Patent Application: US-28565594-A

Abstract:
a method for preparing - calanolide a , 1 , a potent hiv reverse transcriptase inhibitor , from chromene 4 is provided . useful intermediates for preparing - calanolide a and its derivatives are also provided . according to the disclosed method , chromene 4 intermediate was reacted with acetaldehyde diethyl acetal in the presence of an acid catalyst with heating to produce chromanone 7 . reduction of chromene 7 with sodium borohydride , in the presence of cerium trichloride , produced - calanolide a , which was purified chromatographically .

Description:
all chemical reagents and solvents referred to herein are readily available from a number of commercial sources including aldrich chemical co . or fischer scientific . nmr spectra were run on a hitachi 60 mhz r - 1200 nmr spectrometer or a varian vx - 300 nmr spectrometer . ir spectra were obtained using a midac m series ft - ir instrument . mass spectral data were obtained using a finnegan mat 90 mass spectrometer . all melting points are corrected . according to the method of the present invention , chromene 4 is a key intermediate in the preparation of (+)- calanolide a , 1 . a preferred method for synthesizing chromene 4 from 5 , 7 - dihydroxy - 4 - propylcoumarin , 2 , is shown in scheme i . according to this synthetic scheme , 5 , 7 - dihydroxy - 4 - propylcoumarin , 2 , 5 was prepared quantitatively from ethyl butyrylacetate and phloroglucinol under pechman conditions . 6 in conducting this reaction , a volume of a concentrated acid is added in a dropwise manner to a stirring mixture of ethyl butyrylacetate and phloroglucinol with a mole ratio ranging between about 3 : 1 and about 1 : 3 , with a preferable range being about 0 . 9 : 1 . 0 . the dropwise addition of an acid was conducted at a rate such that the temperature of the reaction mixture is maintained at a temperature ranging between about 0 ° c . and about 120 ° c ., preferably about 90 ° c . suitable , but not limiting , examples of concentrated acid include sulfuric acid , trifluoroacetic acid , and methanesulfonic acid . in practicing this invention , concentrated sulfuric acid is particularly preferred . as the product yield and purity appears to be dependent on the amount of concentrated sulfuric acid used , it is preferred that the amount of concentrated sulfuric acid range between about 0 . 5 and 10 mole , most preferably ranging between about 2 and about 3 . 5 mole , per mole of ethyl butyrylacetate . the reaction mixture is then heated to a temperature ranging between about 40 ° c . and about 150 ° c ., preferably about 90 ° c ., until the reaction reaches completion as determined by tlc analysis . the reaction mixture is then poured onto ice and the precipitated product is collected by filtration and dissolved in an organic solvent . suitable , but non - limiting , examples of organic solvents include ethyl acetate , chloroform , and tetrahydrofuran . a preferred solvent is ethyl acetate . the resulting solution is then washed with brine and dried over a suitable drying agent , e . g ., sodium sulfate . the yields of this reaction are generally quantitative . thereafter , 5 , 7 - dihydroxy - 8 - propionyl - 4 - propylcoumarin , 3 , was prepared by selectively acylating the 8 - position of 5 , 7 - dihydroxy - 4 - propylcoumarin , 2 , with propionyl