DDD 107498

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DDD 107498, DDD 498

PATENT WO 2013153357, US2015045354

6-Fluoro-2-[4-(morpholinomethyl)phenyl]-N-(2-pyrrolidin-1-ylethyl)quinoline-4-carboxamide

6-Fluoro-2-[4-(4-morpholinylmethyl)phenyl]-N-[2-(1-pyrrolidinyl)ethyl]-4-quinolinecarboxamide

4-Quinolinecarboxamide, 6-fluoro-2-[4-(4-morpholinylmethyl)phenyl]-N-[2-(1-pyrrolidinyl)ethyl]-

CAS 1469439-69-7

CAS 1469439-71-1 SUCCINATE

MF C₂₇H₃₁FN₄O₂
MW	462.559043 g/mol

6-fluoro-2-[4-(morpholin-4-ylmethyl)phenyl]-N-(2-pyrrolidin-1-ylethyl)quinoline-4-carboxamide

Originator Medicines for Malaria Venture; University of Dundee
Class Small molecules
Mechanism of Action Protein synthesis inhibitors

Highest Development Phases

No development reported Malaria

Most Recent Events

16 Jul 2016 No recent reports of development identified for preclinical development in Malaria in United Kingdom
01 Apr 2015 DDD 498 licensed to Merck Serono worldwide for the treatment of Malaria

Inventors	Ian Hugh Gilbert, Neil Norcross, Beatriz Baragana Ruibal, Achim Porzelle
Original Assignee	University Of Dundee

Prof Ian Gilbert:

Head of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery

BCDD, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, DD1 5EH, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1382-386240

University of Dundee

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DDD498

Merck Serono and MMV sign agreement to develop potential antimalarial therapy

Agreement further diversifies MMV’s partner base, strengthening our antimalarial research and development portfolio

01 April 2015

Photo © Merck Serono

Merck Serono, the biopharmaceutical business of Merck, and MMV announced today that an agreement has been signed for Merck Serono to obtain the rights to the investigational antimalarial compound DDD107498 from MMV. This agreement underscores the commitment of Merck Serono to provide antimalarials for the most vulnerable populations in need.

“This agreement strengthens our Global Health research program and our ongoing collaboration with Medicines for Malaria Venture,” said Luciano Rossetti, Executive Vice President, Global Head of Research & Development at Merck Serono. “MMV is known worldwide for its major contribution to delivering innovative antimalarial treatments to the most vulnerable populations suffering from this disease, and at Merck Serono we share this goal.”

DDD107498 originated from a collaboration between MMV and the University of Dundee Drug Discovery Unit, led by Prof. Ian Gilbert and Dr. Kevin Read. The objective of the clinical program is to demonstrate whether the investigational compound exerts activity on a number of malaria parasite lifecycle stages, and remains active in the body long enough to offer potential as a single-dose treatment against the most severe strains of malaria.

While development and commercialization of the compound is under Merck Serono’s responsibility, MMV will provide expertise in the field of malaria drug development, including its clinical and delivery expertise, and provide access to its public and private sector networks in malaria-endemic countries.

Merck Serono has a dedicated Global Health R&D group working to address key unmet medical needs related to neglected diseases, such as schistosomiasis and malaria, with a focus on pediatric populations in developing countries. Its approach is based on public-private partnerships and collaborations with leading global health institutions and organizations in both developed and developing countries.

“Working with partners like Merck Serono is critical to the progress of potential antimalarial compounds, like DDD107498, through the malaria drug pipeline,” said Dr. Timothy Wells, Chief Scientific Officer at MMV. “Their Global Health Program is gaining momentum and we need more compounds to tackle malaria, a disease that places a huge burden on the world’s most vulnerable populations. DDD107498 holds great promise and we look forward to working with the Merck Serono team through the development phase.”

According to the World Health Organization, there were an estimated 198 million cases of malaria worldwide in 2013, and an estimated 584,000 deaths, primarily in young children from the developing world. The launch of the not-for-profit research foundation, MMV, in 1999 and a number of collaborations and partnerships, including those with Merck Serono, has contributed to reducing the major gap in malaria R&D investment and subsequent dearth of new medicines.

“It’s hugely encouraging to see the German pharmaceutical industry increasing their engagement in the development of novel antimalarials,” said global malaria expert Prof. Dr. Peter Kremsner, Director of the Institute for Tropical Medicine at the University of Tübingen, Germany. “The Merck Serono and MMV collaboration to develop DDD107498 is a great step. It’s a compound that offers lots of promise so I’m excited to see how it progresses.

Scots scientists in ‘single dose’ malaria treatment breakthrough

STV17 June 2015

An antimalarial drug that could treat patients was discovered by Dundee university scientists

Scientists have discovered an antimalarial compound that could treat malaria patients in a single dose and help prevent the spread of the disease from infected people.

The compound DDD107498 also has the potential to treat patients with malaria parasites resistant to current medications, researchers say.

Scientists hope it could lead to treatments and protection against the disease, which claimed almost 600,000 lives amid 200 million reported cases in 2013.

The compound was identified through a collaboration between the University of Dundee’s drug discovery unit (DDU) and the Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), a separate organisation.

The compound is now undergoing further safety testing with a view to entering human clinical trials within the next year.

Details of the discovery have been published in the journal Nature.

Professor Ian Gilbert, head of chemistry at the DDU, who led the team that discovered the compound, said: “The publication describes the discovery and profiling of this exciting new compound.

“It reveals that DDD107498 has the potential to treat malaria with a single dose, prevent the spread of malaria from infected people and protect a person from developing the disease in the first place.

“There is still some way to go before the compound can be given to patients. However, we are very excited by the progress that we have made.”

The World Health Organisation reports that there were 200 million clinical cases of malaria in 2013, with 584,000 people dying from the disease. Most of these deaths were children under the age of five and pregnant women.

MMV chief executive officer Dr David Reddy said: “Malaria continues to threaten almost half of the world’s population – the half that can least afford it.

“DDD107498 is an exciting compound since it holds the promise to not only treat but also protect these vulnerable populations.

“The collaboration to identify and progress the compound, led by the drug discovery unit at the University of Dundee, drew on MMV’s network of scientists from Melbourne to San Diego.”The publication of the research is an important step and a clear testament to the power of partnership.”

MMV selected DDD107498 to enter preclinical development in October 2013 following the recommendation of its expert scientific advisory committee.

Since then, with MMV’s leadership, large quantities of the compound have been produced and it is undergoing further safety testing with a view to entering human clinical trials within the next year.

Merck Serono has recently obtained the right to develop and, if successful, commercialise the compound, with the input of MMV’s expertise in the field of malaria drug development and access and delivery in malaria-endemic countries.

Dr Michael Chew from the Wellcome Trust, which provides funding for the DDU and MMV, said: “The need for new antimalarial drugs is more urgent than ever before, with emerging strains of the parasite now showing resistance against the best available drugs.

“These strains are already present at the Myanmar-Indian border and it’s a race against time to stop resistance spreading to the most vulnerable populations in Africa.

“The discovery of this new antimalarial agent, which has shown remarkable potency against multiple stages of the malaria lifecycle, is an exciting prospect in the hunt for viable new treatments.”

PAPER

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Discovery of a Quinoline-4-carboxamide Derivative with a Novel Mechanism of Action, Multistage Antimalarial Activity, and Potent in Vivo Efficacy

Beatriz Baragaña^†, Neil R. Norcross^†, Caroline Wilson^†, Achim Porzelle^†, Irene Hallyburton^†, Raffaella Grimaldi^†,Maria Osuna-Cabello^†, Suzanne Norval^†, Jennifer Riley^†, Laste Stojanovski^†, Frederick R. C. Simeons^†, Paul G. Wyatt^†, Michael J. Delves^‡, Stephan Meister^§, Sandra Duffy^∥, Vicky M. Avery^∥, Elizabeth A. Winzeler^§, Robert E. Sinden^‡, Sergio Wittlin^⊥^#, Julie A. Frearson^†, David W. Gray^†, Alan H. Fairlamb^†, David Waterson^∇, Simon F. Campbell^∇, Paul Willis^∇, Kevin D. Read^*^†, and Ian H. Gilbert^*^†

^† Drug Discovery Unit, Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 5EH, U.K.

^‡ Cell and Molecular Biology, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College, London, SW7 2AZ, U.K.

^§ School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093, United States

^∥ Eskitis Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane Innovation Park, Nathan Campus, Brisbane, QLD 4111, Australia

^⊥ Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Swiss TPH, Socinstrasse 57, 4051 Basel, Switzerland

^#University of Basel, CH-4003 Basel, Switzerland

^∇Medicines for Malaria Venture, International Centre Cointrin, Entrance G, 3rd Floor, Route de Pré-Bois 20, P.O. Box 1826, CH-1215, Geneva 15, Switzerland

J. Med. Chem., Article ASAP

DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b00723

*K.D.R.: phone, +44 1382 388 688; e-mail, [email protected]., *I.H.G.: phone, +44 1382 386 240; e-mail,[email protected].

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b00723

Conditions: (a) morpholine, Et₃N, DCM, 16 h, 72% yield; (b) MeMgBr, toluene, reflux, 4 h and then a 10% aqueous HCl, reflux, 1 h, 70% yield; (c) NBS, benzoyl peroxide, dichlorobenzene, 140 °C, 16 h, 70% yield; (d) morpholine, K₂CO₃, acetonitrile, 40 °C, 16 h, 64% yield; (e) 5-fluoroisatin, KOH, EtOH, 120 °C, microwave, 20 min, 30–76% yield; (f) amine, CDMT, N-methylmorpholine, DCM, 20–61% yield.

A single-dose treatment against malaria worked in mice to cure them of the disease. The drug also worked to block infection in healthy mice and to stop transmission, according to a study published in Nature today. The fact that the drug can act against so many stages of malaria is pretty new, but what’s even more exciting is the compound’s mode of action: it kills malaria in a completely new way, researchers say. The feature would make it a welcome addition to our roster of antimalarials — a roster that’s threatened by drug resistance.

RESEARCHERS SIFTED THROUGH A LIBRARY OF ABOUT 4,700 COMPOUNDS TO FIND THIS ONE

Malaria is an infectious disease that’s transmitted through mosquito bites; it’s also a leading cause of death in a number of developing countries. Approximately 3.4 billion people live in areas where malaria poses a real threat. As a result, there were 207 million cases of malaria in 2012 — and 627,000 deaths. There are drugs that can be used to prevent malaria, and even treat it, but drug resistance is halting the use of certain treatments in some areas.

A long search

Searching for a new drug is all about trial and error. To find this particular compound, researchers sifted through a library of about 4,700 compounds, testing them to see if they were capable of killing the malaria parasite in a lab setting. When they found something that worked, they tweaked the drug candidate to see if it could perform more effectively. “We went through a lot of these cycles of testing and designing new compounds,” says Ian Gilbert, a medicinal chemist at the University of Dundee in the UK, and a co-author of the study. “Eventually we optimized to the compound which is the subject of the paper.” For now, that compound’s unwieldy name is DDD107498.

To make sure DDD107498 really had potential, the researchers tested it on mice that had already been infected with malaria. A single dose was enough to provoke a 90 percent reduction in the number of parasites in their blood. The scientists also gave the compound to healthy mice that were subsequently exposed to malaria. DDD107498 helped the mice evade infection with a single dose, but it’s unclear how long that effect would last in humans. Finally, the researchers looked at whether the compound could prevent the transmission from an infected mouse to a mosquito. A day after receiving the treatment, mice were put in contact with mosquitoes. The scientists noted a 91 percent reduction in infected mosquitoes.

“IT HAS THE ABILITY TO BE A ONE-DOSE [DRUG], IN COMBINATION WITH ANOTHER MOLECULE.”

“What’s exciting about this molecule is obviously the fact that it has the ability to be a one-dose [drug], in combination with another molecule to cure blood stage malaria,” says Kevin Read, a drug researcher also at the University of Dundee and a co-author of the study. The fact that the compound has the ability to block transmission and protect against infection is equally thrilling. But the way in which DDD107498 kills malaria might be its most interesting feature. It halts the production of proteins — which are necessary for the parasite’s survival. No other malaria drug does that right now, Read says. “So, in principle, there’s no resistance out there already to this mechanism.”

The drug hasn’t been tested in humans yet, so it may not be nearly as good in the field. But Read says DDD107498 looks promising. “From all the pre-clinical or non-clinical data we’ve generated, it is comparable or better than any of the current marketed anti-malarials in those studies.” And at $1 per treatment, the price of the drug should fall “within the range of what’s acceptable,” he says.

“It looks like an excellent study, and the results look very important,” says Philip Rosenthal, a malaria drug researcher at The University of California-San Francisco who didn’t participate in the study. This is a big shift for Rosenthal’s field. Five years ago, “we had very little going on in anti-malarial drug discovery,” he says. Now, there’s quite a bit going on for malaria researchers, and a number of promising compounds are moving along. DDD107498 “is another player, and it’s got a number of positive features,” he says.

OTHER TREATMENTS HAVE TO BE TAKEN FOR A FEW DAYS

One of the features is the drug’s potency. It’s very active against cultured malaria parasites, Rosenthal says. But what’s perhaps most intriguing about DDD107498 is that the drug works against the mechanism that enables protein synthesis the malaria parasite’s cells. No other malaria drug does that right now, Read says. “Considering challenges of treating malaria, which is often in rural areas and developing countries, a single dose would be a big plus,” he says. “In addition, because of it’s long half life, it may also work to prevent malaria with once a week dosing, which is also a benefit.”

Still, no drug is perfect. The data suggests that DDD107498 doesn’t kill malaria as quickly as some other drugs, Rosenthal says. And when the researchers tested it to see how long it might take for resistance to develop, the results weren’t as promising as he would like. The parasites figured out a way to become resistant to the compound “relatively easily,” he says. That shouldn’t be “deal-killer,” however. “Its slow onset of action probably means it should be combined with a faster-acting drug,” he says.

BUT IT’S SLOW-ACTING

The compound is going through safety testing now. If everything goes well, it should hit human trials within the next year, Read says. Chances are, it will have to be used in combination with other malaria drugs, Gilbert says. “All anti-malarials are given in combination because it slows down resistance.”

“When you’re treating infectious diseases, you know that drug resistance is always a potential problem, so having a number of choices to treat malaria is a good thing,” Rosenthal says. In this case, the drug’s new mode of action may hold lead to an entirely new weapon against malaria. “Obviously it’s got a long way to go,” Read says. But the compound is “very exciting,” nonetheless.

PATENT

https://www.google.com/patents/US20150045354

Example 16-Fluoro-2-[4-(morpholinomethyl)phenyl]-N-(2-pyrrolidin-1-ylethyl)quinoline-4-carboxamide, Example compound 1 in Scheme 2

In a sealed microwave tube, a suspension of 2-chloro-6-fluoro-N-(2-pyrrolidin-1-ylethyl)quinoline-4-carboxamide (preparation 4) (2.00 g, 6 mmol), [4-(morpholinomethyl)phenyl]boronic acid, hydrochloride, available from UORSY, (3.20 g, 12 mmol), potassium phosphate (2.63 g, 12 mmol) and tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium (0) (0.21 g, 0.19 mmol) in DMF/Water 3/1 (40 ml) was heated at 130° C. under microwave irradiation for 30 min. The reaction was filtered through Celite™ and solvents were removed under reduced pressure. The resulting residue was taken up in DCM (150 ml) and washed twice with NaHCO₃saturated aqueous solution (2×100 ml). The organic layer was separated, dried over MgSO₄and concentrate to dryness under reduced pressure. The reaction crude was purified by flash column chromatography using an 80 g silica gel cartridge and eluting with DCM (Solvent A) and MeOH (Solvent B) and the following gradient: 1 min hold 100% A, followed by a 30 min ramp to 10% B, and then 15 min hold at 10% B. The fractions containing product were pooled together and concentrated to dryness under vacuum to obtain the desired product as an off-white solid (1 g). The product was dissolved in methanol (100 ml) and 3-mercaptopropyl ethyl sulfide Silica (Phosphonics, SPM-32, 60-200 uM) was added. The suspension was stirred at room temperature over for 2 days and then at 50° C. for 1 h. After cooling to room temperature, the scavenger was filtered off and washed with methanol (30 ml). The solvent was removed under reduced pressure and the product was further purified by preparative HPLC. The fractions containing product were pooled together and freeze dried to obtain the desired product as a white solid (0.6 g, 1.3 mmol, Yield 20%).

¹H NMR (500 MHz; CDCl₃) δ 1.81-1.84 (m, 4H), 2.50-2.52 (m, 4H), 2.63 (brs, 4H), 2.82 (t, 2H, J=5.9 Hz), 3.61 (s, 2H), 3.71 (dd, 2H, J=5.4 Hz, J=11.4 Hz), 3.74-3.76 (m, 4H), 6.84 (brs, 1H), 7.52-7.57 (m, 3H), 7.97-8.00 (m, 2H), 8.13 (d, 2H, J=8.2 Hz), 8.21 (dd, 1H, J=5.5 Hz, J=9.2 Hz) ppm. ¹⁹F NMR (407.5 MHz; CDCl₃) δ−111.47 ppm.

Purity by LCMS (UV Chromatogram, 190-450 nm) 99%, rt=5.7 min, m/z 463 (M+H)⁺ HRMS (ES+) found 463.2501 [M+H]⁺, C27H32F1N4O2 requires 463.2504.

Example 26-Fluoro-2-[4-(morpholinomethyl)phenyl]-N-(2-pyrrolidin-1-ylethyl)quinoline-4-carboxamide; fumaric acid salt, compound (IB) in Scheme 2

The starting free base (example 1) (0.58 g, 1 mmol) was dissolved in dry ethanol (10 ml) and added dropwise to a stirred solution of fumaric acid (0.15 g, 1 mmol) in dry ethanol (9 ml). The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 h. The white precipitate was filtered, washed with ethanol (20 ml) and then dissolved in 10 ml of water and freeze dried to obtain the desired salt as a white solid (0.601 g, 1 mmol, Yield 82%).

