Patent Publication Number: US-5830908-A

Title: Crystalline hydrochloride of (R)-(-)-2-(N- 4-(1,1-dioxido-3-oxo-2,3-dihydro-benzisothiazol-2-yl-)-butyl!-aminomethyl)-chroman

Description:
The invention relates to the crystalline form of the hydrochloride of the compound (R)-(-)-2-{N- 4-(1,1-dioxido-3-oxo-2,3-dihydro-benzisothiazol-2-yl)-butyl!-aminomethyl}-chroman, processes for the preparation and the use in medicaments, in particular in medicaments having a neuroprotective action. 
     The hydrochloride of the compound (R)-(-)-2-{N- 4-(1,1-dioxido-3-oxo-2,3-dihydro-benzisothiazol-2-yl)-butyl!-aminomethyl}-chroman has the formula (I) ##STR1## and is designated below as DBCH. The compound of the formula (I) is disclosed, for example, in European Patent Specification EP 352 613 as Example 92 H and, owing to its properties as a 5-HT 1A  agonist, is proposed, inter alia, as a neuroprotective active substance in medicaments, in particular for the treatment and prevention of neuronal degenerations due to ischaemic effects, such as a stroke. 
     In the patent specification mentioned, the preparation of DBCH is also described. It is carried out in general by reacting the optically active 2-aminomethylchroman with N-4-bromobutylsaccharin in an inert solvent in the presence of a base. In this way, the compound DBCH is obtained in a crystalline modification (referred to below as modification II). The melting point is stated as 192°-194° C. 
     It has been found that modification II is metastable and undergoes partial conversion at high humidity (85% relative humidity, room temperature). For this reason, it is only of limited suitability for use in pharmaceutical formulations. 
     Surprisingly, a crystalline form of the hydrochloride of (R)-(-)-2-{N- 4-(1,1-dioxido-3-oxo-2,3-dihydro-benzisothiazol-2-yl)-butyl!-aminomethyl}chroman (referred to below as modification V), which does not have these disadvantages, has now been found. This crystalline form of DBCH is thermodynamically stable and does not undergo conversion even at high atmospheric humidity (85% relative humidity, room temperature). For this reason, it is particularly suitable for solid medicament formulations. 
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
     The crystalline form (modification V), according to the invention, of DBCH is defined by the following physicochemical parameters: 
     1. The melting point of the crystalline form according to the invention cannot be determined experimentally since a solid-solid phase transition takes place on heating at about 60° C. to give modification I (endothermic peak in DSC thermogram, FIG. 1). The heat of transition is 24 J/g. 
     2. X-Ray diffraction pattern (cf. FIG. 2): 
     
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Mod. V   Mod. V       Mod. V   Mod. V                                     
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9.7      22.5         28.4     35.1                                       
11.5     22.6         27.7     35.3                                       
12.3     23.2         29.2     35.7                                       
12.6     24.0         29.3     36.2                                       
13.4     24.4         29.8     36.4                                       
14.5     24.7         30.1     36.7                                       
15.7     24.9         31.1     37.0                                       
16.8     25.8         31.8     37.4                                       
16.9     26.0         32.6     37.6                                       
17.5     26.3         33.9                                                
18.3     26.9         34.1                                                
19.4     27.4         34.3                                                
20.4     27.9         34.7                                                
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     3. IR spectrum (FIG. 3):______________________________________Mod. V   Mod. V        Mod. V  Mod. V cm -1  !          cm -1  !   cm -1  !                                cm -1  !______________________________________621      1010          1373    2847672      1021          1408    2873680      1044          1445    2899716      1059          1458    2930731      1106          1488    2949743      1137          1585    2961752      1153          1603    2993783      1179          1690    3025800      1197          1733    3073835      1213          2389    3097849      1242          2424    3189876      1242          2448    3444897      1248          2541910      1288          2571927      1305          2673940      1320          2701987      1348          2785______________________________________ 
     4. Solid-state  13  C-NMR spectrum (FIG. 4)______________________________________Mod. V   Mod. V        Mod. V  Mod. V ppm!     ppm!          ppm!    ppm!______________________________________159      128           72      26158      126           55      25153      121           54      23137      120           50135      118           49134      117           40133      116           39130      115           27______________________________________ 
     5. FIR spectrum (cf. FIG. 5)______________________________________Mod. V cm -1  !______________________________________105121152169195224247286300335345391410420426455485______________________________________ 
     6. Raman spectrum (cf. FIG. 6)______________________________________Mod. V   Mod. V        Mod. V  Mod. V cm -1  !          cm -1  !   cm -1  !                                cm -1  !______________________________________9        644           1379    3044105      680           1394    3061119      739           1411    3082142      763           1433174      988           1462234      1016          1476286      1033          1600309      1062          1613348      1158          1736393      1181          2869419      1223          2900487      1245          2933513      1288          2963587      1307          2983595      1321          2991623      1351          3028______________________________________ 
    