chloride in the presence of a lewis acid catalyst . in conducting this reaction , a solution of propionyl chloride in a suitable solvent , e . g ., carbon disulfide , was added in a dropwise manner to a vigorously stirred solution of 5 , 7 - dihydroxy - 4 - propylcoumarin , 2 , a lewis acid and an organic solvent cooled in an ice bath . dropwise addition of propionyl chloride is conducted such that the temperature of the reaction mixture is maintained at a temperature ranging between 0 ° c ., and about 30 ° c ., preferably between about 8 ° c . and 10 ° c . in practicing the invention , the amount of propionyl chloride used generally ranges between about 0 . 5 moles and about 6 moles , preferably ranging between about 1 mole and about 2 moles , per mole of 5 , 7 - dihydroxy - 4 - propylcoumarin , 2 . non - limiting examples of lewis acid catalysts useful in the acylation reaction include alcl 3 , sncl 4 , zncl 2 and ticl 4 . a preferred lewis acid catalyst is alcl 3 . the amount of lewis acid catalyst relative to 5 , 7 - dihydroxy - 4 - propylcoumarin , 2 , ranges between about 0 . 5 and about 12 moles , preferably ranging between about 2 and about 5 moles , per mole of 5 , 7 - dihydroxy - 4 - propylcoumarin , 2 . non - limiting examples of organic solvent for use in preparing the 5 , 7 - dihydroxy - 4 - propylcoumarin , 2 , solution include nitrobenzene or toluene and mixtures thereof . a preferred organic solvent for use in this invention is nitrobenzene . upon completion of the addition of propionyl chloride , the vigorously stirred reaction mixture is maintained at a temperature ranging between about 0 ° c . and about 120 ° c ., preferably ranging between about 25 ° c . and 80 ° c ., until the reaction reaches completion as monitored by conventional means such as tlc analysis . the reaction mixture is then poured onto ice and extracted several times with a suitable solvent such as ethyl acetate , chloroform , methylene chloride , tetrahydrofuran , or a mixture of chloroform / methanol . a preferred solvent for this extraction is ethyl acetate . the extracts are then dried over a suitable drying agent , e . g ., sodium sulfate , and the product may be purified by conventional means such as silica gel column chromatography . the yields of 5 , 7 - dihydroxy - 8 - propionyl - 4 - propylcoumarin , 3 , produced by the above described reaction are generally quantitative . a route developed for the synthesis of mammea coumarins was initially attempted for the preparation of compound 3 , but it proved too awkward and low - yielding . 7 thereafter , chromene 4 was prepared by introducing the chromene ring into 5 , 7 - dihydroxy - 8 - propionyl - 4 - propylcoumarin , 3 , using 4 , 4 - dimethoxy - 2 - methylbutan - 2 - ol . according to the method of the present invention , a solution of 5 , 7 - dihydroxy - 8 - propionyl - 4 - propylcoumarin , 3 , and 4 , 4 - dimethoxy - 2 - methylbutan - 2 - ol in a suitable organic solvent was reacted at a temperature ranging between about 40 ° c . and about 180 ° c ., preferably ranging between about 100 ° c . and about 120 ° c ., until the reaction reached completion as determined by conventional means such as tlc analysis . in practicing this invention , the amount of 4 , 4 - dimethoxy - 2 - methylbutan - 2 - ol employed in the reaction generally ranges between about 0 . 