¹H NMR (500 MHz; d6-DMSO) δ 1.83-1.86 (m, 4H), 2.41 (brs, 4H), 2.94 (brs, 4H), 3.03 (t, 2H, J=6.2 Hz), 3.57 (s, 2H), 3.60-3.65 (m, 6H), 6.47 (s, 2H), 7.51 (d, 2H, J=8.25), 7.74-7.78 (m, 1H), 8.06 (dd, 1H, J=2.9 Hz, J=10.4 Hz), 8.17 (dd, 1H, J=5.7 Hz, J=9.3 Hz), 8.24-8.26 (m, 3H), 9.24 (t, 1H, J=5.5 Hz) ppm. ¹⁹F NMR (407.5 MHz; d6-DMSO) δ-112.30 ppm.

Purity by LCMS (UV Chromatogram, 190-450 nm) 99%, rt=5.3 min, m/z 463 (M+H)⁺

Example 1AAlternative synthesis of 6-fluoro-2-[4-(morpholinomethyl)phenyl]-N-(2-pyrrolidin-1-ylethyl)quinoline-4-carboxamide, Example compound 1A in Scheme 4

To a stirred suspension of 6-fluoro-2-[4-(morpholinomethyl)phenyl]quinoline-4-carboxylic acid (preparation 7) (2.20 g, 6 mmol) in DCM (100 ml) at room temperature, 2-chloro-4,6-dimethoxy-1,3,5-triazine (CDMT) (1.26 g, 7 mmol) and 4-methylmorpholine (NMO) (1.33 ml, 12 mmol) were added. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 h and then 2-pyrrolidin-1-ylethanamine (0.77 ml, 6 mmol) was added and stirred at room temperature for further 3 h. The reaction mixture was washed with NaHCO₃saturated aqueous solution (2×100 ml) and the organic phase was separated, dried over MgSO₄and concentrated under reduced pressure. The resulting residue was absorbed on silica gel and purified by flash column chromatography using an 80 g silica gel cartridge and eluting with DCM (Solvent A) and MeOH (Solvent B) and the following gradient: 2 min hold 100% A followed by a 30 min ramp to 10% B and then 15 min hold at 10% B. The desired fractions were concentrated to dryness under vacuum to obtain the crude product as a yellow solid (95% purity by LCMS). The sample was further purified by a second column chromatography using a 40 g silica gel cartridge, eluting with DCM (Solvent A) and 10% NH₃-MeOH in DCM (Solvent B) and the following gradient: 2 min hold 100% A, followed by a 10 min ramp to 23% B and then 15 min hold at 23% B. The desired fractions were concentrated to dryness under vacuum to obtain product as a white solid (1 g). Re-crystallisation form acetonitrile (18 ml) yielded the title compound as a white solid (625 mg, 1.24 mmol, 20%).

¹H NMR (500 MHz; d6-DMSO) δ 1.72-1.75 (m, 4H), 2.41 (brs, 4H), 2.56 (brs, 4H), 2.67 (t, 2H, J=6.6 Hz), 3.49-3.52 (m, 2H), 3.56 (s, 2H), 3.60-3.61 (m, 4H), 7.52 (d, 2H, J=8.3 Hz), 7.73-7.77 (m, 1H), 8.07 (dd, 1H, J=2.9 Hz, J=10.4 Hz), 8.18-8.21 (m, 2H), 8.26 (d, 2H, J=8.3 Hz), 8.85 (t, 1H, J=6.6 Hz) ppm.

¹³C NMR (125 MHz; d⁶-DMSO₃) δ 23.2, 38.4, 53.2, 53.5, 54.5, 62.1, 66.2, 109.0, 109.1, 117.3, 120.1, 120.3, 124.1, 124.2, 127.1, 129.4, 132.2, 132.3, 136.8, 139.9, 142.8, 145.2, 155.3, 159.0, 161.0, 166.1 ppm.

¹⁹F NMR (500 MHz; d⁶-DMSO) δ-112.47 ppm.

Purity by LCMS (UV Chromatogram, 190-450 nm) 99%, rt=5.0 min, m/z 463 (M+H)⁺

PATENT

WO 2016033635

http://google.com/patents/WO2016033635A1?cl=en

Patent

WO 2013153357

https://www.google.com/patents/WO2013153357A1?cl=en

SCHEME 1

SCHEME 2

Preparation 4Yield: 54% Preparation 3

Yield: 27%

SCHEME 4 B

Yield: 72% Yield: 70% Preparation 6

Example 1 : 6-Fluoro-2-r4-(morpholinomethyl)phenyll-N-(2-pyrrolidin-1-ylethyl)quinoline- 4-carboxamide, Example compound 1 in Scheme 2

In a sealed microwave tube, a suspension of 2-chloro-6-fluoro-N-(2-pyrrolidin-1- ylethyl)quinoline-4-carboxamide (preparation 4) (2.00 g, 6 mmol), [4- (morpholinomethyl)phenyl]boronic acid, hydrochloride, available from UORSY, (3.20 g, 12 mmol), potassium phosphate (2.63 g, 12 mmol) and tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium (0) (0.21 g, 0.19 mmol) in DMF/Water 3/1 (40 ml) was heated at 130°C under microwave irradiation for 30 min. The reaction was filtered through Celite™ and solvents were removed under reduced pressure. The resulting residue was taken up in DCM (150 ml) and washed twice with NaHC0₃ saturated aqueous solution (2 x 100 ml). The organic layer was separated, dried over MgS0₄and concentrate to dryness under reduced pressure. The reaction crude was purified by flash column chromatography using an 80 g silica gel cartridge and eluting with DCM (Solvent A) and MeOH (Solvent B) and the following gradient: 1 min hold 100% A, followed by a 30 min ramp to 10 % B, and then 15 min hold at 10% B. The fractions containing product were pooled together and concentrated to dryness under vacuum to obtain the desired product as an off-white solid (1 g). The product was dissolved in methanol (100 ml) and 3-mercaptopropyl ethyl sulfide Silica (Phosphonics, SPM-32, 60- 200 uM) was added. The suspension was stirred at room temperature over for 2 days and then at 50°C for 1 h. After cooling to room temperature, the scavenger was filtered off and washed with methanol (30 ml). The solvent was removed under reduced pressure and the product was further purified by preparative HPLC. The fractions containing product were pooled together and freeze dried to obtain the desired product as a white solid (0.6 g, 1.3 mmol, Yield 20%).

¹ H NMR (500 MHz; CDCI₃) δ 1.81-1.84 (m, 4H), 2.50-2.52 (m, 4H), 2.63 (brs, 4H), 2.82 (t, 2H, J = 5.9 Hz), 3.61 (s, 2H), 3.71 (dd, 2H, J = 5.4 Hz, J = 1 1.4 Hz), 3.74-3.76 (m, 4H), 6.84 (brs, 1 H), 7.52-7.57 (m, 3H), 7.97-8.00 (m, 2H), 8.13 (d, 2H, J = 8.2 Hz), 8.21 (dd, 1 H, J = 5.5 Hz, J = 9.2 Hz) ppm . ¹⁹ F NMR (407.5 MHz; CDCI₃) δ -11 1.47 ppm. Purity by LCMS (UV Chromatogram, 190-450nm) 99 %, rt = 5.7 min, m/z 463 (M+H)⁺ HRMS (ES+) found 463.2501 [M+H]⁺, C27H32F1 N402 requires 463.2504.

Example 2: 6-Fluoro-2-[4-(morpholinomethyl)phenyl1-N-(2-pyrrolidin-1-ylethyl)quinoline- 4-carboxamide; fumaric acid salt, compound (IB) in Scheme 2

1 H NMR (500 MHz; d6-DMSO) δ 1.83-1.86 (m, 4H), 2.41 (brs, 4H), 2.94 (brs, 4H), 3.03 (t, 2H, J = 6.2 Hz), 3.57 (s, 2H), 3.60-3.65 (m, 6H), 6.47 (s, 2H), 7.51 (d, 2H, J = 8.25), 7.74-7.78 (m, 1 H), 8.06 (dd, 1 H, J = 2.9 Hz, J = 10.4 Hz), 8.17 (dd, 1 H, J = 5.7 Hz, J = 9.3 Hz), 8.24-8.26 (m, 3H), 9.24 (t, 1 H, J = 5.5 Hz) ppm. ¹⁹ F NMR (407.5 MHz; d6- DMSO) δ -112.30 ppm.

Purity by LCMS (UV Chromatogram, 190-450nm) 99 %, rt = 5.3 min, m/z 463 (M+H)⁺

Example 1A: Alternative synthesis of 6-fluoro-2-[4-(morpholinomethyl)phenyl1-N-(2- pyrrolidin-1-ylethyl)quinoline-4-carboxamide, Example compound 1A in Scheme 4

To a stirred suspension of 6-fluoro-2-[4-(morpholinomethyl)phenyl]quinoline-4-carboxylic acid (preparation 7) (2.20 g, 6 mmol) in DCM (100 ml) at room temperature, 2-chloro- 4,6-dimethoxy-1 ,3,5-triazine (CDMT) (1.26 g, 7 mmol) and 4-methylmorpholine (NMO) (1.33 ml, 12 mmol) were added. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 h and then 2-pyrrolidin-1-ylethanamine (0.77 ml, 6 mmol) was added and stirred at room temperature for further 3 h. The reaction mixture was washed with NaHC0₃ saturated aqueous solution (2x 100 ml) and the organic phase was separated, dried over MgS0₄ and concentrated under reduced pressure. The resulting residue was absorbed on silica gel and purified by flash column chromatography using an 80 g silica gel cartridge and eluting with DCM (Solvent A) and MeOH (Solvent B) and the following gradient: 2 min hold 100% A followed by a 30 min ramp to 10 %B and then 15 min hold at 10%B. The desired fractions were concentrated to dryness under vacuum to obtain the crude product as a yellow solid (95% purity by LCMS). The sample was further purified by a second column chromatography using a 40 g silica gel cartridge, eluting with DCM (Solvent A) and 10% NH₃-MeOH in DCM (Solvent B) and the following gradient: 2 min hold 100% A, followed by a 10 min ramp to 23 % B and then 15 min hold at 23% B. The desired fractions were concentrated to dryness under vacuum to obtain product as a white solid (1 g). Re-crystallisation form acetonitrile (18 ml) yielded the title compound as a white solid (625 mg, 1.24 mmol, 20%).

¹ H NMR (500 MHz; d6-DMSO) δ 1.72-1.75 (m, 4H), 2.41 (brs, 4H), 2.56 (brs, 4H), 2.67 (t, 2H, J = 6.6 Hz), 3.49-3.52 (m, 2H), 3.56 (s, 2H), 3.60-3.61 (m, 4H), 7.52 (d, 2H, J = 8.3 Hz), 7.73-7.77 (m, 1 H), 8.07 (dd, 1 H, J = 2.9 Hz, J = 10.4 Hz), 8.18-8.21 (m, 2H), 8.26 (d, 2H , J = 8.3 Hz), 8.85 (t, 1 H, J = 6.6 Hz) ppm.

¹³C NMR (125 MHz; d⁶-DMS0₃) 5 23.2, 38.4, 53.2, 53.5, 54.5, 62.1 , 66.2, 109.0, 109.1 , 1 17.3, 120.1 , 120.3, 124.1 , 124.2, 127.1 , 129.4, 132.2, 132.3, 136.8, 139.9, 142.8, 145.2, 155.3, 159.0, 161 .0, 166.1 ppm.

¹⁹ F NM R (500 MHz; d⁶-DMSO) δ -1 12.47 ppm.

Purity by LCMS (UV Chromatogram, 190-450nm) 99 %, rt = 5.0 min, m/z 463 (M+H)⁺

PAPER

A Quinoline Carboxamide Antimalarial Drug Candidate Uniquely Targets Plasmodia at Three Stages of the Parasite Life Cycle
Angewandte Chemie, International Edition (2015), 54, (46), 13504-13506

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.201507264/abstract

Putting a stop to malaria: Phenotypic screening against malaria parasites, hit identification, and efficient lead optimization have delivered the preclinical candidate antimalarial DDD107498. This molecule is distinctive in that it has potential for use as a single-dose cure for malaria and shows a unique broad spectrum of activity against the liver, blood, and mosquito stages of the parasite life cycle.

Prof. P. M. O’Neill Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool Liverpool, L69 7ZD (UK) E-mail: [email protected] Prof. S. A. Ward Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place Liverpool, L3 5QA (UK)

Professor Ian Gilbert FRSC

Design and synthesis of potential therapeutic agents

Position:

Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Head of the Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery

Affiliation:

Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery

Address:

College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee

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I am a medicinal chemist and my research interests are in the design and synthesis of potential drugs. The mainstay of my work is synthetic medicinal chemistry as part of the Drug Discovery Unit (DDU). Where possible we make extensive use of molecular modeling to guide our synthetic efforts. I have a particular interests in the following aspects of drug discovery:

Neglected diseases such as human African trypanosomiasis, leishmaniasis and malaria.
Chemical validation of drug targets, including novel targets for which there is little or no precedence for drug discovery.
Novel approaches to and paradigms for drug discovery.
Mode of action studies and target identification.

I am Head of Chemistry in the DDU. Our main focuses are on neglected diseases and novel drug targets. The neglected diseases we are tackling are malaria, tuberculosis and the kinetoplastid diseases. We use both target-based approaches and phenotypic approaches (whole parasite screening). We have had particular success in validating the enzyme N-myristoyltransferase as a drug target in human African trypanosomiasis, and in identifying and optimising phenotypic hits. In our novel targets area, we aim to validate novel areas of biology as potential drug targets.

Dr Neil Norcross

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Medicinal Chemist

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Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery

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REFERENCES

http://www.mmv.org/sites/default/files/uploads/docs/publications/annual_report_2013/Annual_Report_2013_Chapter_5.pdf

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Fc1ccc2nc(cc(c2c1)C(=O)NCCN1CCCC1)-c1ccc(cc1)CN1CCOCC1

ACT-334441, Cenerimod an S1P receptor 1 agonist

phase 2, Uncategorized Comments Off

Sep 022016

ACT-334441

Cenerimod

UNII-Y333RS1786; Y333RS1786

S1P receptor 1 agonist

CAS 1262414-04-9
Chemical Formula: C25H31N3O5
Exact Mass: 453.22637

Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

Martin Bolli, Cyrille Lescop, Boris Mathys,Keith Morrison, Claus Mueller, Oliver Nayler,Beat Steiner,

(S)-3-(4-(5-(2-cyclopentyl-6-methoxypyridin-4-yl)-1,2,4-oxadiazol-3-yl)-2-ethyl-6-methylphenoxy)propane-1,2-diol

(2S)-3-[4-[5-(2-cyclopentyl-6-methoxypyridin-4-yl)-1,2,4-oxadiazol-3-yl]-2-ethyl-6-methylphenoxy]propane-1,2-diol

(S)-3-(4-(5-(2-Cyclopentyl-6-methoxypyridin-4-yl)-1,2,4-oxadiazol-3-yl)-2-ethyl-6-methylphenoxy)propane-1,2-diol

(S)-3-{4-[5-(2-Cyclopentyl-6-methoxy-pyridin-4-yl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-2-ethyl-6-methyl-phenoxy}-propane-1,2-diol

Mechanism Of Action	Sphingosine 1 phosphate receptor modulator
Who Atc Codes	L03A-X (Other immunostimulants)
Ephmra Codes	L3A (Immunostimulating Agents Excluding Interferons)
Indication	Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Cenerimod is a potent and orally active immunomodulator, exhibited EC50 value of 2.7 nM. Cenerimod is an agonist for the G protein-coupled receptor S1 P1/EDG1 and has a powerful and long-lasting immunomodulating effect which is achieved by reducing the number of circulating and infiltrating T- and B-lymphocytes, without affecting their maturation, memory, or expansion. Cenerimod may be useful for prevention or treatment of diseases associated with an activated immune system

CENERIMOD

ACT-334441; lysosphingolipid receptor agonist – Actelion; S1P₁ receptor modulator – Actelion; Second selective S1P1 receptor agonist – Actelion; Sphingosine 1 phosphate receptor modulators – Actelion; Sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor 1 agonists – Actelion

Mechanism of Action Lysosphingolipid receptor agonists

Highest Development Phases

Phase I/II Systemic lupus erythematosus

Most Recent Events

09 Jun 2016 Actelion terminates a phase I drug interaction trial for Systemic lupus erythematosus (In volunteers) in France (NCT02479204)
22 Dec 2015 Phase-I/II clinical trials in Systemic lupus erythematosus in Ukraine, Belarus (PO) (NCT02472795)
24 Sep 2015 Phase-I/II clinical trials in Systemic lupus erythematosus in USA (PO) (NCT02472795)

#	Nct Number	Title	Recruitment	Conditions	Interventions	Phase
1	NCT02472795	Clinical Study to Investigate the Biological Activity, Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics of ACT-334441 in Subjects With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus	Recruiting	Systemic Lupus Erythematosus	Drug: ACT-334441\|Drug: Placebo	Phase 2 Actelion
2	NCT02479204	Drug Interaction Study of ACT-334441 With Cardiovascular Medications in Healthy Subjects	Suspended	Healthy Subjects	Drug: ACT-334441 2 mg\|Drug: ACT-334441 4 mg\|Drug: placebo\|Drug: atenolol\|Drug: diltiazem ER	Phase 1 Actelion

The human immune system is designed to defend the body against foreign micro-organisms and substances that cause infection or disease. Complex regulatory mechanisms ensure that the immune response is targeted against the intruding substance or organism and not against the host. In some cases, these control mechanisms are unregulated and autoimmune responses can develop. A consequence of the uncontrolled inflammatory response is severe organ, cell, tissue or joint damage. With current treatment, the whole immune system is usually suppressed and the body’s ability to react to infections is also severely compromised. Typical drugs in this class include azathioprine, chlorambucil, cyclophosphamide, cyclosporin, or methotrexate. Corticosteroids which reduce inflammation and suppress the immune response, may cause side effects when used in long term treatment. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) can reduce pain and inflammation, however, they exhibit considerable side effects. Alternative treatments include agents that activate or block cytokine signaling.

