 time with 0.5L of purified water and 0.5L of saturated sodium chloride solution, added with anhydrous sodium sulfate, and dried to remove water;
(6) Filtering, washing filter residues with a small amount of ethyl acetate, and collecting filtrate; concentrating the filtrate under reduced pressure to obtain yellow sticky substance as crude product of the compound F; the yield was not calculated and was used directly in the next reaction.
EXAMPLE 5 Synthesis and purification of D- (+) -dibenzoyltartrate of Compound F (6- ((R) -hydroxy-2- (tert-butylamino) -ethyl) -2, 2-dimethyl-4H-benzo [1,3] dioxin)
(1) Dissolving the crude compound F obtained in the example 4 by using a mixed solvent of 0.8L of methanol and 0.8L of isopropanol, and heating to 50+/-5 ℃ for later use;
(2) Weighing 68.13g D- (+) -dibenzoyl tartaric acid (D-DBTA), dissolving with 0.4L of mixed solvent of methanol and 0.4L of isopropanol, dropwise adding into a reaction system when the reaction temperature is raised to 50+/-5 ℃, and preserving heat for 2 hours after the dropwise addition is finished, so that a large amount of solids are separated out;
(3) Cooling to room temperature, and stirring at room temperature for 2h;
(4) Filtering, and vacuum drying at 50 ℃ to obtain 93.88g of white solid which is a crude product of the compound F;
(5) Adding the obtained crude product of the compound F into a reaction bottle, adding 940mL of methanol and 47mL of purified water, heating to 50+/-5 ℃, preserving heat and pulping for 2h;
(6) Cooling to room temperature, and preserving heat for 2h;
(7) Filtering, washing with a small amount of cold methanol, and vacuum drying at 50 ℃ for 5 hours to obtain 80.38g of white solid; molar yield: 40.12% (calculated as compound D); chiral purity: 99.74%;
(8) Compounds of formula (I) E1HNMR(500MHz,DMSO)7.13-7.11(dd,1H)7.04-7.03(d,1H)6.73-6.71(d,1H)4.80(s,2H)4.45-4.43(m,1H)2.61-2.54(m,2H)1.45(s,6H)1.02(s,9H);
(9) Compounds of formula (I) F1HNMR(500MHz,DMSO)7.99-7.97(d,4H)7.64-7.60(m,2H)7.51-7.48(m,4H)7.12-7.10(m,2H)7.01(s,2H)5.65(s,2H)4.77(s,4H)4.72-4.69(m,2H)2.90-2.87(m,4H)2.72-2.67(m,2H)1.45(s,12H)1.14(s,18H).
EXAMPLE 6 Synthesis and purification of levalbuterol hydrochloride
(1) 40.26G of D- (+) -dibenzoyl tartrate of chiral intermediate F (6- ((R) -hydroxy-2- (tert-butylamino) -ethyl) -2, 2-dimethyl-4H-benzo [1,3] dioxin) was weighed, 800mL of methyl tert-butyl ether and 80mL of methanol were added, nitrogen was replaced, and cooled to 20.+ -. 5 ℃;
(2) 45.7mL of 4M ethyl hydrogen chloride acetate is added under the protection of nitrogen, and the reaction is carried out for 5 hours at 20 ℃;
(3) Monitoring by HPLC and TLC until the reaction is complete, filtering, washing the filter cake with methyl tertiary butyl ether for 2-3 times, transferring to a blast drying oven and drying at 50 ℃ for 8h;
(4) 24.32g of off-white solid is obtained as a crude product of the levalbuterol hydrochloride;
(5) 292mL of isopropanol and 20mL of purified water are used for stirring and dissolving the crude product at a reflux temperature, filtering is carried out while the crude product is hot, cooling is carried out to room temperature for crystallization for 2h, and then the crude product is kept at 0 ℃ for 2h;
(6) Filtering, washing with a small amount of cold isopropanol; transferring to a vacuum drying oven at 60 ℃ for drying for 10 hours to obtain 13.19 white solid which is levalbuterol hydrochloride finished compound G with molar yield: 52.42%; HPLC purity 98.66%; chiral purity: 99.81%;
(7) Compounds of formula (I) G1HNMR(500MHz,DMSO)9.41-9.39(m,1H)9.25(s,1H)8.48-8.44(m,1H)7.34(s,1H)7.09-7.07(d,1H)6.80-6.77(m,1H)5.97-5.96(d,1H)5.00(s,1H)4.89-4.86(m,1H)4.48(s,2H)2.96-2.82(m,2H)1.31(s,9H).
(8) The liquid phase diagram of the relevant substances of the obtained product levosalbutamol hydrochloride is shown in figure 1.
As can be seen from the graph, the levalbuterol hydrochloride (retention time 16.222 min) prepared by the invention has higher purity.
The above examples are preferred embodiments of the present invention, but the embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the above examples, and any other changes, modifications, substitutions, combinations, and simplifications that do not depart from the spirit and principle of the present invention should be made in the equivalent manner, and the embodiments are included in the protection scope of the present invention.