5 and about 8 moles , preferably ranging between about 2 and about 4 moles , per mole of 5 , 7 - dihydroxy - 8 - propionyl - 4 - propylcoumarin , 3 . suitable , but non - limiting examples of organic solvents include pyridine , n , n - diethylaniline , and triethylamine . a preferred solvent for use in this invention is pyridine . upon completion of the reaction , the solvent is removed under reduced pressure and the reaction product is dissolved in a suitable solvent , e . g ., ethyl acetate . the solution is then washed sequentially with water and brine and dried over a suitable drying agent , e . g ., sodium sulfate . thereafter , the crude chromene 4 product can be purified by conventional means such as silica gel column chromatography using 25 % ethyl acetate / hexane as the elution solvent . the yields of chromene 4 generally fall within the range of about 60 % and about 85 %, usually resulting in about 78 % yield . thereafter , chromanone 7 may be produced by reacting a solution of chromene 4 , acetaldehyde diethylacetal , and an acid catalyst in organic solvent at a temperature ranging between about 60 ° c . and about 140 ° c ., preferably about 140 ° c ., until the reaction is completed . the amount of acetaldehyde diethylacetal used in the reaction generally ranges between about 0 . 5 and about 10 moles , preferably ranging between about 3 and about 5 moles , per mole of chromene 4 . suitable , but non - limiting , examples of acid catalysts include pyridinium toslylate , trifluoroacetic acid , methanesulfonic acid , acetic acid , pyridinium hydrofluoride , pyridinium trifluoroacetate , and mixtures thereof . a preferred acid catalyst for the use in this invention is trifluoroacetic acid . the amount of acid catalyst used generally ranges between about 2 and about 25 moles , preferably ranging between about 17 and about 22 moles , per mole of chromene 4 . finally , mild selective borohydride reduction of chromene 7 in the presence of cecl 3 ( h 2 o ) 7 produced (±)- calanolide a with the desired stereochemical arrangement . in conducting the reduction reaction , a solution of chromene 7 was added dropwise into a solution of sodium borohydride and cecl 3 ( h 2 o ) 7 in ethanol . the rate of addition is such that the reaction mixture temperature is maintained within a range of between about - 40 ° c . and about 60 ° c ., preferably ranging between about 10 ° c . and about 30 ° c . thereafter , the reaction mixture was stirred at a temperature ranging between about - 40 ° c . and about 60 ° c . in general , the amount of cecl 3 ( h 2 p ) 7 present in the reaction mixture ranged between about 0 . 1 and about 2 mole , preferably ranging between about 0 . 5 and about 1 mole , per mole of sodium borohydride . in addition , the amount of sodium borohydride employed in the reaction generally ranged between about 0 . 1 and about 12 mole , preferably ranging between about 2 and about 4 moles , per mole of chromanone 7 . suitable , but non - limiting , examples of reducing agents include lialh 4 , ( i - bu ) 2 alh , ( n - bu ) 3 snh , 9 - bbn , and enzymes such as baker yeast . suitable , but non - limiting , examples of metal additives include zncl 2 , alcl 3 , ticl 4 , sncl 3 , and lncl 3 . thereafter , the reduction mixture was diluted with water and extracted with a suitable solvent , e . g ., ethyl acetate . the extract was