Orally active compounds with immunomodulating properties, without compromising immune responses and with reduced side effects would significantly improve current treatments of uncontrolled inflammatory diseases.

In the field of organ transplantation the host immune response must be suppressed to prevent organ rejection. Organ transplant recipients can experience some rejection even when they are taking immunosuppressive drugs. Rejection occurs most frequently in the first few weeks after transplantation, but rejection episodes can also happen months or even years after transplantation. Combinations of up to three or four medications are commonly used to give maximum protection against rejection while minimizing side effects. Current standard drugs used to treat the rejection of transplanted organs interfere with discrete intracellular pathways in the activation of T-type or B-type white blood cells. Examples of such drugs are cyclosporin, daclizumab, basiliximab, everolimus, or FK506, which interfere with cytokine release or signaling; azathioprine or leflunomide, which inhibit nucleotide synthesis; or 15-deoxyspergualin, an inhibitor of leukocyte differentiation.

The beneficial effects of broad immunosuppressive therapies relate to their effects; however, the generalized immunosuppression which these drugs produce diminishes the immune system’s defense against infection and malignancies. Furthermore, standard immunosuppressive drugs are often used at high dosages and can cause or accelerate organ damage.

SYNTHESIS

PATENT

https://www.google.com/patents/WO2011007324A1?cl=zh

The human immune system is designed to defend the body against foreign microorganisms and substances that cause infection or disease. Complex regulatory mechanisms ensure that the immune response is targeted against the intruding substance or organism and not against the host. In some cases, these control mechanisms are unregulated and autoimmune responses can develop. A consequence of the uncontrolled inflammatory response is severe organ, cell, tissue or joint damage. With current treatment, the whole immune system is usually suppressed and the body’s ability to react to infections is also severely compromised. Typical drugs in this class include azathioprine, chlorambucil, cyclophosphamide, cyclosporin, or methotrexate. Corticosteroids which reduce inflammation and suppress the immune response, may cause side effects when used in long term treatment. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) can reduce pain and inflammation, however, they exhibit considerable side effects. Alternative treatments include agents that activate or block cytokine signaling.

Description of the invention

The present invention provides novel compounds of Formula (I) that are agonists for the G protein-coupled receptor S1 P1/EDG1 and have a powerful and long-lasting immunomodulating effect which is achieved by reducing the number of circulating and infiltrating T- and B-lymphocytes, without affecting their maturation, memory, or expansion. The reduction of circulating T- / B-lymphocytes as a result of S1 P1/EDG1 agonism, possibly in combination with the observed improvement of endothelial cell layer function associated with S1 P1/EDG1 activation, makes such compounds useful to treat uncontrolled inflammatory diseases and to improve vascular functionality. Prior art document WO 2008/029371 discloses compounds that act as S1 P1/EDG1 receptor agonists and show an immunomodulating effect as described above. Unexpectedly, it has been found that the compounds of the present invention have a reduced potential to constrict airway tissue/vessels when compared to compounds of the prior art document WO 2008/029371. The compounds of the present invention therefore demonstrate superiority with respect to their safety profile, e.g. a lower risk of bronchoconstriction.

Examples of WO 2008/029371 , which are considered closest prior art analogues are shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1 : Structure of Examples of prior art document WO 2008/029371 , which are considered closest analogues to the compounds of the present invention.

The data on the constriction of rat trachea rings compiled in Table 1 illustrate the superiority of the compounds of the present invention as compared to compounds of prior art document WO 2008/029371.

For instance, the compounds of Example 1 and 6 of the present invention show a significantly reduced potential to constrict rat trachea rings when compared to the compounds of prior art Examples 222 and 226 of WO 2008/029371 , respectively. Furthermore, the compounds of Example 1 and 6 of the present invention also show a reduced potential to constrict rat trachea rings when compared to the compounds of prior art Examples 196 and 204 of WO 2008/029371 , respectively. These data demonstrate that compounds wherein R¹ represents 3-pentyl and R² represents methoxy are superior compared to the closest prior art compounds of WO 2008/029371 , i.e. the compounds wherein R¹ represents an isobutyl and R² represents methoxy or wherein R¹represents methyl and R² represents 3-pentyl. Moreover, also the compound of Example 16 of the present invention, wherein R¹ is 3-methyl-but-1-yl and R² is methoxy, exhibits a markedly reduced potential to constrict rat trachea rings when compared to its closest analogue prior art Example 226 of WO 2008/029371 wherein R¹ is isobutyl and R² is methoxy.

The unexpected superiority of the compounds of the present invention is also evident from the observation that the compounds of Example 2 and 7 of the present invention show a markedly reduced potential to constrict rat trachea rings when compared to the compounds of prior art Examples 229 and 233 of WO 2008/029371 , respectively. This proves that compounds wherein R¹represents cyclopentyl and R² represents methoxy are superior compared to the closest prior art compounds of WO 2008/029371 , i.e. the compounds wherein R¹ represents methyl and R² represents cyclopentyl.

Also, the compound of Example 3 of the present invention exhibits the same low potential to constrict rat trachea rings as its S-enantiomer, i.e. the compound of Example 2 of the present invention, indicating that the configuration at this position has no significant effect on trachea constriction. Furthermore, also Example 21 of the present invention exhibits the same low potential to constrict rat trachea rings as present Example 2, which differs from Example 21 only by the linker A (forming a 5-pyridin-4-yl-[1 ,2,4]oxadiazole instead of a 3- pyridin-4-yl-[1 ,2,4]oxadiazole). This indicates that also the nature of the oxadiazole is not critical regarding trachea constriction.

Table 1 : Rat trachea constriction in % of the constriction induced by 50 mM KCI. n.d. = not determined. For experimental details and further data see Example 33.

result obtained at a compound concentration of 300 nM.

The compounds of the present invention can be utilized alone or in combination with standard drugs inhibiting T-cell activation, to provide a new immunomodulating therapy with a reduced propensity for infections when compared to standard immunosuppressive therapy. Furthermore, the compounds of the present invention can be used in combination with reduced dosages of traditional immunosuppressant therapies, to provide on the one hand effective immunomodulating activity, while on the other hand reducing end organ damage associated with higher doses of standard immunosuppressive drugs. The observation of improved endothelial cell layer function associated with S1 P1/EDG1 activation provides additional benefits of compounds to improve vascular function.

The nucleotide sequence and the amino acid sequence for the human S1 P1/EDG1 receptor are known in the art and are published in e.g.: HIa, T., and Maciag, T., J. Biol

Chem. 265 (1990), 9308-9313; WO 91/15583 published 17 October 1991 ; WO 99/46277 published 16 September 1999. The potency and efficacy of the compounds of Formula (I) are assessed using a GTPγS assay to determine EC₅O values and by measuring the circulating lymphocytes in the rat after oral administration, respectively (see in experimental part). i) In a first embodiment, the invention relates to pyridine compounds of the Formula (I),

Formula (I)

PATENT

WO 2013175397

https://www.google.com/patents/WO2013175397A1?cl=en

Pyridine-4-yl derivatives of formula (PD),

Formula (PD) A represents

(the asterisks indicate the bond that is linked to the pyridine group of Formula (PD));

R^a represents 3-pentyl, 3-methyl-but-1-yl, cyclopentyl, or cyclohexyl;

R^b represents methoxy;

R^c represents 2,3-dihydroxypropoxy, -OCH₂-CH(OH)-CH₂-NHCO-CH₂OH,

-OCH₂-CH(OH)-CH₂N(CH₃)-CO-CH₂OH, -NHS0₂CH₃, or -NHS0₂CH₂CH₃; and

R^d represents ethyl or chloro.)

disclosed in WO201 1007324, have immunomodulating activity through their S1 P1/EDG1 receptor agonistic activity. Therefore, those pyridine-4-yl derivatives are useful for prevention and / or treatment of diseases or disorders associated with an activated immune system, including rejection of transplanted organs such as kidney, liver, heart, lung, pancreas, cornea, and skin; graft-versus-host diseases brought about by stem cell transplantation; autoimmune syndromes including rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, thyroiditis such as Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, uveo-retinitis; atopic diseases such as rhinitis, conjunctivitis, dermatitis; asthma; type I diabetes; post-infectious autoimmune diseases including rheumatic fever and post-infectious glomerulonephritis; solid cancers and tumor metastasis. 2-Cyclopentyl-6-methoxy-isonicotinic acid, which is also disclosed in WO201 1007324, is a useful intermediate for the synthesis of the pyridine-4-yl derivatives of formula (PD), wherein R^a is a cyclopentyl group.

In the process described in WO201 1007324, 2-cyclopentyl-6-methoxy-isonicotinic acid was prepared according to the following reaction scheme 1 :

Compound D Compound E

Rieke Zinc: cyclopentylzinc bromide;

PdCI₂(dppf)dcm: 1 ,1 ‘-Bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene-palladium(ll)dichloride

dichloromethane complex

However, the abovementioned process has drawbacks for larger scale, i.e. industrial scale synthesis of 2-cyclopentyl-6-methoxy-isonicotinic acid, for the following reasons:

a) The commercially available starting material, 2,6-dichloro-isonicotinic acid (Compound A) is expensive.

b) The conversion of Compound C to Compound D is cost-intensive. The reaction has to be performed under protective atmosphere with expensive palladium catalysts and highly reactive and expensive Rieke zinc complex. Such synthesis steps are expensive to scale up and it was therefore highly desired to find alternative synthesis methods.

Even though Goldsworthy, J. Chem. Soc. 1934, 377-378 discloses the preparation of 1 -cyclopentylethanone, which is a key building block in the new process of the present invention, by using ethyl 1 -acetoacetate as a starting material, this synthesis was far from being suitable in an industrial process. The reported yield was low (see also under “Referential Examples” below). Scheme 2

ethyl 1 -acetylcyclo- 1-cyclopentyl- pentanecarboxylate ethanone

Besides the early work by Goldsworthy there are several recent examples for the preparation of 1 -cyclopentylethanone described in the literature. Such examples include:

1 ) Addition of methyl lithium to a N-cyclopentanecarbonyl-N,0-dimethylhydroxylamine at -78°C in a yield of 77%. US2006/199853 A1 , 2006 and US2006/223884 A1 , 2006.

2) Addition of methyl lithium to a cyclopentyl carboxylic acid in diethylether at -78°C in a yield of 81 %. J. Am. Chem. Soc, 1983, 105, 4008-4017.

3) Addition of methylmagnesiumbromide to cyclopentanecarbonitrile.

Bull. Soc. Chim. Fr., 1967, 3722-3729.

4) Oxidation of 1 -cyclopentylethanol with chromtrioxide. US5001 140 A1 , 1991.

WO2009/71707 A1 , 2009.

5) Addition of cyclopentylmagnesium bromide to acetic anhydride at -78 °C with a yield of 54%. WO2004/74270 A2, 2004.

6) Synthesis of 1-cyclopentylethanone in 5 steps from cyclopentanone. Zhang, Pang; Li, Lian-chu, Synth. Commun., 1986, 16, 957-966.

However, the processes described in the above-listed publications are not efficient for scale-up since they require cryogenic temperatures, expensive starting materials, toxic reagents or many steps. The lack of an efficient process to manufacture 1 -cyclopentylethanone is further also mirrored by the difficulty in sourcing this compound on kilogram scale for a reasonable price and delivery time. Therefore, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a new, efficient and cost effective process for the preparation of 2-cyclopentyl-6-methoxy-isonicotinic acid, which is suitable for industrial scale synthesis.

Patent

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Disclosed in WO2011007324, have immunomodulating activity through their S1P1/EDG1 receptor agonistic activity. Therefore, those pyridine-4-yl derivatives are useful for prevention and/or treatment of diseases or disorders associated with an activated immune system, including rejection of transplanted organs such as kidney, liver, heart, lung, pancreas, cornea, and skin; graft-versus-host diseases brought about by stem cell transplantation; autoimmune syndromes including rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, thyroiditis such as Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, uveo-retinitis; atopic diseases such as rhinitis, conjunctivitis, dermatitis; asthma; type I diabetes; post-infectious autoimmune diseases including rheumatic fever and post-infectious glomerulonephritis; solid cancers and tumor metastasis. 2-Cyclopentyl-6-methoxy-isonicotinic acid, which is also disclosed in WO2011007324, is a useful intermediate for the synthesis of the pyridine-4-yl derivatives of formula (PD), wherein R^ais a cyclopentyl group.

In the process described in WO2011007324, 2-cyclopentyl-6-methoxy-isonicotinic acid was prepared according to the following reaction scheme 1:

Rieke Zinc: cyclopentylzinc bromide;
PdCl₂(dppf)dcm: 1,1′-Bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene-palladium(II)dichloride dichloromethane complex

EXAMPLES

Example 1a

1-Cyclopentylethanone

A mixture of 1,4 dibromobutane (273 g, 1 eq.), tetrabutylammonium bromide (20 g, 0.05 eq.) in 32% NaOH (1 L) was heated to 50° C. Tert.-butyl acetoacetate (200 g, 1 eq.) was added keeping the maximum internal temperature below 55° C. The mixture was stirred for 5 h at 50° C. The stirrer was stopped and the org. layer was separated. The org. layer was washed with 1N HCl (500 mL). The org. layer was added to 32% HCl (300 mL) at an external temperature of 60° C. The mixture was stirred at 60° C. for 3.5 h and cooled to 40° C. The mixture was washed with brine (60 mL). The org. layer was washed with brine (150 mL) and dried with magnesium sulphate (8 g). The mixture was filtered and the product was purified by distillation (distillation conditions: external temperature: 70° C., head temperature: 40-55° C., pressure: 30-7 mbar) to obtain a colourless liquid; yield: 107 g (75%). Purity (GC-MS): 99.8% a/a; GC-MS: t_R=1.19 min, [M+1]⁺=113. ¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ=2.86 (m, 1H), 2.15 (s, 3H), 1.68 (m, 8H).

Example 1 b

1-Cyclopentylethanone

Tert-butyl 1-acetylcyclopentanecarboxylate (723 g, 3.41 mol) was added to 32% HCl (870 mL) at an internal temperature of 80° C. over a period of 2 h. The mixture was stirred at 80° C. for 1 h and cooled to 50° C. The stirrer was stopped and the org. layer was separated. The org. layer was washed with water (250 mL) and dried with magnesium sulphate (24 g). The mixture was filtered and the product was purified by distillation to obtain a colourless liquid; yield: 333.6 g (87%). Purity (GC-MS): 97.3% a/a; GC-MS: t_R=1.19 min, [M+1]⁺=113.

Example 1c

1-Cyclopentylethanone

Tert-butyl 1-acetylcyclopentanecarboxylate (300 g, 1.41 mol) was added to 5 M HCl in isopropanol (600 mL) at an internal temperature of 60° C. over a period of 25 min. The mixture was stirred at 60° C. for 18 h and cooled to 20° C. Water (1 L) was added, the stirrer was stopped and the org. layer was separated. The org. layer was washed with water (500 mL). The crude product was purified by distillation to obtain a colourless liquid; yield: 115 g (72%). Purity (GC-MS): 87.2% a/a; GC-MS: t_R=1.19 min, [M+1]⁺=113.

Example 1d

1-Cyclopentylethanone

Tert-butyl 1-acetylcyclopentanecarboxylate (514 g, 2.42 mol) was added to TFA (390 mL) at an internal temperature of 60° C. More TFA (200 mL) was added and the temperature was adjusted to 65° C. The mixture was stirred at 65° C. for 1 h. The reaction mixture was concentrated at 45° C. and 20 mbar. The residue was added to TBME (500 mL), ice (200 g) and 32% NaOH (300 mL). The aq. layer was separated and extracted with TBME (500 mL). The combined org. layers were concentrated to dryness to yield the crude 1-cyclopentylethanone. The crude product was purified by distillation to yield a colorless liquid: 221.8 g (82%). Purity (GC-MS): 90.2% a/a; GC-MS: t_R=1.19 min, [M+l]⁺=113.

Example 1e

1-Cyclopentylethanone

Tert-butyl 1-acetylcyclopentanecarboxylate (534 g, 2.52 mol) was added to 50% H₂SO₄(300 mL) at an internal temperature of 100° C. over a period of 40 min. The mixture was stirred at 120° C. for 2 h and cooled to 20° C. The stirrer was stopped and the org. layer was separated. The org. layer was washed with saturated NaHCO₃solution (250 mL). The crude product was purified by distillation to obtain a colourless liquid; yield: 177 g (63%). Purity (GC-MS): 99.9% a/a; GC-MS: t_R=1.19 min, [M+1]+=113.

Example 1f

Tert-butyl 1-acetylcyclopentanecarboxylate

To a mixture of potassium carbonate (1 kg, 7.24 mol) and tetrabutylammonium iodide (10 g, 0.027 mol) in DMSO (3 L) was added a mixture of 1,4-dibromobutane (700 g, 3.24 mol) and tert.-butyl acetoacetate (500 g, 3.16 mol). The mixture was stirred at 25° C. for 20 h. To the reaction mixture was added water (4 L) and TBME (3 L). The mixture was stirred until all solids dissolved. The TBME layer was separated and washed with water (3×1 L). The org. layer was concentrated and the crude product was purified by distillation (distillation conditions: external temperature: 135° C., head temperature: 105-115° C., pressure: 25-10 mbar) to obtain a colourless liquid; yield: 537.6 g (80%). Purity (GC-MS): 90.5% a/a; GC-MS:

t_R=1.89 min, [M+1]⁺=213. ¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ=2.16 (s, 3H), 2.06 (m, 4H), 1.63 (m, 4H), 1.45 (s, 9H).

Example 1 g

Tert-butyl 1-acetylcyclopentanecarboxylate

A mixture of 1,4 dibromobutane (281 g, 1 eq.) and tetrabutylammonium bromide (15 g, 0.05 eq.) in 50% NaOH (1 L) was heated to 50° C. Tert.-butyl acetoacetate (206 g, 1 eq.) was added keeping the maximum internal temperature below 55° C. The mixture was stirred for 5 h at 50° C. The stirrer was stopped and the org. layer was separated. The org. layer was washed with 1N HCl (500 mL). The crude product was purified by distillation to obtain a colourless liquid; yield: 199 g (72%). Purity (GC-MS): 97.8% a/a; GC-MS: t_R=1.89 min, [M+1]⁺=213.

