IE850695L - Preparation of d-alpha-(6-methoxy-2-naphthyl) propionic acid. - Google Patents

Preparation of d-alpha-(6-methoxy-2-naphthyl) propionic acid.

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IE850695L
IE850695L IE69585A IE69585A IE850695L IE 850695 L IE850695 L IE 850695L IE 69585 A IE69585 A IE 69585A IE 69585 A IE69585 A IE 69585A IE 850695 L IE850695 L IE 850695L
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59288 - i - Process for preparing d-ot- ( 6-methoxy-2-naphthyl )propionic acid This invention relates to a novel process for preparing d-a-(6-methoxy-2-naphthyl)propionic acid.
The d-a-(6-methoxy-2-naphthyl)propionic acid or its salt is useful as, for example, anti-flammatory or analgesic agents.
As processes for preparing d-ot- ( 6-inethoxy-2-naphthyl )-propionic acid, there have been heretofore known (i) a process in which racemic modification of a-(6-methoxy-2-naphthyl)propionic acid is optically resolved, (ii) a process in which an ester of d-a-(6-methoxy-2-naphthyl)-propionic acid is hydrolyzed in the presence of an acid catalyst, and the like.
The process in which racemic modification of a-(6-methoxy-2-naphthyl)propionic acid is optically resolved, however, can not be said to be a satisfactory one from an §9288 economical view point because it is necessary to repeat the crystallization several times or more and to use expensive agents for the optical resolution. 1 • In the process in which an ester of d-a-(6-methoxy- "l 5 2-naphthyl)propionic acid is hydrolyzed in the presence of an acid catalyst, the methoxy group at the 6-position in the naphthyl group of the carboxylic acid which is a desired product or of the unreacted starting ester tends to be partially converted to a hydroxy group by 10 hydrolysis to form d-a-(6-hydroxy-2-naphthyl)propionic acid or its ester as a by-product, requiring treatment for purification after completion of the hydrolysis, and therefore the above process also can not be said to be a fully satisfactory one for an industrial application.
Further, there is known a process in which an ester of d-a-(6-methoxy-2-naphthyl)propionic acid is hydrolyzed in an organic solvent containing an alkali catalyst. In this process, however, racemization reaction occurs simultaneously with hydrolysis to result in remarkable 20 decrease in the optical purity of the resulting product (see U.S. Patent No.4,417,070, Table 2 on page 4), and the process can be said not to be of a good efficiency.
The present inventors have made extensive studies in 25 order to eliminate the drawbacks in the processes described above, and as a result, have found a fact that a process in which the hydrolysis is effected in an aqueous alkali catalyst solution is unexpectedly accompanied with little racemization reaction, and have 30 accomplished this invention.
More specifically, in hydrolysing an ester such as the ester of d-a-(6-methoxy-2-naphthyl)propionic acid, which is hardly soluble in water, there have been usually used water-soluble organic solvents such as ethanol, methanol and the like, which are capable of dissolving the ester 5 of d-a-(6-methoxy-2-naphthyl)propionic acid but do not participate in the reaction, in order to enhance the rate of reaction.
Opposed to the above, the present inventors have used water as a solvent, and as a result, have found that 10 hydrolysis of the ester group unexpectedly proceeds while remarkably suppressing the racemization, and have accomplished this invention.
The present inventors have further found that in the present process there does not occur a side reaction that 15 the methoxy group at the 6-position on the naphthyl group of the carboxylic acid or of the unreacted starting ester is converted to a hydroxy group by hydrolysis to form a by-product d-a-(6-hydroxv-2-naphthyl)propionic acid or its ester, whereas such a side reaction is observed in 20 the acid-catalyzed hydrolysis as mentioned above.
Accordingly, this invention is to provide a novel process for preparing d-a-(6-methoxy-2-naphthyl)propionic acid, which is characterized by hydrolyzing an ester of d-a-(6-methoxy-2-naphthyl)propionic acid in an aqueous alkali 25 (basic) catalyst solution.
The present invention will be described in more detail below.
The ester of d-a-(6-methoxy-2-naphthyl)propionic acid 30 which is used as a starting material may be a lower alkyl ester excluding t-butyl ester of said acid, or an ester of said acid with a phenyl group unsubstituted or substituted with an electron attracting group such as CI, N02 and Br, preferably methyl ester or ethyl ester, and 5 most preferably methyl ester.
The alkali catalyst to be used in this invention includes, for example, an alkali hydroxide such as sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide and lithium hydroxide; ammonia; an alkali metal carbonate such as sodium 10 carbonate and potassium carbonate; an alkali metal bicarbonate such as sodium bicarbonate and potassium bicarbonate; an alkali metal salt of an organic acid such as sodium acetate and potassium acetate, a salt of d-a-(6-methoxy-2-naphthyl)propionic acid or a-(6-methoxy-15 2-naphthyl)propionic acid such as potassium, sodium and ammonium salt of said acid, and the like.
The concentration of the alkali catalyst in the aqueous solution may be in the range from 0.01 to 4 0 % by weight, preferably from 0.1 to 25 % by weight. The higher the 20 concentration of the solution is, the faster the reaction proceeds.
The reaction temperature may be in the range from 0°C to a temperature at which the reaction solution is refluxed, i.e., from 0°C to 100°C.
With respect to the ratio of the ester of d-a-(6-methoxy-2-naphthyl)propionic acid which is used as a starting material to the water which is used as a solvent (ester/water), the smaller the ratio is, the faster the reaction proceeds. On the contrary, the greater the 30 ratio is, the higher volumetric efficiency is.
The ratio may be usually in the range from 10 to 0.001, preferably 1.0 to 0.001.
The reaction time is not limitative so long as it is enough to carry out the reaction completely and maintains the degree of retention of the configuration in an asymmetric carbon of the product at the desired level or 5 higher. Although the desired reaction time may be varied depending upon the degree of optical purity to be maintained or the concentrations of the catalyst and/or the substrate (ester), it may be usually in the range from approximately 30 minutes to 100 hours. It is 10 possible to shorten or extend the reaction time to any degree depending upon the desired degrees of optical purity and hydrolysis or the reaction conditions.
As the hydrolysis reaction proceeds, an alcohol is produced from .the ester group of the starting ester. An 15 aqueous alkali catalyst solution containing the alcohol thus produced or an alcohol in a ratio (by weight or by volume) corresponding to that of the alcohol thus produced is included in the "aqueous alkali catalyst solution" defined in this invention.
The process according to this invention will be described in more detail by the following Examples and Comparative Example.
Example 1 1 g of methyl ester of d-a-(6-methoxy-2-naphthyl)-25 propionic acid ([a]^ + 78.7° (c = 1, Chloroform); optical purity 100 %) suspended in 40 g of 1 % aqueous potassium carbonate solution was heated at 100°C for 6 hours and then cooled. To the resulting reaction mixture, 10 ml of toluene and 5 ml of 5 % aqueous sodium 30 hydroxide solution were added to conduct partition. The aqueous layer was neutralized with hydrochloric acid and a solid deposited was extracted with 10 ml of ethyl acetate. After the organic layer was washed with water, concentrated by distilling the solvent away and dried to obtain 0.72 g of white crystal of d-a-(6-methoxy-2-naphthyl)propionic acid. Yield: 76 %; [a]^5 + 64.8° (c = 1.0, Chloroform); optical, purity 94 %.
Comparative Example 1 (a conventionally available process utilizing alkali-catalyzed hydrolysis) After 2.3 g of ethyl ester of d-a-(6-methoxy-2-naphthyl)-10 propionic acid ([a]^5 + 48.6°; optical purity 100 % ), 7.3g of ethanol, 2.5 g of water and 0.5 g of sodium hydroxide were combined, the resulting reaction mixture was heated under reflux for 4 hours, cooled, acidified with hydrochloric acid and thereafter partitioned between 15 water and toluene. The toluene layer thus obtained was washed with water and concentrated to obtain 1.9 g of d-a-(6-methoxy-2-naphthyl)propionic acid. The optical purity was 45 %.
Examples 2 to 8 Experiments for Examples 2 to 8 were carried out under the same reaction conditions and post treatment conditions as in Example 1 except that the kinds of the ester of d-a-( 6-methoxy-2-naphthyl) propionic acid and the catalyst to be used, reaction time and reaction 25 temperature were varied. The results are shown in the following. Table. In the experiments for Examples 2 to 8, used were 1 g of the ester of d-a-(6-methoxy-2-naphthyl)-propionic acid and 40 g of the aqueous catalyst solution.
Table Example No.
Ester Aqueous catalyst Solution Reaction conditions Temperature Time ( C) (hr) Conversion (%) Degree of retention of optical activity in carboxylic acid(%) 2 Methyl 0.l%NaOH 100 8 93 3 Methyl %NaOH - 25 6 8 93 4 Methyl %Na2C03 100 4 99 89 Ethyl 3%NaHC03 100 16 31 90 6 Methyl i%nh3 100 6 27 91 7 Methyl i%k2co3 100 6 76 94 8* ;Methyl ;5%K-C0, ;100 ;7 ;39 ;94 ;i i ;* For this Example only, the ester and the aqueous alkali catalyst solution as starting material were used in an amount of lg and 4 g, respectively.