    
     The modification V differs substantially from the modification II in its physicochemical parameters DSC melting behaviour, X-ray diffraction pattern, IR spectrum, solid-state  13  C-NMR spectrum, FIR spectrum and Raman spectrum (cf. FIGS. 1 to 6)). The melting point of the modification II is 195° C. (DSC, heating rate 10K/minute). 
     The preparation of the crystalline form according to the invention (modification V of DBCH) is carried out in general by suspending DBCH of modification II in water or inert organic substances, for example lower alcohols, ketones or alkanes, until the desired degree of transformation is reached, particularly preferably until quantitative transformation into modification V. As a rule, this transition takes place at temperatures of 0° C. to 35° C., preferably at 30° C. The resulting crystals of modification V are separated off and, in order to remove solvent present, are dried at room temperature in vacuo or at elevated temperature until the weight remains constant. 
     The crystalline modification V, according to the invention, of DBCH can be converted in a known manner into the customary formulations, formulations in which the crystalline active substance is present in solid form, such as, for example, tablets, sugar-coated tablets, pills, granular aerosols, suppositories and suspensions, being suitable. Here, the active substance is converted into the suitable formulation using inert nontoxic pharmaceutically suitable excipients and carriers. 
     EXPERIMENTAL PART 
     Preparation of seed crystals of modification V 
     0.5 g of DBCH of modification II is suspended in 8 ml of acetone:methanol (7:1) and stirred for 5 days at room temperature. The residue is filtered off and is dried at room temperature in vacuo until the weight remains constant. The IR spectrum is recorded in order to check for quantitative transformation. 
     Preparation of modification II 
     The active substance in the form of modification II is obtained in the synthesis of the active substance by the addition of about 1.5 mol equivalents of hydrochloric acid Modification II is precipitated from ethanol at about 5°-50° C., filtered off, then washed with ethanol and dried in vacuo at 95°-100° C. 
     EXAMPLES 
     Example 1 
     0.5 g of DBCH of modification II is suspended in 7 ml of acetone:ethanol (6:1). The suspension is seeded with the modification V and stirred for 5 days at 0° C. The residue is filtered off and is dried at room temperature in vacuo until the weight remains constant. The DSC thermogram is recorded in order to check for quantitative transition. 
     Example 2 
     0.5 g of DBCH of modification II is suspended in 6 ml of acetone:ethanol (2:1). The suspension is seeded with the modification V and stirred for 5 days at room temperature. The residue is filtered off and is dried at room temperature in vacuo until the weight remains constant. The IR spectrum is recorded in order to check for quantitative transition. 
     Example 3 
     1.7 g of DBCH of modification II are suspended in 14 ml of acetone:ethanol (6:1). The suspension is seeded with the modification V and stirred for 6 days at room temperature. The residue is filtered off and is dried at room temperature in vacuo until the weight remains constant. The X-ray diffraction pattern is recorded in order to check for quantitative transition. 
     Example 4 
     0.4 g of DBCH of modification II is suspended in 7 ml of acetone:ethanol (6:1). The suspension is seeded with the modification V and stirred for one week at 30° C. The residue is filtered off and is dried at room temperature in vacuo until the weight remains constant. The DSC thermogram is recorded in order to check for quantitative transformation. 
     Example 5 
     0.5 g of DBCH of modification II is suspended in 10 ml of iso-propanol. The suspension is seeded with the modification V and stirred for 6 h at room temperature. The residue is filtered off and is dried at room temperature in vacuo until the weight remains constant. The DSC thermogram is recorded in order to check for quantitative transition.