Example 2

2-Cyclopentyl-6-hydroxyisonicotinic acid

A 10 L reactor was charged with potassium tert.-butylate (220 g, 1.1 eq.) and THF (3 L). The solution was cooled to −20° C. A mixture of diethyloxalate (260 g, 1 eq.) and 1-cyclopentylethanone (200 g, 1.78 mol, 1 eq.) was added at a temperature below −18° C. The reaction mixture was stirred at −10° C. for 30 min and then warmed to 15° C. To the mixture was added cyano acetamide (180 g, 1.2 eq.). The mixture was stirred for 20 h at 22° C. Water (600 mL) was added and the reaction mixture was concentrated at 60° C. under reduced pressure on a rotary evaporator. 3.4 L solvent were removed. The reactor was charged with 32% HCl (5 L) and heated to 50° C. The residue was added to the HCl solution at a temperature between 44 and 70° C. The mixture was heated to 100° C. for 22 h. 2.7 L solvent were removed at 135° C. external temperature and a pressure of ca. 400 mbar. The suspension was diluted with water (2.5 L) and cooled to 10° C. The suspension was filtered. The product cake was washed with water (2.5 L) and acetone (3 L). The product was dried to obtain an off white solid; yield: 255 g (69%); purity (LC-MS): 100% a/a; LC-MS: t_R=0.964 min, [M+1]⁺=208; ¹H NMR (deutero DMSO): δ=12.67 (br, 2H), 6.63 (s, 1H), 6.38 (s, 1H), 2.89 (m, 1H), 1.98 (m, 2H), 1.63 (m, 6H).

Example 3

Methyl 2-cyclopentyl-6-hydroxyisonicotinate

2-Cyclopentyl-6-hydroxyisonicotinic acid (1520.5 g, 7.3 mol, 1 eq.), methanol (15.2 L), trimethylorthoformiate (1.56 L, 2 eq.) and sulphuric acid (471 mL, 1.2 eq.) were mixed at 20° C. and heated to reflux for 18 h. 10 L solvent were removed at 95° C. external temperature and a pressure of ca. 800 mbar.

The mixture was cooled to 20° C. and added to water (7.6 L) at 50° C. The suspension was diluted with water (3.8 L), cooled to 10° C. and filtered. The cake was washed with water (3.8 L). The product was dried to obtain a yellowish solid; yield: 1568 g (97%); purity (LC-MS): 100% a/a; LC-MS: t_R=1.158 min, [M+1]⁺=222; ¹H NMR (deutero DMSO) δ=11.98 (br, 1H), 6.63 (m, 1H), 6.39 (s, 1H), 3.83 (s, 3H), 2.91 (m, 1H), 1.99 (m, 2H), 1.72 (m, 2H), 1.58 (m, 4H).

Example 4a

Methyl 2-chloro-6-cyclopentylisonicotinate

Methyl 2-cyclopentyl-6-hydroxyisonicotinate (50 g, 0.226 mol, 1 eq.) and phenylphosphonic dichloride (70 mL, 2 eq.) were heated to 130° C. for 3 h. The reaction mixture was added to a solution of potassium phosphate (300 g) in water (600 mL) and isopropyl acetate (600 mL) at 0° C. The mixture was filtered over kieselguhr (i.e. diatomite, Celite™) (50 g). The aq. layer was separated and discarded. The org. layer was washed with water (500 mL). The org. layer was concentrated to dryness at 65° C. and reduced pressure to obtain a black oil; yield: 50.4 g (93%); purity (LC-MS): 94% a/a.

The crude oil was purified by distillation at an external temperature of 130° C., head temperature of 106° C. and oil pump vacuum to yield a colourless oil; yield: 45.6 g (84%); purity (LC-MS): 100% a/a; LC-MS: t_R=1.808 min, [M+1]⁺=240; ¹H NMR (CDCl₃) δ=7.69 (s, 1H), 7.67 (s, 1H), 3.97 (s, 3H), 3.23 (m, 1H), 2.12 (m, 2H), 1.80 (m, 6H).

Example 4b

Methyl 2-chloro-6-cyclopentylisonicotinate

2-Cyclopentyl-6-hydroxyisonicotinic acid (147 g, 0.709 mol, 1 eq.) and phosphorous oxychloride (647 mL, 10 eq.) were heated to 115° C. for 4 h. The mixture was concentrated at normal pressure and an external temperature of 130-150° C. At 20° C. DCM (250 mL) was added. The solution was added to MeOH (1000 mL) below 60° C. The mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure at 50° C. DCM (1 L) was added to the residue and the mixture was washed with water (2×500 mL). The org. layer was concentrated to dryness under reduced pressure at 50° C. to obtain a black oil; yield: 181.7 g (107%); purity (LC-MS): 97% a/a. The product was contaminated with trimethyl phosphate.

Example 5

2-Cyclopentyl-6-methoxyisonicotinic acid

Methyl 2-chloro-6-cyclopentylisonicotinate (40 g, 0.168 mol, 1 eq.) and 5.4 M NaOMe in MeOH (320 mL, 10 eq.) were heated to reflux for 16 h. Water (250 mL) was added carefully at 80° C. external temperature. Methanol was distilled off at 60° C. and reduced pressure (300 mbar). The residue was acidified with 32% HCl (150 mL) and the pH was adjusted to 1. The mixture was extracted with isopropyl acetate (300 mL). The aq. layer was discarded. The org. layer was washed with water (200 mL). The org. solution was concentrated to dryness under reduced pressure at 60° C. to obtain a white solid; yield: 35.25 g (95%). The crude product was crystallized from acetonitrile (170 mL) to obtain a white solid; 31 g (84%); purity (LC-MS): 97.5% a/a.

LC-MS: t_R=1.516 min, [M+1]⁺=222; ¹H NMR (deutero DMSO) δ=13.50 (br s, 1H), 7.25 (s, 1H), 6.98 (s, 1H), 3.88 (s, 3H), 3.18 (m, 1H), 2.01 (m, 2H), 1.72 (m, 6H).

Example 6

Ethyl 4-cyclopentyl-2,4-dioxobutanoate

A solution of 20% potassium tert-butoxide in THF (595 mL, 1.1 eq.) and THF (400 mL) was cooled to −20° C. A mixture of diethyloxalate (130 g, 1 eq.) and 1-cyclopentylethanone (100 g, 0.891 mol, 1 eq.) was added at a temperature below −18° C. The reaction mixture was stirred at −10° C. for 30 min and then warmed to 15° C. To the mixture was added 2 M HCl (1 L) and TBME (1 L). The org. layer was separated and washed with water (1 L). The org. layer was evaporated to dryness on a rotary evaporator to obtain an oil; yield: 171 g (91%); purity (GC-MS): 97% a/a; GC-MS: t_R=2.50 min, [M+1]⁺=213;¹H NMR δ: 14.55 (m, 1H), 6.41 (s, 1H), 4.37 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 2.91 (m, 1H), 1.79 (m, 8H), 1.40 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H).

Example 7

Ethyl 3-cyano-6-cyclopentyl-2-hydroxyisonicotinate

Triethylamine (112 mL, 1 eq.) and cyanoacetamide (67.9 g, 1 eq.) was heated in ethanol to 65° C. Ethyl 4-cyclopentyl-2,4-dioxobutanoate (171 g, 0.807 mol, 1 eq.) was added to the mixture at 65° C. The mixture was stirred for 3 h at 65° C. The mixture was cooled to 20° C. and filtered. The product was washed with TBME (2×200 mL).

The product was dried to obtain a yellow solid; yield: 85 g (40%); purity (LC-MS): 97% a/a; LC-MS: t_R=1.41 min, [M+1]⁺=261; ¹H NMR (CDCl₃) δ: 12.94 (m, 1H), 6.70 (s, 1H), 4.50 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 3.11 (m, 1H), 2.21 (m, 2H), 1.96 (m, 2H), 1.78 (m, 4H), 1.48 (t, 3H).

REFERENTIAL EXAMPLES

Original process described by Goldsworthy in J. Chem. Soc. 1934, 377-378.

According to Goldsworthy the ketonic ester (ethyl 1-acetylcyclopentanecarboxylate) (19.5 g) was refluxed for 24 h with a considerable excess of potash (19 g) in alcohol (150 cc), two-thirds of the alcohol then distilled off, the residue refluxed for 3 h, the bulk of the alcohol finally removed, saturated brine added, and the ketone extracted with ether. The oil obtained from the extract distilled at 150-160°/760 mm and yielded nearly 4 g of a colourless oil, b.p. 153-155°/760 mm, on redistillation. The semicarbazone, prepared from the ketone and a slight excess of equivalent amounts of semicarbazide and sodium acetate in saturated solution, alcohol just sufficient to clear the solution being finally added, rapidly separated; m.p. 145° after recrystallisation from acetone (Found: N, 24.5. C8H15ON3 requires N, 24.8%).

The process described by Goldsworthy has been reproduced using K₂CO₃in the absence (Referential Example 1) and presence (Referential Example 2) of water.

Referential Example 1

Ethyl 1-acetylcyclopentanecarboxylate (19.5 g, 0.106 mol) was refluxed for 24 h with K₂CO₃(19 g, 0.137 mol, Aldrich: 347825) in ethanol (150 mL). GC-MS indicated a conversion to 3% of the desired product. The solvent was removed and the residue was extracted with ether and brine. Evaporation of solvent yielded 28.5 g of a yellow oil. GC-MS indicated ca. 86% a/a starting material, 3% a/a product.

Referential Example 2

Ethyl 1-acetylcyclopentanecarboxylate (19.5 g, 0.106 mol) was refluxed for 24 h with K₂CO₃(19 g, 0.137 mol, Aldrich: 347825) in ethanol (150 mL) in the presence of water (1.91 g, 1 eq.). GC-MS indicated a conversion to 17% of the desired product. The reaction mixture was discarded.

PATENT

US8658675

https://www.google.com/patents/US8658675

Martin Bolli, Cyrille Lescop, Boris Mathys,Keith Morrison, Claus Mueller, Oliver Nayler,Beat Steiner,

novel compounds of Formula (I) that are agonists for the G protein-coupled receptor S1P1/EDG1 and have a powerful and long-lasting immunomodulating effect which is achieved by reducing the number of circulating and infiltrating T- and B-lymphocytes, without affecting their maturation, memory, or expansion. The reduction of circulating T-/B-lymphocytes as a result of S1P1/EDG1 agonism, possibly in combination with the observed improvement of endothelial cell layer function associated with S1P1/EDG1 activation, makes such compounds useful to treat uncontrolled inflammatory diseases and to improve vascular functionality. Prior art document WO 2008/029371 discloses compounds that act as S1P1/EDG1 receptor agonists and show an immunomodulating effect as described above. Unexpectedly, it has been found that the compounds of the present invention have a reduced potential to constrict airway tissue/vessels when compared to compounds of the prior art document WO 2008/029371. The compounds of the present invention therefore demonstrate superiority with respect to their safety profile, e.g. a lower risk of bronchoconstriction.

Examples of WO 2008/029371, which are considered closest prior art analogues are shown in FIG. 1.

For instance, the compounds of Example 1 and 6 of the present invention show a significantly reduced potential to constrict rat trachea rings when compared to the compounds of prior art Examples 222 and 226 of WO 2008/029371, respectively. Furthermore, the compounds of Example 1 and 6 of the present invention also show a reduced potential to constrict rat trachea rings when compared to the compounds of prior art Examples 196 and 204 of WO 2008/029371, respectively. These data demonstrate that compounds wherein R¹represents 3-pentyl and R²represents methoxy are superior compared to the closest prior art compounds of WO 2008/029371, i.e. the compounds wherein R¹represents an isobutyl and R²represents methoxy or wherein R¹represents methyl and R²represents 3-pentyl. Moreover, also the compound of Example 16 of the present invention, wherein R¹is 3-methyl-but-1-yl and R²is methoxy, exhibits a markedly reduced potential to constrict rat trachea rings when compared to its closest analogue prior art Example 226 of WO 2008/029371 wherein R¹is isobutyl and R²is methoxy.

The unexpected superiority of the compounds of the present invention is also evident from the observation that the compounds of Example 2 and 7 of the present invention show a markedly reduced potential to constrict rat trachea rings when compared to the compounds of prior art Examples 229 and 233 of WO 2008/029371, respectively. This proves that compounds wherein R¹represents cyclopentyl and R²represents methoxy are superior compared to the closest prior art compounds of WO 2008/029371, i.e. the compounds wherein R¹represents methyl and R²represents cyclopentyl.

Preparation of Intermediates2-Chloro-6-methyl-isonicotinic acid

The title compound and its ethyl ester are commercially available.

2-(1-Ethyl-propyl)-6-methoxy-isonicotinic acid

a) To a solution of 2,6-dichloroisonicotinic acid (200 g, 1.04 mol) in methanol (3 L), 32% aq. NaOH (770 mL) is added. The stirred mixture becomes warm (34° C.) and is then heated to 70° C. for 4 h before it is cooled to rt. The mixture is neutralised by adding 32% aq. HCl (100 mL) and 25% aq. HCl (700 mL). The mixture is stirred at rt overnight. The white precipitate that forms is collected, washed with methanol and dried. The filtrate is evaporated and the residue is suspended in water (200 mL). The resulting mixture is heated to 60° C. Solid material is collected, washed with water and dried. The combined crops give 2-chloro-6-methoxy-isonicotinic acid (183 g) as a white solid; LC-MS: t_R=0.80 min, [M+1]⁺=187.93.

b) To a suspension of 2-chloro-6-methoxy-isonicotinic acid (244 g, 1.30 mol) in methanol (2.5 L), H₂SO₄(20 mL) is added. The mixture is stirred at reflux for 24 h before it is cooled to 0° C. The solid material is collected, washed with methanol (200 mL) and water (500 mL) and dried under HV to give 2-chloro-6-methoxy-isonicotinic acid methyl ester (165 g) as a white solid; LC-MS: t_R=0.94 min, [M+1]⁺=201.89.

c) Under argon, Pd(dppf) (3.04 g, 4 mmol) is added to a solution of 2-chloro-6-methoxy-isonicotinic acid methyl ester (50 g, 0.248 mol) in THF (100 mL). A 0.5 M solution of 3-pentylzincbromide in THF (550 mL) is added via dropping funnel. Upon complete addition, the mixture is heated to 85° C. for 18 h before it is cooled to rt. Water (5 mL) is added and the mixture is concentrated. The crude product is purified by filtration over silica gel (350 g) using heptane:EA 7:3 to give 2-(1-ethyl-propyl)-6-methoxy-isonicotinic acid methyl ester (53 g) as a pale yellow oil; ¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ0.79 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 6H), 1.63-1.81 (m, 4H), 2.47-2.56 (m, 1H), 3.94 (s, 3H), 3.96 (s, 3H), 7.12 (d, J=1.0 Hz, 1H), 7.23 (d, J=1.0 Hz, 1H).

d) A solution of 2-(1-ethyl-propyl)-6-methoxy-isonicotinic acid methyl ester (50 g, 0.211 mol) in ethanol (250 mL), water (50 mL) and 32% aq. NaOH (50 mL) is stirred at 80° C. for 1 h. The mixture is concentrated and the residue is dissolved in water (200 mL) and extracted with TBME. The org. phase is separated and washed once with water (200 mL). The TBME phase is discarded. The combined aq. phases are acidified by adding 25% aq. HCl and then extracted with EA (400+200 mL). The combined org. extracts are concentrated. Water (550 mL) is added to the remaining residue. The mixture is heated to 70° C., cooled to rt and the precipitate that forms is collected and dried to give the title compound (40.2 g) as a white solid; LC-MS: t_R=0.95 min, [M+1]⁺=224.04; ¹H NMR (D₆-DMSO): δ 0.73 (t, J=7.3 Hz, 6H), 1.59-1.72 (m, 4H), 2.52-2.58 (m, 1H), 3.88 (s, 3H), 7.00 (d, J=1.0 Hz, 1H), 7.20 (d, J=1.0 Hz, 1H).

2-Methoxy-6-(3-methyl-butyl)-isonicotinic acid

The title compound is prepared in analogy to 2-(1-ethyl-propyl)-6-methoxy-isonicotinic acid; LC-MS: t_R=0.94 min, [M+1]⁺=224.05; ¹H NMR (D₆-DMSO): δ 0.92 (d, J=5.8 Hz, 6H), 1.54-1.62 (m, 3H), 2.70-2.76 (m, 2H), 3.88 (s, 3H), 6.99 (s, 1H), 7.25 (s, 1H), 13.52 (s).

2-Cyclopentyl-6-methoxy-isonicotinic acid

The title compound is prepared in analogy to 2-(1-ethyl-propyl)-6-methoxy-isonicotinic acid; LC-MS: t_R=0.93 min, [M+1]⁺=222.02; ¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 1.68-1.77 (m, 2H), 1.81-1.90 (m, 4H), 2.03-2.12 (m, 2H), 3.15-3.25 (m, 1H), 3.99 (s, 3H), 7.18 (d, J=1.0 Hz, 1H), 7.35 (d, J=0.8 Hz, 1H).

2-Cyclohexyl-6-methoxy-isonicotinic acid

The title compound is prepared in analogy to 2-(1-ethyl-propyl)-6-methoxy-isonicotinic acid; LC-MS: t_R=0.98 min, [M+1]⁺=236.01; ¹H NMR (D₆-DMSO): δ 1.17-1.29 (m, 1H), 1.31-1.43 (m, 2H), 1.44-1.55 (m, 2H), 1.67-1.73 (m, 1H), 1.76-1.83 (m, 2H), 1.84-1.92 (m, 2H), 2.66 (tt, J=11.3, 3.3 Hz, 1H), 3.88 (s, 3H), 7.00 (d, J=1.0 Hz, 1H), 7.23 (d, J=1.0 Hz, 1H).

