Patent Application: US-78286691-A

Abstract:
conformationally constrained tricyclic thienothiopyran compounds are topically effective carbonic anhydrase inhibitors useful in the treatment of ocular hypertension and glaucoma associated therewith .

Description:
the novel compounds prepared according to the present invention have the structural formula ## str2 ## having a cis configuration at the α - and β - carbons , the enantiomers and mixtures thereof or an opthalmologically acceptable salt thereof wherein : r 1 , r 2 , r 3 , r 4 , and r 6 are h or straight or branched chain c 1 - 6 alkyl , preferred compounds of the present invention are those wherein r 1 , r 2 , r 3 , r 4 , and r 6 are independently h or c 1 - 6 alkyl , and r 5 is h , c 1 - 6 alkyl or c 1 - 6 alkyl substituted by hydroxy , alkoxy , hydroxyalkoxy , alkoxyalkoxy , alkylamino , alkoxyalkylamino , alkyl -- s ( o ) m --, hydroxy -- c 1 - 3 alkyl -- s ( o ) m c 1 - 3 alkyl -- s ( o ) m -- c 1 - 3 alkyl -- s ( o ) m --, c 1 - 3 alkyl -- o -- c 1 - 3 alkyl -- s ( o ) m --, c 1 - 3 alkyl -- s ( o ) m -- c 1 - 3 alkyl -- o --, or c 2 - 6 alkenyl , and m is independently 0 , 1 or 2 . the compounds of the present invention are prepared by reacting 2 - methylene - 4 - ethoxycarbonylbutyric acid , or an r 1 , r 2 , r 3 , r 4 - substituted derivative thereof with 2 - mercaptothiophene . the reaction is carried out in triethylamine at reflux temperature for a period of from 2 to about 36 hours after which the reaction mixture is cooled and poured into mineral acid , preferably hcl . the aqueous layer is extracted with a polar solvent such as , for example , ethyl acetate ( etoac ), and the organic extracts are backwashed with saturated nacl . the dried extracts are conveniently purified by chromatography to yield the product of formula 1 . ## str3 ## thionyl chloride is added to the product of formula 1 in a polar solvent such as , for example methylene chloride with mixing for a period of from about 1 hour to about 10 hours . the mixture is then cooled and sncl 4 is added with stirring for an extended period of from about 10 to about 40 hours . the mixture then is added to water and the aqueous layer extracted with a polar solvent such as , for example , etoac . the organic extracts are backwashed with saturated nahco 3 , dried , filtered and concentrated to dryness to yield the compound of formula 2 . to a solution of compound 2 in polar solvent such as , for example , a mixture of tetrahydrofuran ( thf ) and toluene , there is added 4 - methoxybenzylamine . titanium tetrachloride is added and the resulting mixture is stirred for from a few minutes to about 4 hours , preferably from about 0 . 5 hour to about 2 hours , then added to a cold stirred suspension of nabh 4 in an alkanol , preferably ethanol . the resulting mixture is stirred for from a few minutes to about 4 hours , preferably from about 0 . 5 hour to about 2 hours , and acidified to ph 1 with mineral acid , preferably hcl . the solvent is removed , preferably in vacuo and the residue is partioned between etoac and saturated nahco 3 solution . the etoac layer is separated , dried and concentrated to dryness to yield the compound of formula 3 . a solution of ( ch 3 ) 3 al in a polar solvent , preferably toluene , is added to a stirred solution of compound 3 at lowered temperature , preferably about 0 ° under an inert atmosphere . the reaction mixture is brought to ambient temperature , heated at reflux for about 1 hour to about 6 hours , then cooled to about 0 ° and then treated with mineral acid , preferably hcl . it is diluted with h 2 o and etoac . the layers are separated and the organic phase is washed with h 2 o , brine , dried and concentrated to dryness to yield the compound of formula 4 . a solution of oxone ® is added to a stirred solution of the compound of formula 4 . after stirring for from about 0 . 5 hour to about 4 hours , the reaction mixture is extracted with a polar solvent such as , for example , etoac . the organic layer is washed with aqueous sodium bisulfite solution , brine , dried and concentrated to dryness to yield the compound of formula 5 . a solution of the compound of formula 5 and borane dimethylsulfide in thf is heated at reflux for from about 0 . 5 hour to about 4 hours . the solvent is removed and the residue is heated with mineral acid , preferably hcl for from about 5 minutes to about 2 hours . the cooled mixture is then neutralized with aqueous nahco 3 solution and extracted with a polar solvent , preferably etoac . the organic extract is dried , filtered and concentrated to dryness to yield the compound of formula 6 . a solution of n - butyl lithium in a nonpolar solvent such as , for instance , hexane is added to a stirred solution of the compound of formula 6 in thf at a lowered temperature , preferably - 78 ° c . after stirring for from about 0 . 