SUBSTANTIALLY ANHYDROUS CRYSTALLINE CEFADROXIL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING IT

Abstract: The invention relates to a substantially anhydrous crystalline ce­ fadroxil having a water content between about 0.8% and 3.9%. Such cefadroxil is obtained slurrying a cefadroxil solvate of dimethylacetamide, or of N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone or of monomethyl­ formamide, with isopropyl alcohol containing either from about 2% to 4% of water of from about 0.1% to 4% of water and from 0% to about 60% of methanol, at a temperature in the range of about +45°C to +55°C and than filtering the desired cefadroxil so obtained.

Description: The present invention relates to a novel crystalline cefadroxil and to a method for producing it. Cefadroxil is a well known antibiotic substance having antibacterial activity: it is disclosed and claimed in the U.S. patent no. 3,489,752 according to which it is obtained by acylation of 7-ADCA with an amino-protected derivative of D(-)-alpha-phydroxyphenylglycine. U.S. patent no. 3,985,741 discloses preparation of cefadroxil by acylation of 7-ADCA with mixed anhydride of D-(-)-alpha-p-hydroxyphenylglycine when the latter's alpha-amino group has been blocked with a beta-keto compound such as methyl acetoacetate: the reaction mixture is first added with water and then with dimethylformamide to precipitate a crystallized solvate of cefadroxil having more than 3% of water content which, after filtration, is slurried in 90% methanol. U.S. patent no. 4,504,657 describes and claims a different form of cefadroxil, which is the crystalline cefadroxil monohydrate having a well defined X-ray diffraction pattern characterizing said compound: this crystalline cefadroxil monohydrate is obtained (see also the U.S. patent RE 31,730) by acylation of silylated 7-ADCA with D(-)-alpha-p-hydroxyphenylglycine chloride hydrochloride. The reaction mixture is added first with water and then with dimethylformamide to precipitate the dimethylformamide solvate which after filtration is treated with water with a water/solvent mixture to cleave the solvate and to precipitate the desired final compound. The present invention relates to a substantially anhydrous crystalline cefadroxil having a water content from 0.8 % to 3.9% and the following X-ray diffraction properties: Spacing, d(Å) Relative Intensity 10.42 21 8.54 100 7.06 34 6.38 15 6.05 22 5.84 25 5.12 16 4.79 26 4.58 21 4.35 44 4.26 21 4.18 24 4.02 34 3.90 11 3.78 12 3.52 9 3.46 17 3.27 8 3.18 14 3.12 22 2.93 15 2.89 18 2.82 16 2.61 12 2.55 10 2.52 7 2.35 9 2.30 9 2.18 8 2.13 7 2.08 7 This substantially anhydrous crystalline cefadroxil is a very stable compound which can be obtained with a very low water content (of 0.8 %): the water content can increase up to 3.9% when such compound is exposed to a relative humidity lower than 90% without however undergoing any change in its crystalline structure, viz. without changing its X-ray diffraction pattern. If the above mentioned compound is exposed to a relative humidity higher than 90% for some hours, it can change its crystalline structure to that one of the cefadroxil monohydrate, while increasing its water content above 5%. The substantially anhydrous crystalline cefadroxil is obtained by adding to an aqueous solution containing cefadroxil just prepared from 7-ADCA a solvent selected from the group consisting of dimethylacetamide, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, monomethylformamide, while controlling the pH of the solution in the range 5.5-6, to give the corresponding cefadroxil solvate which precipitates and is filtered off and which after drying is slurried with isopropyl alcohol containing either from about 2% to 4% of water or from about 0.1% to 4% of water and from 0% to about 60% of methanol, at a temperature in the range of about +45°C to +55°C, the desired cefadroxil being isolated by filtration. The use of the isopropyl alcohol has provided to be essential: indeed, if an amount of at least 40% b.v. of isopropyl alcohol is not used, the substantially anhydrous cefadroxil is not obtained. All known methods for transforming the 7-ADCA into the mentioned aqueous solution containing cefadroxil can be used: for instance, it is possible to follow the procedure described in Example XVI of the European patent application no. 001,133, or in Examples 1 and 2 of the U.K. patent application no. 2,064,511 or in Examples 1 to 4 of the U.S. patent no. 4,234,721. The invention is illustrated by the following examples in which the NMR spectra were recorded in D₂O solution (15mg/ml) on a Varian XL-300 spectrometer. EXAMPLE 1 Cefadroxil Dimethylacetamide Solvate. 