2-Cyclopentyl-N-hydroxy-6-methoxy-isonicotinamidine

a) A solution of 2-cyclopentyl-6-methoxy-isonicotinic acid methyl ester (3.19 g, 13.6 mmol) in 7 N NH₃in methanol (50 mL) is stirred at 60° C. for 18 h. The solvent is removed in vacuo and the residue is dried under HV to give crude 2-cyclopentyl-6-methoxy-isonicotinamide (3.35 g) as a pale yellow solid; LC-MS**: t_R=0.57 min, [M+1]⁺=221.38.

b) Pyridine (8.86 g, 91.3 mmol) is added to a solution of 2-cyclopentyl-6-methoxy-isonicotinamide (3.35 g, 15.2 mmol) in DCM (100 mL). The mixture is cooled to 0° C. before trifluoroacetic acid anhydride (9.58 g, 45.6 mmol) is added portionwise. The mixture is stirred at 0° C. for 1 h before it is diluted with DCM (100 mL) and washed with sat. aq. NaHCO₃solution (100 mL) and brine (100 mL). The separated org. phase is dried over MgSO₄, filtered and concentrated. The crude product is purified by CC on silica gel eluting with heptane:EA 9:1 to give 2-cyclopentyl-6-methoxy-isonicotinonitrile (2.09 g) as pale yellow oil; LC-MS**: t_R=0.80 min, [M+1]⁺=not detectable; ¹H NMR (D₆-DMSO): δ 1.61-1.82 (m, 6H), 1.94-2.03 (m, 2H), 3.16 (quint, J=7.8 Hz, 1H), 3.89 (s, 3H), 7.15 (s, 1H), 7.28 (s, 1H).

c) To a solution of 2-cyclopentyl-6-methoxy-isonicotinonitrile (2.09 g, 10.3 mmol) in methanol (100 mL), hydroxylamine hydrochloride (2.15 g, 31.0 mmol) and NaHCO₃(3.04 g, 36.2 mmol) are added. The mixture is stirred at 60° C. for 18 h before it is filtered and the filtrate is concentrated. The residue is dissolved in EA (300 mL) and washed with water (30 mL). The washings are extracted back with EA (4×100 mL) and DCM (4×100 mL). The combined org. extracts are dried over MgSO₄, filtered, concentrated and dried under HV to give the title compound (2.74 g) as a white solid; LC-MS**: t_R=0.47 min, [M+1]⁺=236.24; ¹H NMR (D₆-DMSO): δ 1.61-1.82 (m, 6H), 1.92-2.01 (m, 2H), 3.04-3.13 (m, 1H), 3.84 (s, 3H), 5.90 (s, 2H), 6.86 (s, 1H), 7.13 (s, 1H), 9.91 (s, 1H).

2-Cyclopentyl-6-methoxy-isonicotinic acid hydrazide

a) To a solution of 2-cyclopentyl-6-methoxy-isonicotinic acid (2.00 g, 9.04 mmol), hydrazinecarboxylic acid benzyl ester (1.50 g, 9.04 mmol) and DIPEA (2.34 g, 18.1 mmol) in DCM (40 mL), TBTU (3.19 g, 9.94 mmol) is added. The mixture is stirred at rt for 2 h before it is diluted with EA (250 mL), washed twice with sat. aq. NaHCO₃solution (150 mL) followed by brine (100 mL), dried over MgSO₄, filtered and concentrated. The crude product is purified by CC on silica gel eluting with heptane:EA 4:1 to give N′-(2-cyclopentyl-6-methoxy-pyridine-4-carbonyl)-hydrazinecarboxylic acid benzyl ester (2.74 g) as pale yellow oil; LC-MS**: t_R=0.74 min, [M+1]⁺=369.69; ¹H NMR (D₆-DMSO): δ 1.62-1.83 (m, 6H), 1.95-2.05 (m, 2H), 3.10-3.21 (m, 1H), 3.88 (s, 3H), 5.13 (s, 2H), 6.97 (s, 1H), 7.23 (s, 1H), 7.28-7.40 (m, 5H), 9.45 (s, 1H), 10.52 (s, 1H).

b) Pd/C (500 mg, 10% Pd) is added to a solution of N′-(2-cyclopentyl-6-methoxy-pyridine-4-carbonyl)-hydrazinecarboxylic acid benzyl ester (2.74 g, 7.42 mmol) in THF (50 mL) and methanol (50 mL). The mixture is stirred at rt under 1 bar of H₂for 25 h. The catalyst is removed by filtration and the filtrate is concentrated and dried under HV to give the title compound (1.58 g) as an off-white solid; LC-MS**: t_R=0.51 min, [M+1]⁺=236.20; ¹H NMR (D₆-DMSO): δ 1.60-1.82 (m, 6H), 1.94-2.03 (m, 2H), 3.08-3.19 (m, 1H), 3.86 (s, 3H), 4.56 (s br, 2H), 6.93 (d, J=1.0 Hz, 1H), 7.20 (d, J=1.0 Hz, 1H), 9.94 (s, 1H).

3-Ethyl-4-hydroxy-5-methyl-benzonitrile

The title compound is prepared from 3-ethyl-4-hydroxy-5-methyl-benzaldehyde following literature procedures (A. K. Chakraborti, G. Kaur, Tetrahedron 55 (1999) 13265-13268); LC-MS: t_R=0.90 min; ¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ1.24 (t, J=7.6 Hz, 3H), 2.26 (s, 3H), 2.63 (q, J=7.6 Hz, 2H), 5.19 (s, 1H), 7.30 (s, 2H).

3-Chloro-4-hydroxy-5-methyl-benzonitrile

The title compound is prepared from commercially available 2-chloro-6-methyl-phenol in analogy to literature procedures (see 3-ethyl-4-hydroxy-5-methyl-benzonitrile); LC-MS: t_R=0.85 min. ¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ2.33 (s, 3H), 6.10 (s, 1H), 7.38 (s, 1H), 7.53 (d, J=1.8 Hz, 1H).

3-Ethyl-4,N-dihydroxy-5-methyl-benzamidine

The title compound is prepared from 3-ethyl-4-hydroxy-5-methyl-benzonitrile or from commercially available 2-ethyl-6-methyl-phenol following literature procedures (G. Trapani, A. Latrofa, M. Franco, C. Altomare, E. Sanna, M. Usala, G. Biggio, G. Liso, J. Med. Chem. 41 (1998) 1846-1854; A. K. Chakraborti, G. Kaur, Tetrahedron 55 (1999) 13265-13268; E. Meyer, A. C. Joussef, H. Gallardo, Synthesis 2003, 899-905); LC-MS: t_R=0.55 min; ¹H NMR (D₆-DMSO): δ 9.25 (s br, 1H), 7.21 (s, 2H), 5.56 (s, 2H), 2.55 (q, J=7.6 Hz, 2H), 2.15 (s, 3H), 1.10 (t, J=7.6 Hz, 3H).

3-Chloro-4,N-dihydroxy-5-methyl-benzamidine

The title compound is prepared from commercially available 2-chloro-6-methyl-phenol in analogy to literature procedures (e.g. B. Roth et al. J. Med. Chem. 31 (1988) 122-129; and literature cited for 3-ethyl-4,N-dihydroxy-5-methyl-benzamidine); 3-chloro-4-hydroxy-5-methyl-benzaldehyde: LC-MS: t_R=0.49 min, [M+1]⁺=201.00; ¹H NMR 82.24 (s, 2H), 2.35 (s, 4H), 5.98 (s br, 1H), 7.59 (d, J=1.8 Hz, 1H), 7.73 (d, J=1.8 Hz, 1H), 9.80 (s, 1H); 3-chloro-4,N-dihydroxy-5-methyl-benzamidine: ¹H NMR (D₆-DMSO): δ 2.21 (s, 3H), 5.72 (s br, 2H), 7.40 (s, 1H), 7.48 (s, 1H), 9.29 (s br, 1H), 9.48 (s br, 1H).

(R)-4-(2,2-Dimethyl-[1,3]dioxolan-4-ylmethoxy)-3-ethyl-N-hydroxy-5-methyl-benzamidine

a) To a solution of 3-ethyl-4-hydroxy-5-methyl-benzonitrile (2.89 g, 17.9 mmol) in THF (80 mL), (R)-(2,2-dimethyl-[1,3]dioxolan-4-yl)methanol (2.84 g, 21.5 mmol) followed by triphenylphosphine (5.81 g, 21.5 mmol) is added. The mixture is cooled with an ice-bath before DEAD (9.36 g, 21.5 mmol) is added dropwise. The mixture is stirred at rt for 1 h, the solvent is removed in vacuo and the residue is purified by CC on silica gel eluting with heptane:EA 85:15 to give (R)-4-(2,2-dimethyl-[1,3]dioxolan-4-ylmethoxy)-3-ethyl-5-methyl-benzonitrile (4.45 g) as a pale yellow oil; LC-MS**: t_R=0.75 min, [M+1]⁺=not detected; ¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ1.25 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 3H), 1.44 (s, 3H), 1.49 (s, 3H), 2.34 (s, 3H), 2.65-2.77 (m, 2H), 3.80-3.90 (m, 2H), 3.94-4.00 (m, 1H), 4.21 (t, J=7.3 Hz, 1H), 4.52 (quint, J=5.8 Hz, 1H), 7.35 (s, 1H), 7.38 (s, 1H).

b) To a mixture of (R)-4-(2,2-dimethyl-[1,3]dioxolan-4-ylmethoxy)-3-ethyl-5-methyl-benzonitrile (4.45 g, 16.2 mmol) and NaHCO₃(4.75 g, 56.6 mmol) in methanol (30 mL), hydroxylamine hydrochloride (3.37 g, 48.5 mmol) is added. The mixture is stirred at 60° C. for 18 h before it is filtered and the solvent of the filtrate is removed in vacuo. The residue is dissolved in EA and washed with a small amount of water and brine. The org. phase is separated, dried over MgSO₄, filtered, concentrated and dried to give the title compound (5.38 g) as a white solid; LC-MS**: t_R=0.46 min, [M+1]⁺=309.23; ¹H NMR (D₆-DMSO): δ 1.17 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 3H), 1.33 (s, 3H), 1.38 (s, 3H), 2.25 (s, 3H), 2.57-2.69 (m, 2H), 3.73-3.84 (m, 3H), 4.12 (t, J=7.0 Hz, 1H), 4.39-4.45 (m, 1H), 5.76 (s br, 2H), 7.34 (s, 1H), 7.36 (s, 1H), 9.47 (s, 1H).

(R)-3-Chloro-4-(2,2-dimethyl-[1,3]dioxolan-4-ylmethoxy)-N-hydroxy-5-methyl-benzamidine

The title compound is obtained as a colorless oil (1.39 g) in analogy to (R)-4-(2,2-dimethyl-[1,3]dioxolan-4-ylmethoxy)-3-ethyl-N-hydroxy-5-methyl-benzamidine starting from 3-chloro-4-hydroxy-5-methyl-benzonitrile and L-α,β-isopropyliden glycerol; LC-MS: t_R=0.66 min, [M+H]⁺=314.96.

(S)-4-(3-Amino-2-hydroxypropoxy)-3-ethyl-5-methylbenzonitrile

a) To a solution of 3-ethyl-4-hydroxy-5-methyl-benzonitrile (5.06 g, 31.4 mmol) in THF (80 mL), PPh₃(9.06 g, 34.5 mmol) and (R)-glycidol (2.29 mL, 34.5 mmol) are added. The mixture is cooled to 0° C. before DEAD in toluene (15.8 mL, 34.5 mmol) is added. The mixture is stirred for 18 h while warming up to rt. The solvent is evaporated and the crude product is purified by CC on silica gel eluting with heptane:EA 7:3 to give 3-ethyl-5-methyl-4-oxiranylmethoxy-benzonitrile (5.85 g) as a yellow oil; LC-MS: t_R=0.96 min; [M+42]⁺=259.08.

b) The above epoxide is dissolved in 7 N NH₃in methanol (250 mL) and the solution is stirred at 65° C. for 18 h. The solvent is evaporated to give crude (S)-4-(3-amino-2-hydroxypropoxy)-3-ethyl-5-methylbenzonitrile (6.23 g) as a yellow oil; LC-MS: t_R=0.66 min; [M+1]⁺=235.11.

N—((S)-3-[2-Ethyl-4-(N-hydroxycarbamimidoyl)-6-methyl-phenoxy]-2-hydroxy-propyl)-2-hydroxy-acetamide

a) To a solution of (S)-4-(3-amino-2-hydroxypropoxy)-3-ethyl-5-methylbenzonitrile (6.23 g, 26.59 mmol) in THF (150 mL), glycolic acid (2.43 g, 31.9 mmol), HOBt (4.31 g, 31.9 mmol), and EDC hydrochloride (6.12 g, 31.9 mmol) are added. The mixture is stirred at rt for 18 h before it is diluted with sat. aq. NaHCO₃and extracted twice with EA. The combined org. extracts are dried over MgSO₄, filtered and concentrated. The crude product is purified by CC with DCM containing 8% of methanol to give (S)—N-[3-(4-cyano-2-ethyl-6-methyl-phenoxy)-2-hydroxy-propyl]-2-hydroxy-acetamide (7.03 g) as a yellow oil; LC-MS: t_R=0.74 min, [M+1]⁺=293.10; ¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 1.25 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 3H), 2.32 (s, 3H), 2.69 (q, J=7.5 Hz, 2H), 3.48-3.56 (m, 3H), 3.70-3.90 (m, 3H), 4.19 (s, br, 3H), 7.06 (m, 1H), 7.36 (s, 1H), 7.38 (s, 1H).

b) The above nitrile is converted to the N-hydroxy-benzamidine according to literature procedures (e.g. E. Meyer, A. C. Joussef, H. Gallardo, Synthesis 2003, 899-905); LC-MS: t_R=0.51 min, [M+1]⁺=326.13; ¹H NMR (D₆-DMSO): δ 1.17 (t, J=7.4 Hz, 3H), 2.24 (s, 3H), 2.62 (q, J=7.4 Hz, 2H), 3.23 (m, 1H), 3.43 (m, 1H), 3.67 (m, 2H), 3.83 (s, 2H), 3.93 (m, 1H), 5.27 (s br, 1H), 5.58 (s br, 1H), 5.70 (s, 2H), 7.34 (s, 1H), 7.36 (s, 1H), 7.67 (m, 1H), 9.46 (s br, 1H).

(S)—N-(3-[2-Chloro-4-(N-hydroxycarbamimidoyl)-6-methyl-phenoxy]-2-hydroxy-propyl)-2-hydroxy-acetamide

The title compound is obtained as a beige wax (1.1 g) in analogy to N—((S)-3-[2-ethyl-4-(N-hydroxycarbamimidoyl)-6-methyl-phenoxy]-2-hydroxy-propyl)-2-hydroxy-acetamide starting from 3-chloro-4-hydroxy-5-methyl-benzonitrile; LC-MS: t_R=0.48 min, [M+H]⁺=331.94.

3-Chloro-N-hydroxy-4-methanesulfonylamino-5-methyl-benzamidine

a) A mixture of 4-amino-3-chloro-5-methylbenzonitrile (155 mg, 930 μmol) and methanesulfonylchloride (2.13 g, 18.6 mmol, 1.44 mL) is heated under microwave conditions to 150° C. for 7 h. The mixture is cooled to rt, diluted with water and extracted with EA. The org. extract is dried over MgSO₄, filtered and concentrated. The crude product is purified on prep. TLC using heptane:EA 1:1 to give N-(2-chloro-4-cyano-6-methyl-phenyl)-methanesulfonamide (105 mg) as an orange solid; LC-MS**: t_R=0.48 min; ¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ2.59 (s, 3H), 3.18 (s, 3H), 6.27 (s, 1H), 7.55 (d, J=1.3 Hz, 1H), 7.65 (d, J=1.5 Hz, 1H).

b) Hydroxylamine hydrochloride (60 mg, 858 μmol) and NaHCO₃(72 mg, 858 μmol) is added to a solution of N-(2-chloro-4-cyano-6-methyl-phenyl)-methanesulfonamide (105 mg, 429 μmol) in methanol (10 mL). The mixture is stirred at 65° C. for 18 h. The solvent is removed in vacuo and the residue is dissolved in a small volume of water (2 mL) and extracted three times with EA (15 mL). The combined org. extracts are dried over MgSO₄, filtered, concentrated and dried to give the title compound (118 mg) as a white solid; LC-MS**: t_R=0.19 min, [M+1]⁺=277.94; ¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ2.57 (s, 3H), 3.13 (s, 3H), 6.21 (s, 1H), 7.49 (d, J=1.5 Hz, 1H), 7.63 (d, J=1.5 Hz).

3-Ethyl-N-hydroxy-4-methanesulfonylamino-5-methyl-benzamidine

a) In a 2.5 L three-necked round-bottom flask 2-ethyl-6-methyl aniline (250 g, 1.85 mol) is dissolved in DCM (900 mL) and cooled to 5-10° C. Bromine (310.3 g, 1.94 mol) is added over a period of 105 min such as to keep the temperature at 5-15° C. An aq. 32% NaOH solution (275 mL) is added over a period of 10 min to the greenish-grey suspension while keeping the temperature of the reaction mixture below 25° C. DCM (70 mL) and water (100 mL) are added and the phases are separated. The aq. phase is extracted with DCM (250 mL). The combined org. phases are washed with water (300 mL) and concentrated at 50° C. to afford the 4-bromo-2-ethyl-6-methyl-aniline (389 g) as a brown oil; ¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 1.27 (t, J=7.3 Hz, 3H), 2.18 (s, 3H), 2.51 (q, J=7.3 Hz, 2H), 3.61 (s br, 1H), 7.09 (s, 2H).

b) A double-jacketed 4 L-flask is charged with 4-bromo-2-ethyl-6-methyl-aniline (324 g, 1.51 mol), sodium cyanide (100.3 g, 1.97 mol), potassium iodide (50.2 g, 0.302 mol) and copper(I)iodide (28.7 g, 0.151 mol). The flask is evacuated three times and refilled with nitrogen. A solution of N,N′-dimethylethylenediamine (191.5 mL, 1.51 mol) in toluene (750 mL) is added. The mixture is heated to 118° C. and stirred at this temperature for 21 h. The mixture is cooled to 93° C. and water (1250 mL) is added to obtain a solution. Ethyl acetate (1250 mL) is added at 22-45° C. and the layers are separated. The org. phase is washed with 10% aq. citric acid (2×500 mL) and water (500 mL). The separated org. phase is evaporated to dryness to afford 4-amino-3-ethyl-5-methyl-benzonitrile (240 g) as a metallic black solid; ¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ1.29 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 3H), 2.19 (s, 3H), 2.52 (q, J=7.3 Hz, 2H), 4.10 (s br, 1H), 7.25 (s, 2H).

c) The title compound is then prepared from the above 4-amino-3-ethyl-5-methyl-benzonitrile in analogy to 3-chloro-N-hydroxy-4-methanesulfonylamino-5-methyl-benzamidine; LC-MS**: t_R=0.26 min, [M+1]⁺=272.32.