5 hour to about 4 hours , so 2 is introduced over the surface of the reaction mixture for from a few minutes to about 1 hour . the reaction mixture is stirred about an additional 1 / 4 hour at this temperature and allowed to warm to room temperature . the solvent is removed under reduced pressure and the residue is dissolved in a solution of naoac • 3h 2 o in h 2 o at about 0 ° c . hydroxylamine - o - sulfonic acid is added and the mixture is stirred overnight at about room temperature . the mixture is treated with a solution of saturated nahco 3 , diluted with h 2 o and extracted with etoac . the organic extracts are washed with brine , dried , filtered and concentrated to dryness to yield the compound of formula 7 . a solution of ( nh 4 ) 2 ce ( no 3 ) 6 in h 2 o is added to a solution of the compound of formula 7 in ch 3 cn . after stirring for about 24 hours at about room temperature , the ch 3 cn is removed under reduced pressure . the residue is diluted with h 2 o , adjusted to ph 8 - 9 with aqueous nh 3 and extracted with etoac ( 3 ×). the organic extracts are washed with brine , dried , filtered and concentrated to dryness to yield the compound of formula 8 . compounds of formula 7 and 8 wherein r 5 is other than h are prepared by adding lithium bis ( trimethylsilyl ) amide in hexane to a compound of formula 6 followed by addition of a compound of formula r 5 x wherein r 5 has the meaning defined previously and x is halide , preferably iodide . the reaction mixture is allowed to warm to about room temperature and stirred overnight . the solvent is removed , preferably under reduced pressure , and the residue is taken up in h 2 o and a polar solvent such as , for example , etoac . the extracts are washed with brine , dried , filtered and concentrated to dryness to yield the r 5 derivative . treatment of this derivative according to the procedure of step g of example 1 yields the sulfonamide of formula 7 . the p - methoxybenzyl group is removed following the procedure of example 2 . compounds of formula 8 wherein r 6 is other than h are prepared by heating a compound of formula 8 with r 6 cocl and borane dimethylsulfide in thf at reflux for from about 0 . 5 hour to about 4 hours . the solvent is removed and the residue is heated with mineral acid , preferably hcl for from about 5 minutes to about 2 hours . the cooled mixture is then neutralized with aqueous nahco 3 solution and extracted with a polar solvent , preferably etoac . the organic extract is dried , filtered and concentrated to dryness to yield the desired n - substituted compound . the following examples illustrate the present invention without , however , limiting the same thereto . all temperatures are indicated in degrees celsius . under n 2 , a mixture of 2 - methylene - 4 - ethoxycarbonylbutyric acid ( 17 g , 0 . 09 mol ), triethylamine ( 4 . 3 g , 0 . 04 mol ) in thf ( 120 ml ) and 2 - mercaptothiophene ( 11 g , 0 . 095 mol ) was heated at reflux . after 24 hours the reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and poured into 3n hcl ( 400 ml ). the aqueous layer was extracted with etoac ( 3 ×) and the combined organic extracts were backwashed with saturated nacl , dried , filtered and concentrated to dryness . the residue was chromatographed on a still column and the product eluted with 15 % ch 3 oh - chcl 3 saturated with nh 3 to yield 14 g of 1 wherein r 1 , r 2 , r 3 and r 4 are each h . under n 2 , thionyl chloride ( 5 . 5 g , 0 . 043 mol ) was added dropwise to a solution of 1 ( 11 . 5 g , 0 . 04 mol ) in dmf ( 4 drops ) and methylene chloride ( 100 ml ). after the addition , the solution was stirred at room temperature for 4 . 5 hours . the mixture was then cooled to - 10 ° and sncl 4 ( 5 . 3 g , 0 . 02 mol ) was added dropwise . after the addition the reaction was allowed to stir at room temperature for 28 hours . the mixture was then added to h 2 o and the aqueous layer extracted with etoac ( 3 ×). the organic extracts were backwashed with saturated nahco 3 , dried , filtered and concentrated to dryness to yield 10 . 5 g ( 97 %) of 2 wherein r 1 , r 2 , r 3 and r 4 are each h . to a solution of 2 ( 10 . 4 g , 0 . 039 mol ) in thf ( 110 ml ) and toluene ( 110 ml ) at 0 ° is added 4 - methoxybenzylamine ( 25 . 5 ml , 26 . 8 g , 0 . 195 mol ). titanium tetrachloride ( 2 . 2 ml , 3 . 8 g , 0 . 