dried over a suitable drying agent , e . g ., sodium sulfate , and concentrated . the resulting residue was then purified by conventional means such as silica gel chromatography , using ethyl acetate / hexane solvent mixtures . thus , (±)- calanolide a , 1 , was successfully prepared with the desired stereochemical arrangement by treatment of the key intermediate chromene 4 with acetaldehyde diethyl acetal in the presence of trifluoroacetic acid and pyridine to produce chromanone 7 , followed by luche reduction via chromanone 7 ( see scheme ii ). an alternative route for preparing (±)- calanolide a from chromene 4 was attempted . a robinson - kostanecki reaction on 4 was conducted with sodium acetate in refluxing acetic anhydride and produced enone 5 in a 65 - 70 % yield ( see scheme ii ). enone 5 , however , failed to afford (±)- calanolide a when being reduced with borohydride reagents , presumably because attack at the pyrone and ring opening occurred preferentially . treatment of compound 5 with baker &# 39 ; s yeast also resulted in coumarin ring cleavage while tri - n - butyltin hydride reduced enone 5 into enol 6 in a modest yield . the following examples are illustrative and do not serve to limit the scope of the invention as claimed . nmr spectra were run either on a hitachi 60 mhz r - 1200 nmrspectrometer or a varian vx - 300 nmr spectrometer . lr spectra were obtained using a midac m series ft - ir instrument . mass spectra were obtained using a finnegan mat 90 mass spectrometer . all melting points are corrected . concentrated sulfuric acid ( 200 ml ) was added into a mixture of phloroglucinol dihydrate ( 150 g , 0 . 926 mol ) and ethyl butyrylacetate ( 161 g , 1 . 02 mol ). the resulting mixture was stirred at 90 ° c . for two hours whereupon it was poured onto ice . the solid product was collected by filtration , and then dissolved in ethyl acetate . the solution was washed with brine and dried over na 2 so 4 . after removal of the solvent in vacuo , the residue was triturated with hexane to provide essentially pure compound 2 ( 203 g ) in quantitative yield , mp 233 °- 235 ° c . ( lit . 5 236 °- 238 ° c .). 1 h - nmr 5 ( dmso - d 6 ) δ 0 . 95 ( 3h , t , j = 6 . 9 hz , ch 3 ); 1 . 63 ( 2h , apparent hextet , j = 7 . 0 hz , ch 2 ); 2 . 89 ( 2h , t , j = 7 . 5 hz , ch 2 ); 5 . 85 ( 1h , s , h 3 ); 6 . 22 ( 1h , d , j = 2 . 0 hz , h 6 ); 6 . 31 ( 1h , d , j = 2 . 0 hz , h 8 ); 10 . 27 ( 1h , s , oh ); 10 . 58 ( 1h , s , oh ); ms ( ei ): 220 ( 100 , m +); 205 ( 37 . 9 , m - ch 3 ); 192 ( 65 . 8 , m - c 2 h 4 ); 177 ( 24 . 8 , m - c 3 h 7 ); 164 ( 60 . 9 , m - chco 2 + 1 ); 163 ( 59 . 6 , m - chco 2 ); ir ( kbr ): 3210 ( vs and broad , oh ); 1649 ( vs , sh ); 1617 ( vs , sh ); 1554 ( s ) cm - 1 ; anal . calc . for c 12 h 24 o 4 : c , 65 . 45 ; h , 5 . 49 ; found : c , 65 . 61 ; h , 5 . 44 . a three - neck flask ( 500 ml ) equipped with an efficient mechanical stirrer , thermometer and addition funnel was charged with 5 , 7 - dihydroxy - 4 - propylcoumafin , 2 , ( 25 . 0 g , 0 . 113 tool ), aluminum chloride ( 62 . 1 g ; 0 . 466 tool ), and nitrobenzene ( 150 ml ) and the mixture was stirred until a solution was obtained , which was cooled to 0 ° c . in an ice bath . a solution of propionyl chloride ( 15 . 2 g ; 0 . 