3-Chloro-4-ethanesulfonylamino N-hydroxy-5-methyl-benzamidine

The title compound is prepared in analogy to 3-chloro-N-hydroxy-4-methanesulfonylamino-5-methyl-benzamidine using ethanesulfonylchloride; LC-MS**: t_R=0.27 min, [M+1]⁺=292.13; ¹H NMR (D₆-DMSO): δ 1.36 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 3H), 2.40 (s, 3H), 3.22 (q, J=7.5 Hz), 5.88 (s, 2H), 7.57 (d, J=1.5 Hz, 1H), 7.63 (d, J=1.5 Hz, 1H), 9.18 (s, 1H), 9.78 (s, 1H).

4-Benzyloxy-3-ethyl-5-methyl-benzoic acid

a) To a solution of 3-ethyl-4-hydroxy-5-methyl-benzaldehyde (34.9 g, 0.213 mol, prepared from 2-ethyl-6-methyl-phenol according to the literature cited for 3-ethyl-4,N-dihydroxy-5-methyl-benzamidine) in MeCN (350 mL), K₂CO₃(58.7 g, 0.425 mol) and benzylbromide (36.4 g, 0.213 mol) are added. The mixture is stirred at 60° C. for 2 h before it is cooled to rt, diluted with water and extracted twice with EA. The org. extracts are washed with water and concentrated to give crude 4-benzyloxy-3-ethyl-5-methyl-benzaldehyde (45 g) as an orange oil. ¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ1.29 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 3H), 2.40 (s, 3H), 2.77 (q, J=7.8 Hz, 2H), 4.90 (s, 2H), 7.31-7.52 (m, 5H), 7.62 (d, J=1.5 Hz, 1H), 7.66 (d, J=1.8 Hz, 1H), 9.94 (s, 1H).
b) To a mixture of 4-benzyloxy-3-ethyl-5-methyl-benzaldehyde (132 g, 0.519 mol) and 2-methyl-2-butene (364 g, 5.19 mol) in tert.-butanol (1500 mL), a solution of NaH₂PO₄dihydrate (249 g, 2.08 mol) in water (1500 mL) is added. To this mixture, NaClO₂(187.8 g, 2.08 mol) is added in portions. The temperature of the reaction mixture is kept below 30° C., and evolution of gas is observed. Upon completion of the addition, the orange bi-phasic mixture is stirred well for 3 h before it is diluted with TBME (1500 mL). The org. layer is separated and washed with 20% aq. NaHS solution (1500 mL) and water (500 mL). The org. phase is then extracted three times with 0.5 N aq. NaOH (1000 mL), the aq. phase is acidified with 25% aq. HCl (500 mL) and extracted twice with TBME (1000 mL). These org. extracts are combined and evaporated to dryness to give the title compound; ¹H NMR (D₆-DMSO): δ 1.17 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 3H), 2.31 (s, 3H), 2.67 (q, J=7.5 Hz, 2H), 4.86 (s, 2H), 7.34-7.53 (m, 5H), 7.68 (s, 2H), 12.70 (s, 1H).

Example 1 (S)-3-(2-Ethyl-4-{5-[2-(1-ethyl-propyl)-6-methoxy-pyridin-4-yl]-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl}-6-methyl-phenoxy)-propane-1,2-diol

a) To a solution of 2-(1-ethyl-propyl)-6-methoxy-isonicotinic acid (190 mg, 732 μmol) in THF (10 mL) and DMF (2 mL), DIPEA (190 mg, 1.46 mmol) followed by TBTU (235 mg, 732 μmol) is added. The mixture is stirred at rt for 10 min before (R)-4-(2,2-dimethyl-[1,3]dioxolan-4-ylmethoxy)-3-ethyl-N-hydroxy-5-methyl-benzamidine 226 mg, 732 μmol) is added. The mixture is stirred at rt for 1 h before it is diluted with EA and washed with water. The org. phase is separated and concentrated. The remaining residue is dissolved in dioxane (10 mL) and heated to 105° C. for 18 h. The mixture is cooled to rt, concentrated and the crude product is purified on prep. TLC plates using DCM containing 10% of methanol to give 4-{3-[4-((R)-2,2-dimethyl-[1,3]dioxolan-4-ylmethoxy)-3-ethyl-5-methyl-phenyl]-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-5-yl}-2-(1-ethyl-propyl)-6-methoxy-pyridine (256 mg) as a yellow oil; LC-MS: t_R=1.28 min, [M+H]⁺=496.23.

b) A solution of 4-{3-[4-((R)-2,2-dimethyl-[1,3]dioxolan-4-ylmethoxy)-3-ethyl-5-methyl-phenyl]-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-5-yl}-2-(1-ethyl-propyl)-6-methoxy-pyridine (250 mg, 504 μmol) in 4 M HCl in dioxane (10 mL) is stirred at rt for 90 min before it is concentrated. The crude product is purified on prep. TLC plates using DCM containing 10% of methanol to give the title compound (76 mg) as a pale brownish solid; LC-MS: t_R=1.12 min, [M+H]⁺=456.12; ¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ0.85 (t, J=7.0 Hz, 6H), 1.33 (t, J=7.0 Hz, 3H), 1.70-1.89 (m, 4H), 2.42 (s, 3H), 2.61-2.71 (m, 1H), 2.78 (q, J=7.3 Hz, 2H), 3.82-4.00 (m, 4H), 4.04 (s, 3H), 4.14-4.21 (m, 1H), 7.34 (s, 1H), 7.46 (s, 1H), 7.86-7.91 (m, 2H).

Example 2 (S)-3-{4-[5-(2-Cyclopentyl-6-methoxy-pyridin-4-yl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-2-ethyl-6-methyl-phenoxy}-propane-1,2-diol

The title compound is prepared in analogy to Example 1 starting from 2-cyclopentyl-6-methoxy-isonicotinic acid; LC-MS: t_R=1.14 min, [M+H]⁺=454.16; ¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ1.33 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 3H), 1.72-1.78 (m, 2H), 1.85-1.94 (m, 4H), 2.03-2.15 (m, 2H), 2.41 (s, 3H), 2.72 (d, J=5.3 Hz, 1H), 2.77 (q, J=7.5 Hz, 2H), 3.19-3.28 (m, 1H), 3.81-3.94 (m, 2 H), 3.95-3.98 (m, 2H), 4.02 (s, 3H), 4.14-4.21 (m, 1H), 7.31 (d, J=1.3 Hz, 1H), 7.51 (d, J=1.0 Hz, 1H), 7.88 (d, J=1.8 Hz), 7.89 (d, J=2.0 Hz, 1H).

PAPER

Abstract Image

A practical synthesis of S1P receptor 1 agonist ACT-334441 (1) through late-stage convergent coupling of two key intermediates is described. The first intermediate is 2-cyclopentyl-6-methoxyisonicotinic acid whose skeleton was built from 1-cyclopentylethanone, ethyl oxalate, and cyanoacetate in a Guareschi–Thorpe reaction in 42% yield over five steps. The second, chiral intermediate, is a phenol ether derived from enantiomerically pure (R)-isopropylidene glycerol ((R)-solketal) and 3-ethyl-4-hydroxy-5-methylbenzonitrile in 71% yield in a one-pot reaction. The overall sequence entails 18 chemical steps with 10 isolated intermediates. All raw materials are cheap and readily available in bulk quantities, the reaction conditions match with standard pilot plant equipment, and the route reproducibly afforded 3–20 kg of 1 in excellent purity and yield for clinical studies.

Practical Synthesis of a S1P Receptor 1 Agonist via a Guareschi–Thorpe Reaction

Gunther Schmidt, Martin H. Bolli, Cyrille Lescop, and Stefan Abele^*

Chemistry Process R&D, Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Gewerbestrasse 16, CH-4123 Allschwil, Switzerland

Org. Process Res. Dev., Article ASAP

DOI: 10.1021/acs.oprd.6b00210

*E-mail: [email protected]. Telephone: +41 61 565 67 59.

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.oprd.6b00210

(¹H NMR): 99.40% w/w; er (HPLC method 2): (S):(R) = 99.7:0.3, t_R 10.70 min (S-isomer), 14.5 min (R-isomer);

mp 80 °C (DSC);

¹H NMR (d₆-DMSO): δ 7.78 (s, 2 H), 7.53 (s, 1 H), 7.26 (s, 1 H), 4.98 (d, J = 4.6 Hz, 1 H), 4.65 (s, 1 H), 3.94 (s, 3 H), 3.86 (m, 2 H), 3.75 (m, 1 H), 3.50 (t, J = 5.4 Hz, 2 H), 3.28 (m, 1 H), 2.75 (d, J = 7.5 Hz, 2 H), 2.35 (s, 3 H), 2.03 (m, 2 H), 1.81 (m, 4 H), 1.69 (m, 2 H), 1.22 (t, J = 7.5 Hz, 3 H).

¹³C NMR (CDCl₃): δ 174.3, 168.9, 165.8, 164.4, 157.4, 137.7, 133.6, 131.7, 128.4, 126.7, 122.5, 112.0, 106.0, 73.9, 71.1, 63.8, 53.7, 47.5, 33.3, 25.9, 22.9, 16.4, 14.8.

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US2015133669	2015-05-14	NEW PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF 2-CYCLOPENTYL-6-METHOXY-ISONICOTINIC ACID
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//////////ACT-334441, ACT 334441, ACT334441, CENERIMOD, S1P receptor 1 agonist, Systemic lupus erythematosus, UNII-Y333RS1786 Y333RS1786, phase 2, Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Martin Bolli, Cyrille Lescop, Boris Mathys,Keith Morrison, Claus Mueller, Oliver Nayler,Beat Steiner,

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RPL-554

MF C₂₆H₃₁N₅O₄
MW 477.555

RPL 554, RPL554

Urea, N-[2-[(2E)-6,7-dihydro-9,10-dimethoxy-4-oxo-2-[(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)imino]-2H-pyrimido[6,1-a]isoquinolin-3(4H)-yl]ethyl]-

(2-[(2E)-9,10-DIMETHOXY-4-OXO-2-[(2,4,6-TRIMETHYLPHENYL)IMINO]-2H,3H,4H,6H,7H-PYRIMIDO[4,3-A]ISOQUINOLIN-3-YL]ETHYL)UREA

2-[9,10-dimethoxy-4-oxo-2-(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)imino-6,7-dihydropyrimido[6,1-a]isoquinolin-3-yl]ethylurea

{2-[(2E)-9,10-dimethoxy-4-oxo-2-[(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)imino]-2H,3H,4H,6H,7H-pyrimido[4,3-a]isoquinolin-3-yl]ethyl}urea

2-[4-keto-9,10-dimethoxy-2-(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)imino-6,7-dihydropyrimido[4,3-a]isoquinolin-3-yl]ethylurea

2-[9,10-dimethoxy-4-oxo-2-(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)imino-6,7-dihydropyrimido[4,3-a]isoquinolin-3-yl]ethylurea

298680-25-8 CAS

UNII:3E3D8T1GIX

CFTR stimulator; PDE 3 inhibitor; PDE 4 inhibitor

RPL-554 is a mixed phosphodiesterase (PDE) III/IV inhibitor in phase II clinical development at Verona Pharma for the treatment of asthma, allergic rhinitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and inflammation.

RPL-554 is expected to have long duration of action and will be administered nasally thereby preventing gastrointestinal problems often resulting from orally administered PDE4 antiinflammatory drugs.

The company is now seeking licensing agreements or partnerships for the further development and commercialization of the drug.

RPL-554 (LS-193,855) is a drug candidate for respiratory diseases. It is an analog of trequinsin, and like trequinsin, is a dual inhibitor of the phosphodiesterase enzymes PDE-3 and PDE-4.^[1] As of October 2015, inhaled RPL-554 delivered via a nebulizer was in development for COPD and had been studied in asthma.^[2]

PDE3 inhibitors act as bronchodilators, while PDE4 inhibitors have an anti-inflammatory effect.^[1]^[3]

RPL554 was part of a family of compounds invented by Sir David Jack, former head of R&D for GlaxoSmithKline, and Alexander Oxford, a medicinal chemist; the patents on their work were assigned to Vernalis plc.^[4]^[5]^:19-20

In 2005, Rhinopharma Ltd, acquired the rights to the intellectual property from Vernalis.^[5]^:19-20 Rhinopharma was a startup founded in Vancouver, Canada in 2004 by Michael Walker, Clive Page, and David Saint, to discover and develop drugs for chronic respiratory diseases,^[5]^:16 and intended to develop RPL-554, delivered with an inhaler, first for allergic rhinitis, then asthma, then forCOPD.^[5]^:16-17 RPL554 was synthesized at Tocris, a contract research organization, under the supervision of Oxford, and was studied in collaboration with Page’s lab at King’s College, London.^[1] In 2006 Rhinopharma recapitalized and was renamed Verona Pharma plc.^[5]

This was first seen in April 2015 when it was published as a France national. Verona Pharma (formerly Rhinopharma), under license from Kings College via Vernalis, is developing the long-acting bronchodilator, RPL-554 the lead in a series dual inhibitor of multidrug resistant protein-4 and PDE 3 and 4 inhibiting trequinsin analogs which included RPL-565, for treating inflammatory respiratory diseases, such as allergic rhinitis, asthma, and COPD.

RPL554

Verona Pharma’s lead drug, RPL554, is a “first-in-class” inhaled drug under development for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma and cystic fibrosis. The drug is an inhibitor of the phosphodiesterase 3 (PDE3) and phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) enzymes, two enzymes known to be of importance in the development and progression of immunological respiratory diseases. The drug has the potential to act as both a bronchodilator and an anti-inflammatory which would significantly differentiate it from existing drugs.

RPL554 was selected from a class of compounds co-invented by Sir David Jack, the former Director of Research at Glaxo who led the team that discovered many of the commercially successful drugs in the respiratory market.

Verona Pharma has successfully completed two double-blind placebo controlled randomised Phase 2b studies of RPL554: one in mild to moderate asthma and another in mild to moderate COPD. The drug was found to be well tolerated, free from drug-related adverse effects (especially cardiovascular and gastro-intestinal effects) and generated significant bronchodilation. Additionally, double-blind placebo controlled exploratory studies in healthy volunteers challenged with an inhaled irritant also generated consistent, clinically meaningful anti-inflammatory effects.

Verona Pharma is also carrying out exploratory studies to investigate the potential of RPL554 as a novel treatement for cystic fibrosis. In November 2014, the Company received a Venture and Innovation Award from the UK Cystic Fibrosis Trust to further such studies.

For further information on the potential of RPL554 for the treatment of respiratory diseases, refer to the peer-reviewed paper available on-line in the highly-respected medication journal, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, entitled “Efficacy and safety of RPL554, a dual PDE3 and PDE4 inhibitor, in healthy volunteers and in patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: findings from four clinical trials”.

The competitive advantages of RPL554 include the following:

combining bronchodilator (PDE 3) and anti-inflammatory actions (PDE 4) in a single drug, something that is currently only achieved with a combination LABA and glucocorticosteroid inhaler,
unique in not using steroids or beta agonists, which have known side effects,
planned to be administered by nasal inhalation, thereby reducing the unwanted gastrointestinal side effects of many orally administered drugs.

History of Clinical Trials

Following completion in May 2008 of toxicological studies of RPL554, the Company commenced in February 2009 a Phase I/IIa clinical trial of the drug at the Centre for Human Drug Research (CHDR) at Leiden in the Netherlands. In September 2009, the Company announced that it had successfully completed the trial, demonstrating that RPL554 has a good safety profile and has beneficial effects in terms of bronchodilation and bronchoprotection in asthmatics and a reduction in the numbers of inflammatory cells in the nasal passages of allergic rhinitis patients.
In November 2010, the Company successfully completed a further trial that examined the safety and bronchodilator effectiveness of the drug administered at higher doses.
In August 2011, the Company demonstrated that bronchodilation is maintained over a period of 6 days with daily dosing of RPL554 in asthmatics.
In November 2011, the Company successfully demonstrated safety and bronchodilation of RPL554 in patients with mild to moderate forms of COPD.
In March 2013, the Company demonstrated positive airway anti-inflammatory activity with respect to COPD at a clinical trial carried out at the Medicines Evaluation Unit (MEU) in Manchester, UK.

Synthesis

WO 2000058308

Cyclization of 1-(3,4-dimethoxyphenethyl)barbituric acid in refluxing POCl3 produces the pyrimidoisoquinolinone , which is further condensed with 2,4,6-trimethylaniline in boiling isopropanol to afford the trimethylphenylimino derivative . Subsequent alkylation of with N-(2-bromoethyl)phthalimide in the presence of K2CO3 and KI, followed by hydrazinolysis of the resulting phthalimidoethyl compound yields the primary amine . This is finally converted into the title urea RPL 554 by reaction with sodium cyanate in aqueous HCl.