02 mol ) is added to the cold solution and the resulting mixture is stirred for 0 . 75 - 1 hour . the mixture is added to a cold ( 0 °) stirred suspension of nabh 4 ( 4 . 5 g , 0 . 12 mol ) in etoh ( 900 ml ). the resulting mixture is stirred for about 1 hour and acidified to ph 1 with 3n hcl . the solvent is removed in vacuo and the residue partitioned between etoac and saturated nahco 3 solution . the etoac layer is separated , dried and concentrated to dryness to yield 3 wherein r 1 , r 2 , r 3 and r 4 are each h . a solution of ( ch 3 ) 3 al in toluene ( 23 ml , 2m , 0 . 046 mol ) is added to a stirred solution of compound 3 ( 8 . 9 g , 0 . 023 mol ) in toluene ( 575 ml ) at 0 ° c . under n 2 . the reaction mixture is brought to ambient temperature and then heated at reflux for 4 hours . the reaction mixture is cooled in an ice bath and treated with 3n hcl ( 100 ml ) and diluted with h 2 o ( 500 ml ) and etoac ( 500 ml ). the layers are separated and the organic phase is washed with h 2 o , brine , dried , and concentrated to dryness to yield 4 wherein r 1 , r 2 , r 3 , and r 4 are each h . a solution of oxone ® ( 0 . 83 g , 0 . 0014 mol ) in h 2 o ( 12 ml ) is added to a stirred solution of 4 ( 0 . 15 g , 0 . 00045 mol ) in ch 3 oh ( 6 ml ). after stirring for 2 hours , the reaction mixture is extracted with etoac . the organic layer is washed with 10 % aqueous sodium bisulfite solution , brine , dried and concentrated to dryness to yield 5 wherein r 1 , r 2 , r 3 , and r 4 are each h . a solution of 5 ( 1 . 1 g , 0 . 0028 mol ) and borane dimethylsulfide ( 0 . 84 ml , 10m in thf , 0 . 0084 mol ) in thf ( 10 ml ) is heated at reflux for 2 hours . the solvent is removed and the residue is heated with 6n hcl ( 10 ml ) for 20 minutes . the cooled mixture is then neutralized with aqueous nahco 3 solution and extracted with etoac . the organic extract is dried , filtered and concentrated to dryness to yield 6 wherein r 1 , r 2 , r 3 , and r 4 are each h . a solution of n - butyl lithium in hexane ( 8 ml , 2 . 5m , 0 . 02 mol ) is added to a stirred solution of 6 ( 6 . 2 g , 0 . 017 ml ) in thf ( 150 ml ) at - 78 ° c . after stirring for 2 hours , so 2 is introduced over the surface of the reaction mixture for 20 minutes . the reaction mixture is stirred an additional 1 / 4 hour at this temperature and allowed to warm to room temperature . the solvent is removed under reduced pressure and the residue is dissolved in a solution of naoac • 3h 2 o ( 6 . 5 g , 0 . 048 mol ) in h 2 o ( 60 ml ) at 0 ° c . hydroxylamine - o - sulfonic acid ( 4 . 6 g , 0 . 041 mol ) is added and the mixture is stirred overnight at room temperature . the mixture is treated with a solution of saturated nahco 3 ( 50 ml ), diluted with h 2 o ( 1500 ml ) and extracted with etoac ( 3 ×). the organic extracts are washed with brine , dried , filtered and concentrated to dryness to yield 7 wherein r 1 , r 2 , r 3 , and r 4 are each h . a solution of ( nh 4 ) 2 ce ( no 3 ) 6 ( 32 . 9 g , 0 . 06 mol ) in h 2 o ( 80 ml ) is added to a solution of 7 ( 5 . 3 g , 0 . 012 mol ) in ch 3 cn ( 800 ml ). after stirring for 24 hours at room temperature , the ch 3 cn is removed under reduced pressure . the residue is diluted with h 2 o , adjusted to ph 8 - 9 with aqueous nh 3 and extracted with etoac ( 3 ×). the organic extracts are washed with brine , dried , filtered and concentrated to dryness to yield 8 wherein r 1 , r 2 , r 3 , and r 4 are each h . a solution of lithium bis ( trimethylsilyl ) amide in hexane ( 28 ml , 1m , 0 . 028 mol ) is added dropwise to a stirred solution of 6 ( 8 . 3 g , 0 . 023 mol ) in thf ( 200 ml ) at - 78 ° c . when addition is complete , methyl iodide ( 6 . 5 g , 0 . 046 mol ) is added at this temperature , then the reaction mixture is allowed to warm to room temperature and stirred overnight . the solvent is removed under reduced pressure and the residue is taken up in h 2 o ( 300 ml ) and etoac ( 3 ×). the combined extracts are washed with brine , dried , filtered and concentrated to dryness to yield the title compound of formula 6 wherein r 5 is methyl . treatment of this compound as described in example 1 , step g yields the corresponding compound of formula 7 . the p - methoxybenzyl group is removed as described in example 2 by reaction with ( nh 4 ) 2 ce ( no 3 ) 6 to the corresponding compound of formula 8 . utilizing the procedures as described in example 3 the following compounds of formula 8 are prepared by substituting for methyl bromide a compound of formula r 4 br wherein r 4 is the title compound 13 is prepared as described in example 1 , steps a - 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