165 mol ) in carbon disulfide ( 50 ml ) was added dropwise at such a rate that the reaction temperature was maintained at 8 °- 10 ° c . addition was completed over a period of 1 hour with vigorous stirring . the reaction was monitored by tlc using a mobile phase of 50 % ethyl acetate / hexane . after three hours , an additional portion of propionyl chloride ( 2 . 10 g ; 0 . 0227 tool ) in carbon disulfide ( 10 ml ) was added . immediately after the tlc analysis indicated the total consumption of starting material , the reaction mixture was poured onto ice , and allowed to stand overnight . the nitrobenzene was removed by steam distillation , and the remaining solution was extracted several times with ethyl acetate . the extracts were combined and dried over na 2 so 4 . the crude product obtained by evaporation in vacuo was purified by chromatography on a silica gel column eluting with 50 % ether / hexane to provide the desired propionylated coumarin 3 , mp ( corr ) 244 °- 246 ° c . 1 h - nmr ( dmso - d 6 ) δ 0 . 96 ( 3h , t , j = 7 . 3 hz , ch 3 ); 1 . 10 ( 3h , t , j = 7 . 2 hz , ch 3 ); 1 . 60 ( 2h , m , ch 2 ); 2 . 88 ( 2h , t , j = 7 . 7 hz , ch 2 ); 3 . 04 ( 2h , q , j = 7 . 2 hz , ch 2 ); 5 . 95 ( 1h , s , h 3 ); 6 . 31 ( 1h , s , h 6 ); 11 . 07 ( 1h , s , oh ); 11 . 50 ( 1h , s , oh ); ms ( ei ): 277 ( 6 . 6 , m + 1 ); 276 ( 9 . 0 , m +); 247 ( 100 , m - c 2 h 5 ); ir ( kbr ): 3239 ( s and broad , oh ); 1693 ( s , c ═ o ), 1625 and 1593 ( s ) cm - 1 ; anal . calc . for c 15 h 16 o 5 : 65 . 21 ; h , 5 . 84 ; found : c , 64 . 92 ; h , 5 . 83 . the isomer assignment was made by analogy to precedent . 7 a mixture of 3 ( 2 . 60 g , 9 . 42 mmol ) and 4 , 4 - dimethoxy - 2 - methylbutan - 2 - ol ( 5 . 54 g , 37 . 7 retool ) were dissolved in anhydrous pyridine ( 6 . 5 ml ). the mixture was refluxed under nitrogen for three days . after removal of the solvent in vacuo , the residue was dissolved in ethyl acetate . the ethyl acetate was washed several times with 1n hcl and brine . it was then dried over na 2 so 4 . the crude product obtained by evaporation in vacuo was purified by silica gel column chromatography , eluting with 25 % ethyl acetate / hexane to afford 2 . 55 g of 4 in 78 . 6 % yield , mp 96 °- 98 ° c . 1 h - nmr ( cdcl 3 ) δ 1 . 05 ( 3h , t , j = 7 . 3 hz , ch 3 ); 1 . 22 ( 3h , t , j = 7 . 5 hz , ch 3 ); 1 . 53 ( 6h , s , 2 ch 3 ); 1 . 75 ( 2h , m , ch 2 ); 2 . 92 ( 2h , t , j = 7 . 1 hz , ch 2 ); 3 . 35 ( 2h , q , j = 7 . 1 hz , ch 2 ); 5 . 56 ( 1h , d , j = 10 . 0 hz , h 3 ); 5 . 98 ( 1h , s , h 9 ); 6 . 72 ( 1h , d , j = 10 . 0 hz , h 4 ); ms ( ei ): 343 ( 5 . 7 , m + 1 ); 342 ( 22 . 5 , m +); 327 ( 100 , m - ch 3 ); ir ( kbr ): 1728 ( vs , c ═ o ) cm - 1 ; anal . calc . for c 20 h 22 o 5 : 70 . 16 ; h , 6 . 48 ; found : c , 70 . 45 ; h , 6 . 92 . a mixture of 4 ( 1 . 76 g , 5 . 11 mmol ) and sodium acetate ( 0 . 419 g , 5 . 11 mmol ) in acetic anhydride ( 12 ml ) were refluxed for 10 hours whereupon the solvent was removed in vacuo . the residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography , eluting first with 25 % ethyl acetate / hexane followed by 50 % ethyl acetate / hexane to provide 1 . 16 g of enone 5 ( 62 % yield ) as a white solid , mp 209 °- 209 . 5 ° c . 1 h - nmr ( cdcl 3 ) δ 1 . 05 ( 3h , t , j = 6 . 6 hz , ch 3 ); 1 . 56 ( 6h , s , 2 ch 3 ); 1 . 73 ( 2h , m , ch 2 ); 1 . 98 ( 3h , s , ch 3 ); 2 . 38 ( 3h , s , ch 3 ); 2 . 91 ( 2h , t , j = 7 . 5 hz , ch 2 ); 5 . 