7-ADCA (45g) was added to methylene chloride (700 ml) at room temperature. Triethylamine (35.5 g) was added over 15′ with stirring at a temperature below 25°C. Trimethylchlorosilane (43.2 g) was then dropped over a 30′ period. The mixture was stirred at 30°C for 90′ and then cooled to -10°C. Dimethylaniline (31 g) and D(-)-p-hydroxyphenylglycyl chloride hydrochloride hemidioxane solvate (63g) were added and the mixture was stirred at -5°C/0°C for about 90′. Water (170 ml) was added and the reaction mixture was stirred for 30′. The aqueous phase was diluted with dimethylacetamide (350 ml) and the pH was adjusted to 6.0 by slowly adding diethylamine at 25°C. The mixture was stirred at 20°C for 120′. The cefadroxil dimethylacetamide solvate was collected by filtration, washed with dimethylacetamide/water 2:1 then with acetone to yield, after drying at 40°C, 81.3 g of the title compound K.F.: 0.51% HPLC Assay: 69.3% on dry basis PMR: 6.9 - 7.35 δ (m,C₆H₄-); 5.59 δ [d, C(7)-H]; 5.15 δ (s, C H -CO); 4.98 δ [d, C H -S];3.02-3.42 δ (m, S-C H ₂); 1.8δ(s, CH₃) characteristic of cefadroxil moiety and the following peaks due to the solvent: 2.83-3.01δ(s,s, N(CH₃)₂); 2.04δ(d, COCH₃) ¹³C-NMR: 21.07δ[ C H₃-C=]; 30.93 δ [ C H₂-S]; 58.78 δ [ C H-NH₂]; 59.51δ [ C H- S ]; 61.16 δ [NH- C H-C O ]; 124.60 δ[ -CH₃]; 126.11 δ[ -COOH]; 166.21 δ [ C O, β-lactam]; 172.37δ[ C OO H ]; 172.58 δ [ C O-NH];129.05δ, 132.7 δ, 118.99δ, 160.45δ [aromatic carbon atoms] characteristic of Cefadroxil moiety and the following peaks due to the solvent: 23.15δ[CO- C H₃]; 37.93δ[N- C H₃]; 40.85δ[N- C H₃]; 176.74δ[ C O]. EXAMPLE 2 Substantially anhydrous crystalline Cefadroxil Cefadroxil dimethylacetamide solvate (50g) prepared according to Example 1 was slurried at a temperature of 48°-50°C, in isopropyl alcohol (380 ml) having a water content of 3.8%. After 120′ the mixture was cooled to 10°C, filtered and washed with acetone to yield 36.5g of substantially anhydrous crystalline Cefadroxil having a water content of 2.1%. HPLC assay: 95.7 % on dry basis The powder exhibits the following X-ray diffraction properties determined with a Diffractometer PW1710 with normal scanning emitting a radiation (wave length: Lambda 1.54051 Angstrom) produced with a Cu/Ni X-ray tube, 40 KV, 40 mA : EXAMPLE 3 : Cefadroxil Monomethylformamide Solvate 7-ADCA (30 g) was added to methylene chloride (450 ml), trimethylchlorosilane (28.8 g) was added and the mixture was stirred for 10′. Triethylamine (23.7 g) was then dropped over a 30′ period while temperature was allowed to reach 30°C. The mixture was stirred 2 hours at 30°C and then cooled to -10°C. Bis-trimethyl-silyl-urea (21 g) and D(-)-p-hydroxyphenylglycyl chloride hydrochloride hemidioxane solvate(45g) were added and the mixture was allowed to react at -5°C for 90′. After additional 30′ stirring at 0°C, water (115 ml) was added. The reaction mixture was stirred for 30′, the aqueous layer cooled to 5°C and diluted with monomethylformamide (240 ml). Triethylamine was added slowly over 60′ and the pH was adjusted to 5.7 at 20°C. After stirring for 2 hours the slurry was filtered, the filter cake washed with monomethylformamide/water 2:1 and then with acetone to yield, after drying at 40°C, 49 g of the title compound: K.F.: 0.9 % HPLC Assay: 79.8% on dry basis PMR: besides the peaks characteristic of Cefadroxil moiety shown in example 1, the following peaks are due to the solvent 7.98 δ [s, HCO]; 2.71 δ cis [s, NHCH₃] ¹³C-NMR: besides the peaks characteristic of Cefadroxil moiety shown in Example 1, the following peaks are due to the solvent: 27.07δ[ C H₃]; 167.6δ[H- C O]. EXAMPLE 4: Substantially anhydrous crystalline Cefadroxil Cefadroxil monomethylformamide solvate (30g) prepared according to Example 3 was slurried in 150 ml of a mixture 1:1 of methanol and isopropyl alcohol with 1% of water at 52°C. After 70′ at 52°C the mixture was cooled to 10°C, filtered and washed with acetone to yield 23.5 g of substantially anhydrous crystalline cefadroxil. K.F.: 1.8% HPLC Assay: 98.8% on dry basis The powder exhibits the same X-ray diffraction properties of the product obtained in Example 2. EXAMPLE 5 Cefadroxil Dimethylacetamide Solvate Potassium methyl Dane salt of D(-)-p-hydroxy-phenylglycine (30.3 g) was added to acetone (170 ml) and the mixture was cooled to -40°C. Ethylchlorocarbonate (11.15 g) and N-methylmorpholine (0.25 ml) were added at -40°C. The