Example 1 : 9 Λ 0-Dimethoxy-2-(2.4-6-trimethy-phen yliminoY-3-(N-carbamoyl-2- aminoethylV3.4.6.7-tetrahydro-2H-pyrimido[6.1-a]isoquinolin-4-one

Sodium cyanate (6.0g, 0.092 mol) in water (100 ml) was added dropwise to a stirred solution of 9,10-Dimethoxy-2-(2,4,6-trimethylphenylimino)-3-(2-aminoethyl)-3,4,6,7- tetrahydro-2H-pyrimido[6,l-a]isoquinolin-4-one, prepared according to Preparation 4 above (20.0g, 0.046 mol) in water (600 ml) and IN ΗC1 (92 ml) at 80°C. After stirring for 2h at 80°C the mixture was cooled in an ice-bath and basified with 2N NaOH. The mixture was extracted with dichloromethane (3 x 200 ml) and the combined extract was dried (MgSO- ) and evaporated in vacuo. The resulting yellow foam was purified by column chromatography on silica gel eluting with CH2CI2 / MeOH (97:3) and triturated with ether to obtain the title compound as a yellow solid, 11.9g, 54%.

M.p.: 234-236°C m/z: C26H31N5O4 requires M=477 found (M+l) = 478

HPLC: Area (%) 99.50 Column ODS (150 x 4.6 mm)

MP pH3 KH₂PO₄ / CH3CN (60/40)

FR (ml/min) 1.0 RT (min) 9.25 Detection 250 nm

^lK NMR (300 MHz, CDCI3): δ 1.92 (1H, br s, NH), 2.06 (6H, s, 2xCH₃), 2.29 (3H, s, CH₃), 2.92 (2H, t, CH₂), 3.53 (2H, m, CH₂), 3.77 (3H, s, OCH3), 3.91 (3H, s, OCH3), 4.05 (2H, t, CH₂), 4.40 (2H, t, CH₂), 5.35 (2H, br s, NH₂), 5.45 (1H, s, C=CH), 6.68 (1H, s, ArH), 6.70 (1H, s, ArH), 6.89 (2H, s, 2xArH).

Preparation 1 : Synthesis of 2-Chloro-6.7-d-hydro-9.10-Dimethoxy-4H-pyrimido- [6,l-a]isoquinoHn-4-one (shown as (1) in Figure 1

A mixture of l-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl) barbituric acid (70g, 0.24mol), prepared according to the method described in B. Lai et al. J.Med.Chem. 27 1470-1480 (1984), and phosphorus oxychloride (300ml, 3.22mol) was refluxed for 2.5h. The excess phosphorous oxychloride was removed by distillation (20mmHg) on wa ming. After cooling the residue was slurried in dioxan (100ml) and cautiously added to a vigorously stirred ice/water solution (11). Chloroform (11) was added and the resulting mixture was basified with 30% sodium hydroxide solution. The organic layer was separated and the aqueous phase further extracted with chloroform (2x750ml). The combined organic extracts were washed with water (1.51), dried over magnesium sulphate and concentrated in vacuo to leave a gummy material (90g). This was stirred in methanol for a few minutes, filtered and washed with methanol (200ml), diethyl ether (2x200ml) and dried in vacuo at 40°C to yield the title compound as a yellow/orange solid. 47g, 62%

(300MHz, CDCI3) 2.96(2H, t, C(₇) H₂); 3.96(6H, s, 2xOCH₃; 4.20(2H, t, C(₆₎ H₂); 6.61(1H, s, C₍₁₎ H); 6.76(1H, s, Ar-H); 7.10(1H, s, Ar-H). Preparation 2: 9.10-Dimethoxy-2-(2.4.6-trimethylphenyliminoV3.4.6.7- tetrahydro-2H-pyrimido[6.1-a]isoquinolin-4-one (shown as (2) in Figure 1

2-Chloro-9,10-dimethoxy-6,7-dihydro-4H-pyrimido[6,l-a]isoquinolin-4-one, prepared according to Preparation 1, (38.5g, 0.13 mol) and 2,4,6-trimethylaniline (52.7g, 0.39 mol) in propan-2-ol (3 1) was stirred and heated at reflux, under nitrogen, for 24h. After cooling to room temperature, the solution was evaporated in vacuo and the residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel, eluting with CΗ2CI2 /

MeOH, initially 98:2, changing to 96:4 once the product began to elute from the column. The title compound was obtained with a slight impurity, (just above the product on tic). Yield 34.6g, 67%.

Preparation 3: 9.10-Dimethoxy-2-(2.4.6-trimethylphenyliminoV3-(2-N- phthalimidoethyπ-3.4.6.7-tetrahydro-2H-pyrimido[6.1-a]isoquinolin-4-one

(shown as (3 in Figure 1)

A mixture of 9,10-Dimethoxy-2-(2,4,6-trimethylphenylimino)-3,4,6,7-tetrahydro-2H- pyrimido[6,l-a]isoquinolin-4-one (which was prepared according to Preparation 2) (60.0g, 0.153 mol), potassium carbonate (191g, 1.38 mol), sodium iodide (137g, 0.92 mol) and N-(2-bromoethyl)phthalimide (234g, 0.92 mol) in 2-butanone (1500 ml) was stirred and heated at reflux, under nitrogen, for 4 days. After cooling to room temperature the mixture was filtered and the filtrate was evaporated in vacuo. The residue was treated with methanol (1000 ml) and the solid filtered off, washed with methanol and recrystallised from ethyl acetate to obtain the title compound as a pale yellow solid in yield 40. Og, 46%. Evaporation of the mother liquor and column chromatography of the residue on silica gel (CΗ2C-2 / MeOH 95:5) provided further product 11.7g, 13.5%. Preparation 4: 9.10-Dimethoxy-2-(2A6-trimethylphenylimino)-3-(2-arninoethyO- 3.4.6.7-tetrahydro-2H-pyrimido[6.1-a]isoquino-in-4-one (shown as (4) in Figure 1)

A mixture of 9,10-Dimethoxy-2-(2,4,6-trimethylphenylimino)-3-(2-N- phthalimidoethyl)-3,4,6,7-tetrahydro-2H-pyrimido[6,l-a]isoquinolin-4-one (22. Og, 0.039 mol), prepared according to Preparation 3, and hydrazine hydrate (11.3g, 0.195 mol) in chloroform (300 ml) and ethanol (460 ml) was stined at room temperature, under nitrogen, for 18h. Further hydrazine hydrate (2.9g, 0.05 mol) was added and the mixture was stirred a further 4h. After cooling in ice / water, the solid was removed by filtration and the filtrate evaporated in vacuo. The residue was dissolved in dichloromethane and the insoluble material was removed by filtration. The fitrate was dried (MgSO-i) and evaporated in vacuo to afford the title compound as a yellow foam in yield 16.2g, 96%.

PATENT

WO 2012020016

PATENT

WO 2016128742

Novel crystalline acid addition salts forms of RPL-554 are claimed, wherein the salts, such as ethane- 1,2-disulfonic acid, ethanesulfonic acid, methanesulfonic acid, benzenesulfonic acid, p-toluenesulfonic acid, hydrochloric acid, hydrobromic acid, phosphoric acid or sulfuric acid. .

RPL554 (9, 10-dimethoxy-2-(2,4,6-trimethylphenylimino)-3-(/V-carbamoyl-2-aminoethyl)-3,4,6,7-tetrahydro-2H-pyrimido[6, l-a]isoquinolin-4-one) is a dual PDE3/PDE4 inhibitor and is described in WO 00/58308. As a combined PDE3/PDE4 inhibitor, RPL554 has both antiinflammatory and bronchodilatory activity and is useful in the treatment of respiratory disorders such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The structure of RPL554 is shown below.

Owing to its applicability in the treatment of respiratory disorders, it is often preferable to administer RPL554 by inhalation. Franciosi et al. disclose a solution of RPL554 in a citrate-phosphate buffer at pH 3.2 (The Lancet: Respiratory Medicine 11/2013; l(9):714-27. DOI: 10.1016/S2213-2600(13)70187-5). The preparation of salts of RPL554 has not been described.

PATENT

http://www.google.ch/patents/WO2000058308A1?cl=en&hl=de

PATENT

http://www.google.ch/patents/WO2012020016A1?cl=en

U.S. Pat. No. 6,794,391, 7,378,424, and 7,105,663, which are each incorporated herein by reference, discloses compound RPL-554 (N-{2-[(2iT)-2-(mesityiimino)-9,10- dimethoxy-4-oxo-6,7-dihydro-2H-pyrimido[6,l-a]-isoquinolin-3 4H)-yl]ethyl}urea).

It would be beneficial to provide a composition of a stable polymorph of RPL-554, that has advanrtages over less stable polymorphs or amorphous forms, including

stability, compressibility, density, dissolution rates, increased potency or. lack toxicity.

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References

Boswell-Smith V et al. The pharmacology of two novel long-acting phosphodiesterase 3/4 inhibitors, RPL554 [9,10-dimethoxy-2(2,4,6-trimethylphenylimino)-3-(n-carbamoyl-2-aminoethyl)-3,4,6,7-tetrahydro-2H-pyrimido[6,1-a]isoquinolin-4-one] and RPL565 [6,7-dihydro-2-(2,6-diisopropylphenoxy)-9,10-dimethoxy-4H-pyrimido[6,1-a]isoquinolin-4-one]. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2006 Aug;318(2):840-8. PMID 16682455
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2: Franciosi LG, Diamant Z, Banner KH, Zuiker R, Morelli N, Kamerling IM, de Kam ML, Burggraaf J, Cohen AF, Cazzola M, Calzetta L, Singh D, Spina D, Walker MJ, Page CP. Efficacy and safety of RPL554, a dual PDE3 and PDE4 inhibitor, in healthy volunteers and in patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: findings from four clinical trials. Lancet Respir Med. 2013 Nov;1(9):714-27. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(13)70187-5. Epub 2013 Oct 25. PubMed PMID: 24429275.

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4: Calzetta L, Page CP, Spina D, Cazzola M, Rogliani P, Facciolo F, Matera MG. Effect of the mixed phosphodiesterase 3/4 inhibitor RPL554 on human isolated bronchial smooth muscle tone. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2013 Sep;346(3):414-23. doi: 10.1124/jpet.113.204644. Epub 2013 Jun 13. PubMed PMID: 23766543.

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RPL-554
Systematic (IUPAC) name

N-{2-[(2E)-2-(mesitylimino)-9,10-dimethoxy-4-oxo-6,7-dihydro-2H-pyrimido[6,1-a]-isoquinolin-3(4H)-yl]ethyl}urea
Identifiers
PubChem	CID 9934746
ChemSpider	8110374
Synonyms	9,10-Dimethoxy-2-(2,4,6-trimethylphenylimino)-3-(N-carbamoyl-2-aminoethyl)-3,4,6,7-tetrahydro-2H-pyrimido[6,1-a]isoquinolin-4-one
Chemical data
Formula	C₂₆H₃₁N₅O₄
Molar mass	477.554 g/mol

///////////RPL-554, LS-193,855, 298680-25-8, UNII:3E3D8T1GIX, RPL554, RPL 554, phase 2,

Cc3cc(C)cc(C)c3N=c2cc1-c(cc4OC)c(cc4OC)CCn1c(=O)n2CCNC(N)=O

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ECA Task Force will publish Draft Data Integrity Guideline at Conference in October

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Data Integrity has become one of the most frequently observed GMP deviations at FDA and EU Inspections. For that reason the ECA Foundation decided to set up a Task Force on Data Integrity in December 2015 – with the goal to provide Guidance for the implementation in practice. Read more about the ECA Guidance on Data Integrity.

http://www.gmp-compliance.org/eca_mitt_05545_15488_n.html

Data Integrity has become one of the most frequently observed GMP deviations at FDA and EU Inspections. This is why the topic is currently in the centre of attention of both regulators and industry. And for that reason the ECA Foundation decided to set up a Task Force on Data Integrity in December 2015 – with the goal to provide Guidance for the implementation in practice.

The ECA Task Force will be comprised of members from both the IT Compliance Group and the Analytical QC Group. Current Members are:

– Dr. Wolfgang Schumacher, Hoffmann-La Roche, Switzerland
– Dr. Chris Burgess, Qualified Person and Consultant, UK
– Dr. Bob McDowall, Consultant, UK
– Ms. Margarita Sabater, ALK-Abelló A/S, Denmark

The Task Force decided to develop a Guidance entitled: “Data Governance and Data Integrity for GMP Regulated Facilities“. The ECA Guidance Document will cover – among others – the Roles and Responsibilities of Corporate and Senior Management in Data Governance as well as the necessary Policies, Procedures and Processes. Further information is provided on establishing criteria for Data Integrity and security of records based on ALCOA+Principles and on Auditing for Data Integrity and security of records.

The Guide will contain a Glossary as well as some illustrative appendices for further information.

Margarita Sabater, Member of the ECA Task Force, will present the Draft Version of the ECA Data Integrity Guidance Document during the Lab Data Integrity Conference on 20-21 October 2016 in Vienna, Austria. Every participant will receive a copy of the Draft Document – and is also invited to provide feedback to the Guidance Document.

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Continuous Flow Doebner–Miller Reaction and Isolation Using Continuous Stirred Tank Reactors

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Continuous flow Doebner–Miller synthesis of different quinaldines from respective anilines is demonstrated using sulfuric acid as a homogeneous catalyst. The extent of reaction was monitored for various parameters, namely, temperature, residence time, mole ratio of sulfuric acid to substrate, mole ratio of crotonaldehyde to substrate, and so forth. Continuous stirred reactors in series were used as a preferred configuration for this rection that generates byproduct in the form of sticky solid material. The approach has been extended for six different anilines, and the results are compared with batch reactions. Continuous stirred reactors in series with distributed dosing of crotonaldehyde facilitated a continuous flow reaction with lower byproduct formation, increased yields, and continuous workup and is a scalable approach.

Continuous Flow Doebner–Miller Reaction and Isolation Using Continuous Stirred Tank Reactors

Maruti B. Yadav^†, Sourabh Kulkarni^†, Ramesh A. Joshi^‡, and Amol A. Kulkarni^*^†

^† Chem. Eng. & Process Dev. Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune 411 008, India

^‡ Organic Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune 411 008, India

Org. Process Res. Dev., Article ASAP

DOI: 10.1021/acs.oprd.6b00179

Publication Date (Web): August 22, 2016

*E-mail: [email protected]. Fax: +91-20-25902621.

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/suppl/10.1021/acs.oprd.6b00179

Mr. Maruti Yadav

Project Assistant

M.Sc. Organic Chemistry, Pune University, 2013

Email: [email protected]

Process Development of API production in continuous flow

Dr. Amol A. Kulkarni

Dr. Amol A. Kulkarni is a Scientist in the Chemical Engineering Division at the National Chemical Laboratory. He did his B. Chem. Eng. (1998), M. Chem. Eng (2000) and Ph.D. in chemical engineering (2003) all from the University Dept. of Chem. Technology (UDCT, Mumbai). In 2004 he worked at the Max Planck Institute-Magdeburg (Germany) as a Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow. At NCL he is driving a research program on the design of microreactors and exploring their applications for continuous syntheses including of nanoparticles. He has been awarded with the Max-Planck-Visiting Fellowship from the Max-Planck-Society, Munich for 2008-2011. His research areas include: (i) design and applications of microreactors, (ii) design of multiphase reactors, (iii) experimental and computational fluid dynamics, and (iv) nonlinear dynamics of coupled systems. He is an active member of Initiative for Research and Innovation in Science (IRIS) supported by Intel’s Education Initiative to organize National Science Fair and popularize science in India.

Research areas

Multiphase reactors and Microreactors
Process Development and Scale-up
Process Intensification & MAGIC Processes
Industrial Flow Processes

Contact

Dr. Amol A. Kulkarni
Scientist
Office: 529, PP-1 Building, CEPD
National Chemical Laboratory
Dr. Homi Bhabha Road
Pune 411008, India
Phone +91 20 2590 2153
Fax +91 20 2590 2621
E-mail [email protected]

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Osanetant

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Osanetant (SR-142,801)

160492-56-8 CAS

: MW 605.257582985
Chemical Formula	C₃₅H₄₁Cl₂N₃O₂

(R)-(+)-N-[[3-[1-benzoyl-3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)piperidin-3-yl]prop-1-yl]-4-phenylpiperidin-4-yl]-N-methylacetamide

Osanetant (SR-142,801) was a neurokinin 3 receptor antagonist developed by Sanofi-Synthélabo, which was being researched for the treatment of schizophrenia, but was discontinued.^[1]^[2] It was the first non-peptide NK₃ antagonist developed in the mid-1990s,^[3]^[4] Other potential applications for osanetant is in the treatment of drug addiction, as it has been found to block the effects ofcocaine in animal models.^[5]^[6]

Developed by Sanofi-Aventis (formerly Sanofi-Synthelabo), osanetant (SR-142801) is an NK3 receptor antagonist which was under development for the treatment of schizophrenia and other Central Nervous System (CNS) disorders. In a review of its R&D portfolio, the company announced in August 2005 that it would cease any further development ofosanetant. This follows an earlier decision to discontinue development of eplivanserin for schizophrenia

(R)-(+)-N-[[3-[1-benzoyl-3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)piperidin-3-yl]prop-1-yl]-4-phenylpiperidin-4-yl]-N-methylacetamide and to a process for their preparation. (R)-(+)-N-[[3-[1-Benzoyl-3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)piperidin-3-yl]prop-1-yl]-4-phenylpiperidin-4-yl]-N-methylacetamide, hereinafter denoted by its International Non-proprietary Name “osanetant”, is the first antagonist of the NK-3 receptor described in the literature, the preparation of which, in particular in the hydrochloride form, is illustrated in EP-A-673 928.

According to this document, osanetant is prepared by reacting N-methyl-N-(4-phenylpiperidin-4-yl)acetamide with 1-benzoyl-3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-3-(methanesulfonyloxyprop-1-yl)piperidine and by converting the osanetant thus obtained to its hydrochloride. It has been found that osanetant hydrochloride is isolated in the form of an amorphous solid which is difficult to purify. This product comprises impurities originating from the preceding synthetic stages.

Preparative chromatography starting from osanetant base can be used to obtain osenetant in the pure form.

Osanetant is a neurokinin (NK3) receptor antagonist under development by Sanofi-Synthélabo (formerly Sanofi) as a potential treatment for schizophrenia . Sanofi was originally investigating its potential use as a treatment for psychosis and anxiety . Following phase IIa clinical trials , osanetant entered phase IIb development in February 2001 . Osanetant was the first potent and selective non-peptide antagonist described for the NK3 tachykinin receptor . It has a higher affinity for human and guinea pig NK3 receptors than for rat NK3 receptors . In October 1999, Lehman Brothers predicted that the probability of the product reaching the market was 10%, with a possible launch in 2003 and potential peak sales of US $200 million in 2011 .