69 ( 1h , d , j = 10 . 0 hz , h 7 ); 6 . 11 ( 1h , s , h 3 ); 6 . 71 ( 1h , d , j = 10 hz , h 8 ); ms ( ei ): 366 ( 29 . 6 , m +); 351 ( 100 , m - ch 3 ); 323 ( 16 . 5 , m - c 3 h 7 ); ir ( kbr ): 1734 ( vs , c ═ o ), 1657 , 1640 , 1610 , and 1562 cm - 1 ; anal . calc . for c 22 h 222 o 5 : 72 . 12 ; h , 6 . 05 ; found : c , 72 . 14 ; h , 6 . 15 . a mixture of enone 5 ( 160 mg , 0 . 437 mmol ) and tri - n - butyltin hydride ( 0 . 318 g , 1 . 09 mmol ) in dry dioxane ( 2 . 0 ml ) was refluxed under nitrogen for 12 hours . the solvent was then removed in vacuo and the residue was purified by preparative tlc using 25 % ethyl acetate in hexane as the mobile phase . the product exhibited an r f of about 0 . 4 . enol 6 ( 13 . 3 rag , 8 %) was isolated as an oil from the plate by ethyl acetate elution . this elution may have been inefficient , and the actual yield higher , as indicated by analytical tlc of the crude product . 1 h - nmr ( cdcl 3 ) δ 0 . 92 ( 3h , t , j = 6 . 0 hz , ch 3 ); 1 . 26 ( 3h , s , ch 3 ); 1 . 39 ( 3h , s , ch 3 ); 1 . 63 ( 2h , m , ch 2 ); 1 . 96 ( 3h , s , ch 3 ); 2 . 36 ( 3h , s , ch 3 ); 2 . 45 ( 2h , t , j = 6 . 0 hz , ch 2 ); 3 . 65 ( 1h , s , h 12 ); 5 . 51 ( 1h , d , j = 10 . 0 hz , h 7 ); 6 . 06 ( 1h , s , h 3 ); 6 . 67 ( 1h , d , j = 10 . 0 hz , h 8 ); 13 . 25 ( 1h , br s , oh ); ms ( ei ): 369 ( 3 . 8 , m + 1 ), 368 ( 4 . 4 , m +), 367 ( 8 . 3 , m - 1 ) 366 ( 28 . 4 , m - 2 ), 351 ( 100 , m - oh ); ir ( kbr ): 1651 ( s ), 1589 ( m ) cm - 1 . a solution containing chromene 4 ( 344 mg , 1 . 0 mmol ), acetaldehyde diethylacetal ( 473 rag , 4 . 0 mmol ), trifluoroacetic acid ( 1 . 5 ml , 19 . 4 mmol ) and anhydrous pyridine ( 0 . 7 ml ) was heated at 140 ° c . under n 2 . the reaction was monitored by tlc analysis . after 4 hours , the reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature , diluted with ethyl acetate and washed several times with 10 % aqueous nahco 3 and brine . the organic layer was separated and dried over na 2 so 4 . the solvent was removed in vacuo and the crude product was purified by silica gel column chromatography eluting with ethyl acetate / hexane ( 2 : 3 ). chromanone 7 ( 110 rag , 30 % yield ) was obtained . 1 h - nmr 5 ( cdcl 3 ) δ 1 . 02 ( 3h , t , j = 7 . 5 hz , ch 3 ); 1 . 21 ( 3h , d , j = 6 . 8 hz , ch 3 ); 1 . 51 ( 3h , d , j = 7 . 0 hz , ch 3 ); 1 . 55 ( 6h , 2s , 2 ch 3 ); 1 . 63 ( 2h , sextet , j = 7 . 0 hz , ch 2 ); 2 . 55 ( 1h , dq , j = 6 . 9 hz , j = 11 . 0 hz , h 11 ); 2 . 88 ( 2h , t , j = 7 . 6 hz , ch 2 ); 4 . 28 ( 1h , dq , j = 6 . 3 hz , j = 11 . 0 hz , h 10 ); 5 . 60 ( 1h , d , j = 9 . 9 hz , h 8 ); 6 . 04 ( 1h , s , h 3 ); 6 . 65 ( 1h , d , j = 11 . 8 hz , h 7 ); ms ( ci ): 369 ( 100 , m + 1 ). to a solution ofchromanone 7 ( 11 mg , 0 . 03 mmol ) in etoh ( 0 . 4 ml ) was added sodium borohydride ( 2 . 26 g , 0 . 06 mmol ) and cecl 3 ( h 2 o ) 7 ( 11 . 2 mg , 0 . 03 mmol ) in etoh ( 5 ml ) at room temperature . after stirring for 45 minutes , the mixture was diluted with h 2 o and extracted with ethyl acetate . the organic layer was dried over na 2 so 4 and concentrated . the crude product was purified by preparative tlc eluting with ethyl acetate / hexane ( 1 : 1 ) to afford (±)- calanolide a ( 1 ) ( 10 . 5 rag , 94 %). 1 h - nmr 3 ( cdcl 3 ) δ 1 . 04 ( 3h , t , j = 7 . 4 hz , ch 3 ); 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