temperature was kept at -35°C for 120′ and then the mixture was cooled to -55°C. 7-ADCA (21.5g) was charged at +5°C into water (50 ml) and dimethylsuphoxide (90 ml) and triethylamine (11.3 g) were added. The obtained solution was cooled to 0°C and the suspension of mixed anhydride (at -55°C) was added to the solution of 7-ADCA. The mixture was stirred at -25°C for 60′; the temperature was raised to 0°C and HCl 37% was added slowly during 60′ to a constant pH 1.8. Methylene chloride (175 ml), was added and the mixture was stirred for 15′. The upper layer was diluted with dimethylacetamide (170 ml) and acetone (70 ml), the pH was adjusted to 6.5 at 0°C with triethylamine. The mixture was stirrred at 0°C for 2 hours. The solvate was washed with dimethylacetamide/water 2:1 and then with acetone to yield 40.5 g of the title compound after drying at 40°C. K.F.: 0.63% HPLC Assay: 69.1% on dry basis EXAMPLE 6 Cefadroxil 1-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone Solvate 7-ADCA (30 g) was reacted according to the procedure described in Example 1 using 1-methyl-2-pyrrolidone instead of dimethylacemide. Yield: 52g K.F.: 0.85% HPLC Assay: 68.7% on dry basis PMR: besides the peaks characteristic of Cefadroxil moiety shown in Example 1, the following peaks are due to the solvent 3.45 δ [t, CH₂(5)]; 2.36δ[t, CH₂(3)]; 1.98δ[q, CH₂(4)]; 2.84δ[s, N-CH₃)]. ¹³C-NMR: besides the peaks characteristic of Cefadroxil moiety shown in example 1, the following peaks are due to the solvent: 19.71δ[ C H₂(4)]; 32.27δ[N, C H₃]; 33.45δ[ C H₂(3)]; 52.97δ[ C H₂(5)]; 180.84δ[ C O (2)]. EXAMPLE 7 Substantially anhydrous crystalline Cefadroxil Cefadroxil 1-methyl-2-pyrrolidone solvate (30g) was slurried in a mixture of 110 ml isopropyl alcohol and 40 ml of methanol with 2.8% of water, kept at 45-48°C for 100′. After cooling to 10°C the mixture was filtered, the product washed with acetone and dried at 40°C. Yield: 16.5 g of substantially anhydrous cefadroxil K.F.: 1.8% HPLC Assay: 97.6 % on dry basis

Claims: Claims for the following Contracting States : AT, BE, CH, DE, FR, GB, IT, LI, LU, NL, SE Substantially anhydrous crystalline cefadroxil having a water content from 0.8% to 3.9% and the following X-ray diffraction properties: Spacing d(A) Relative Intensity 10.42 21 8.54 100 7.06 34 6.38 15 6.05 22 5.84 25 5.12 16 4.79 26 4.58 21 4.35 44 4.26 21 4.18 24 4.02 34 3.90 11 3.78 12 3.52 9 3.46 17 3.27 8 3.18 14 3.12 22 2.93 15 2.89 18 2.82 16 2.61 12 2.55 10 2.52 7 2.35 9 2.30 9 2.18 8 2.13 7 2.08 7 A method for the production of crystalline cefadroxil according to claim 1, wherein to an aqueous solution of cefadroxil just prepared from 7-ADCA there is added a solvent selected from the group consisting of dimethylacetamide, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, monomethylformamide, while controlling the pH of the solution in the range 5.5-6, to give the corresponding cefadroxil solvate which precipitates and is filtered off and which after drying is slurried with isopropyl alcohol containing either from about 2% to 4% of water or from about 0.1% to 4% of water and from 0% to about 60% of methanol, at a temperature in the range of about +45°C to +55°C, the desired cefadroxil being isolated by filtration. Claims for the following Contracting States : ES, GR A method for the production of a substantially anhydrous crystalline cefadroxil having a water content from 0.8% to 3.9% and the following X-ray diffraction properties : Spacing d(A) Relative Intensity 10.42 21 8.54 100 7.06 34 6.38 15 6.05 22 5.84 25 5.12 16 4.79 26 4.58 21 4.35 44 4.26 21 4.18 24 4.02 34 3.90 11 3.78 12 3.52 9 3.46 17 3.27 8 3.18 14 3.12 22 2.93 15 2.89 18 2.82 16 2.61 12 2.55 10 2.52 7 2.35 9 2.30 9 2.18 8 2.13 7 2.08 7 characterized in that to an aqueous solution of cefadroxil just prepared from 7-ADCA there is added a solvent selected from the group consisting of dimethylacetamide, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, monomethylformamide, while controlling the pH of the solution in the range 5.5-6, to give the corresponding cefadroxil solvate which precipitates and is filtered off and which after drying is slurried with isopropyl alcohol containing either from about 2% to 4% of water or from about 0.1% to 4% of water and from 0% to about 60% of methanol, at a temperature in the range of about + 45°C to +55°C, the desired cefadroxil being isolated by filtration.

Inventors: MARSILI, LEONARDO
Applicants: RIFAR S.R.L.
Application year: 1987
Main classification: C07D501
IPC codes: A61K31, C07D501