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1. A process for preparing d- a-(6-methoxy-2-naphthyl)propionic acid, by hydrolysis of an ester of d- a-(6-methoxy-2-naphthyl)propionic acid 5 with a basic catalyst characterized in that said hydrolysis is carried out under aqueous conditions.
2. A process according to Claim 1, characterized in that the ester is derived from a lower alkanol having 1 to 3 carbon atoms. 10
3. A process according to Claim 2, characterized in that the lower alkanol is methanol or ethanol.
4. A process according to any preceding claim, characterized in that 15 the basic catalyst is an alkali metal hydroxide, an alkali metal carbonate, an alkali metal bicarbonate, an alkali metal acetate or a salt of d-a -(6-methoxy-2-naphthyl)propionic acid.
5. A process according to Claim 4, characterized in that the basic 20 catalyst is sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate or potassium bicarbonate.
6. A process according to any preceding claim, the concentration of the basic catalyst in aqueous solution is in the range from 0.01 to 40% 25 by weight.
7. A process according to Claim 6, characterized in that the concentration is in the ranged from 0.1 to 25% by weight. 30
8. A process according to any preceding claim characterized in that the hydrolysis is carried out at a temperature from 0 to 100°C.
9. A process according to Claim 1 for preparing a d-a -(6-methoxy-2-naphthyl)propionic acid, substantially as hereinbefore 35 described by way of Example.
10. A d- a-(6-methoxy-2-naphthyl)propionic acid whenever prepared by a method as claimed in any of the preceding claims. T0MKINS & CO.
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