Sanofi-Aventis CEO, Chris Vihebacher,

PATENT

https://www.google.com/patents/US20040044215

EP 0673928; FR 2717477; FR 2717478; FR 2719311; JP 1996048669; US 5741910; US 5942523; US 6124316

N-Benzyl-4-hydroxy-4-phenylpiperidine (II) was prepared by addition of phenyllithium to N-benzyl-4-piperidone (I). Carbinol (II) was then converted to acetamide (III) by acid-catalyzed Ritter reaction with acetonitrile. Replacement of the acetamido for an N-Boc group in (III) was effected by acidic hydrolysis of amide (III) to give (IV), followed by treatment with di-tert-butyl dicarbonate. The resultant 1-benzyl-4-(Boc-amino)-4-phenylpiperidine (V) was subjected to catalytic hydrogenolysis in the presence of Pd/C, and the N-debenzylated piperidine (VI) was reprotected as the N-trityl derivative (VII) by treatment with triphenylmethyl chloride and triethylamine. Reduction of the N-Boc group of (VII) by LiAlH4, yielded the N-methyl amine (VIII). After acylation of (VIII) with acetyl chloride to acetamide (IX), its N-trityl group was cleaved by treatment with hot aqueous formic acid to produce the intermediate piperidine (X).

Michael addition of methyl acrylate (XII) to (3,4-dichlorophenyl)acetonitrile (XI) produced the cyano diester adduct (XIII). Catalytic hydrogenation of the cyano group of (XIII) over Raney nickel with concomitant intramolecular cyclization gave rise to the piperidinone (XIV). After basic hydrolysis of the methyl ester function of (XIV), the resultant piperidone propionic acid (XV) was reduced to piperidino alcohol (XVI) by means of borane in THF. Resolution of the racemic piperidine (XVI) employing (+)-camphorsulfonic acid provided the dextro enantiomer (XVII). After N-protection of (XVII) as the Boc derivative (XVIII), its primary alcohol was activated as the corresponding mesylate (XIX) with methanesulfonyl chloride and Et3N. Condensation between mesylate (XIX) and intermediate piperidine (X) in acetonitrile at 60 C, produced (XX). The title benzamido derivative was then obtained by acid-promoted Boc group cleavage in (XX), followed by acylation with benzoyl chloride.

WO 9805640

Bioorg Med Chem Lett 1996,6(19),2307

In a related synthesis, (3,4-dichlorophenyl)acetonitrile (XI) was alkylated with bromide (XXII) –prepared by protection of 3-bromopropanol (XXI) with dihydropyran– to afford (XXIII). Subsequent Michael addition of methyl acrylate (XII) to (XXIII) in the presence of Triton B?gave the cyanoacid (XXIV). This was cyclized to the glutarimide (XXV) by refluxing in HOAc in the presence of H2SO4. Reduction of (XXV) using borane-dimethylsulfide complex produced the already reported racemic piperidinoalcohol (XVI). After acylation of the amine group of (XVI) with benzoyl chloride to yield (XXVI), its hydroxyl group was converted into the target mesylate precursor (XXVII) with methanesulfonyl chloride and Et3N.

An alternative preparation of the precursor 4-(N-methyl-N-acetyl)amino-4-phenylpiperidine (XXXIX) has been reported. The N-benzyl protecting group of piperidine (III) was replaced with an N-Boc group by catalytic hydrogenolysis to (XXXVI), followed by treatment with Boc2O to yield (XXXVII). Amide (XXXVII) alkylation with iodomethane under phase-transfer conditions gave the N-methyl derivative (XXXVIII). Subsequent N-Boc group cleavage in (XXXVIII) was accomplished by using zinc chloride in CH2Cl2 to afford the piperidine-ZnCl2 complex (XXXIX). This was then alkylated with mesylate (XXVII), and the title compound was finally isolated from the racemic mixture by means of preparative chiral HPLC.

In a further method, aminopiperidine (IV) was converted to the formamide (XL) by heating in ethyl formate. Formyl group reduction in (XL) with LiAlH4 provided the N-metyl amine (XLI). The N-benzyl group of (XLI) was then removed by catalytic hydrogenation over Pd/C. Alkylation of the resultant piperidine (XLII) with mesylate (XXVII) gave adduct (XLIII). After acetylation of (XLIII) in neat Ac2O, the racemic mixture was separated by chiral HPLC.

In a further procedure, nitrile (XXIII) was alkylated with ethyl 3-bromopropionate (XXVIII) to give cyano ester (XXIX). Catalytic hydrogenation of the cyano group of (XXIX) gave rise to the piperidinone (XXX), which was further reduced to piperidine (XXXI) with LiAlH4 in THF. Acid deprotection of the tetrahydropyranyl group of (XXXI), followed by resolution with (+)-camphorsulfonic acid, furnished the desired (S)-piperidinoalcohol camphorsulfonate salt (XXXII). Treatment of piperidine (XXXII) with benzoyl chloride in the presence of DIEA yielded benzamide (XXXIII). Conversion of the primary alcohol of (XXXIII) into the desired alkyl iodide (XXXV) was achieved via formation of the mesylate ester (XXXIV), followed by displacement of the mesylate group with KI in refluxing acetone.

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A new method has been reported. Formamide (XL) was prepared form carbinol (II) by a modified Ritter reaction with cyanotrimethylsilane. Subsequent reduction of (XL) with LiAlH4 gave the N-methyl amine (XLI), which was converted to acetamide (XLIV) by treatment with acetyl chloride. Benzyl group hydrogenolysis in (XLIV) afforded the piperidine (X). Finally, alkylation of piperidine (X) with the chiral alkyl iodide (XXXV) provided the title compound.

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Osanetant
Systematic (IUPAC) name

N-(1-{3-[(3R)-1-benzoyl-3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)piperidin-3-yl]propyl}-4-phenylpiperidin-4-yl]-N-methylacetamide
Identifiers
CAS Number	160492-56-8
ATC code	none
PubChem	CID 219077
IUPHAR/BPS	2110
ChemSpider	189901
UNII	K7G81N94DT
ChEMBL	CHEMBL346178
Chemical data
Formula	C₃₅H₄₁Cl₂N₃O₂
Molar mass	606.625 g/mol

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CC(=O)N(C)C1(CCN(CC1)CCC[C@@]2(CCCN(C2)C(=O)C3=CC=CC=C3)C4=CC(=C(C=C4)Cl)Cl)C5=CC=CC=C5

AZD-1236 Revisited

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AZD1236

CAS 459814-89-2,

MF C₁₅ H₁₉ Cl N₄ O₅ S. MW402.85

2,4-Imidazolidinedione, 5-[[[4-[(5-chloro-2-pyridinyl)oxy]-1-piperidinyl]sulfonyl]methyl]-5-methyl-, (5S)-

(5S)-5-[4-(5-chloro-pyridin-2-yloxy)-piperidine-1-sulfonylmethyl]-5-methyl-imidazolidine-2,4-dione

(S)-5-[4-(5-ChIoro-pyridin-2-yloxy)-piperidine-l-suIfonylmethyl]-5-methyl- imidazoIidine-2,4-dione

UNII-B4OQY51WZS; B4OQY51WZS; (S)-5-(((4-((5-Chloropyridin-2-yl)oxy)piperidin-1-yl)sulfonyl)methyl)-5-methylimidazolidine-2,4-dione; AZD1236; AZD-1236;

Piperidine, 4-[(5-chloro-2-pyridinyl)oxy]-1-[[[(4S)-4-methyl-2,5-dioxo-4-imidazolidinyl]methyl]sulfonyl]- (9CI)(5S)-5-[[[4-[(5-Chloro-2-pyridinyl)oxy]-1-piperidinyl]sulfonyl]methyl]-5-methyl-2,4-imidazolidinedione

Mechanism of Action: Matrix metalloproteinase 9 & 12 (MMP9,12) inhibitor MMP9 MMP12i

Anders Eriksson, Matti Lepistö, Michael Lundkvist, af Rosenschöld Magnus Munck,Pavol Zlatoidsky,

Astrazeneca Ab INNOVATOR

OriginatorAstraZeneca
Class
Mechanism of ActionMatrix metalloproteinase inhibitors
Highest Development Phases

DiscontinuedChronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Most Recent Events

29 Jul 2010Discontinued – Phase-II for Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Europe (PO)
29 Jul 2010Discontinued – Phase-I for Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Japan (PO)
29 Jul 2010Discontinued – Phase-I for Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Japan (PO)

AZD1236 is a selective MMP-9 and MMP-12 inhibitor (IC50 4.5 and 6.1nM) from Astrazeneca that, since it failed biomarker endpoints for COPD is included in the AZ Open Innovation 2014 set for repurposing. Pending any published link the structure identification is tenatative but seems likely to be the structure crystalised in WO2007106022.

Matrix metallopeptidase 9 and 12 (MMP9|MMP12) inhibitor http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/4318; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/4321 Preclinical Pharmacology AZD1236 is a potent and reversible inhibitor of human MMP9 and MMP12 (IC50’s = 4.5 and 6.1nM, respectively), with 10 – 15-fold selectivity to MMP2 and MMP13 and >350-fold selectivity to other members of the enzyme family. Its activity is approximately 20- to 50-fold lower at the rat, mouse, and guinea pig orthologues. In acute models of lung injury, AZD1236 inhibited the hemorrhage and inflammation induced by instillation of human MMP12 into rat lungs by ~80% at 0.81 mg/kg, and also abolished macrophage infiltration into BAL fluid induced by tobacco smoke inhalation in the mouse. Safety and Tolerability In healthy human volunteers, AZD1236 was well tolerated in single doses from 2 to 1500 mg and in multiple doses of 15, 75 and 500 mg for periods of up to 13 days. AZD1236 was also well tolerated in COPD patients with moderate to severe disease when given at 75 mg BID for 6 weeks. Pre-clinical toxicology studies of up to 12 month duration have been performed. Toxicologically important findings mainly relate to chronic treatment and included: diffuse eye lens opacities after 6 months administration to rats and fibrodysplasia in the subcutis after 12 months to dogs. Clinical Pharmacology Target coverage data to date have been mixed. In healthy subjects, single dose of 30 or 75 mg inhibited ex vivo zymosanstimmulated whole blood MMP activity (the 75 mg dose yielding plasma compound levels at Cmax steady state of ~120 x IC50). In contrast, 75 mg BID for 6 wks in COPD patients compared to placebo did not identify any significant change in whole blood MMP activity.

PATENT

WO 2002074750

WO 02/074767 further discloses a specific metalloproteinase inhibitor compound identified therein as (5S)-5-[4-(5-chloro-pyridin-2-yloxy)-piperidine-l-sulfonylmethyl]-5- methyl-imidazolidine-2,4-dione (page 65, lines 15 to 27; and page 120, lines 23 to 29). This compound is designated herein as compound (I).

(I)

WO 02/074767 further discloses processes for the preparation of compound (I). Thus, in one embodiment, compound (I) is prepared by a route analogous to that shown in the following Scheme (WO 02/074767; pages 87, 113 and 120) but substituting the appropriate amine in step (d):

Scheme 1

Reagents and conditions for Scheme 1: a) KCN, (NHLj)₂CO₃, EtOHTH₂O, +90⁰C, 3h;. b) Chiral separation, CHIRALPAK AD, methanol as eluent;. c) Cl₂ (g), AcOH/H₂O, <+15 ⁰C, 25min; d) Diisopropylethylamine, THF. -20 ⁰C, 30 min.

The obtained compound (I) is then purified either by precipitation and washing with ethanol/water or by preparative HPLC. In a second embodiment, the racemate of compound (I), (5RS)-5-[4-(5-chloro-pyridin-2- yloxy)-piperidine-l-sulfonylmethyl]-5-methyl-imidazolidine-2,4-dione, was prepared by reacting l-[4-(5-chloro-pyridin-2-yloxy)-piperidine-l-sulfonyl]-propan-2-one with an excess of potassium cyanide and ammonium carbonate in ethanol, and isolating the product by precipitation. Compound (I), the (5S)-enantiomer, was then obtained by chiral HPLC (WO 02/074767; pages 55 and 65).

No crystalline forms of compound (I) are disclosed in WO 02/074767.

Compound (I) is a potent metalloproteinase inhibitor, particularly a potent inhibitor of

MMP 12, and as such is useful in therapy. However, when made according to the processes described in WO 02/074767, compound (I) exhibits unpredictable solid state properties with respect to thermodynamic stability. To prepare pharmaceutical formulations containing compound (I) for administration to humans in accordance with the requirements of U.S. and other international health registration authorities, there is a need to produce compound (I) in a stable form, such as a stable crystalline form, having constant physical properties.

PATENT

WO 2007106022

(I)

Scheme 1

No crystalline forms of compound (I) are disclosed in WO 02/074767.

Compound (I) is a potent metalloproteinase inhibitor, particularly a potent inhibitor of

A preferred process for the synthesis of compound (I) is shown in Scheme 2.

Scheme 2

KCN, (NH₄)₂CO₃

(H) 2-propanol

Chromatography KOBu’

Cl₂

AcOH AcOH, H₂O

Compound (I)

Recrystallisation EtOH, H₂O

Compound (I) Form G

Example 5

(S)-5-[4-(5-ChIoro-pyridin-2-yloxy)-piperidine-l-suIfonylmethyl]-5-methyl- imidazoIidine-2,4-dione Process 1

I₅ a) 5-Chloro-2-(piperidin-4-yloxy)-pyridine

5-Chloro-2-(piperidin-4-yloxy)-pyridine acetate (40 g, 0.146 mol) was slurried in iso- PrOAc (664 mL) at 30⁰C. To this slurry was added Na₂CO₃ (1.5 mol per litre; 196 mL, 2 mol eq.). The slurry was then rapidly stirred at 30 ⁰C for 15 minutes. The biphasic mixture was allowed to settle, and the bottom aqueous phase was separated and discarded.

20 The above base washing procedure was repeated twice more. The organic phase was then washed once with water (200 mL). The resulting iso-VxOAc solution was reduced in volume to approximately 300 mL by distillation under reduced pressure. The solution was then diluted with zsø-PrOAc (400 mL) and again distilled down to approximately 300 mL. This procedure was repeated once more. A sample was removed for analysis of 5-chloro-

25 2-(piperidm-4-yloxy)-pyridine content and water content. The weight or the volume of the solution was measured in order to calculate the concentration of 5-chloro-2-(piperidin-4- yloxy)-pyridme in the Z-PrOAc solution.

fr) rSV5-r4-(5-Chloro-pyridin-2-yloxyVpiperidine-l-sulfonylmethvn-5-methyl- 30 imidazolidine-2 ,4-dione Diisopropylethylamine (24.3 mL, 0.139 mol, 1 mol eq.) was added to the iso-PrOAc solution prepared in part (a) [ca. 300 mL; equivalent to 31.2 g, 0.146 mol, 1.05 mol eq. of 5-chloro-2-(piperidin-4-yloxy)-pyridine] in one portion at RT. The solution was then cooled to -15 °C.

((S)-4-Methyl-2,5-dioxo-imidazolidin-4-yl)-methanesulfonyl chloride (31.65 g, 0.139 mol, 1 mol eq.) was dissolved in dry THF (285 mL) at RT with stirring. The resulting solution was then added to the iso-PrOAc solution of 5-chloro-2-(piperidin-4-yloxy)- pyridine dropwise at -15 ⁰C over about 1.5 h. A precipitate was seen on addition of the ((S)-4-methyl-2,5-dioxo-imidazolidin-4-yl)-methanesulfonyl chloride. At the end of the addition, dry THF (32 mL) was added to the reaction mixture to wash the line and the mixture was stirred for 1 h at — 15 ⁰C. It was then warmed to 20 °C over 1 h and stirred at 20 °C for 1 h further. The reaction was quenched with 10 wt% NaHSO₄ (157 mL) with rapid stirring. After about 15 minutes, the biphasic mixture was allowed to settle, and the bottom aqueous phase was separated and discarded. This acid wash procedure was repeated once more. The organic phase was then washed with water (157 mL) using rapid stirring and allowing complete phase separation before partitioning. The reaction solution was then warmed to 40 °C and washed again with water (157 mL). THF (95 mL) was added to the organic layer that was then warmed to 40 ⁰C and filtered at 40⁰C to remove any particulate matter. The solvent volume was then reduced to about 157 mL by reduced pressure distillation with the jacket temperature at 55 °C. zso-PrOAc (317 mL) was then added and the volume was again reduced to about 157 mL. Two more put-and-takes of zsø-PrOAc (317 mL) were carried out. Solids began to precipitate out during the distillations and a suspension resulted. The volume was reduced to about 157 mL each time and after the final distillation a small sample of solvent was then removed from the reaction mixture for residual THF analysis. The ¹H NMR showed no THF peaks. The contents of the reaction were then cooled to 0 °C and the product was collected by filtration. The reaction vessel was washed with zsø-PrOAc (63 mL) and this rinse was used to wash the product on the filter. The product was dried overnight in a vacuum oven at 40 °C. The required (S)-5-[4- (5-chloro-pyridin-2-yloxy)-piperidine-l-sulfonyhnethyl]-5-methyl-imidazolidine-2,4-dione was isolated as a white solid in 71% yield (41.8 g).

¹H NMR (300MHz, d6-DMSO) δ 10.74 (IH, s), 8.20 (IH, d), 8.01 (IH, s), 7.81 (IH, dd), 6.87 (IH, d), 5.09 (IH, m), 3.52-3.35 (4H, m), 3.13 (2H, m), 2.02 (2H, m), 1.72 (2H, m), 1.33 (3H, s).

Example 6

(S)-5-[4-(5-Chloro-pyridin-2-yloxy)-piperidine-l-sulfonylmethyl]-5-methyl- imidazolidine-2,4-dione Process 2 a) 5-Chloro-2-(piperidm-4-yloxy)-pyridine

5-Chloro-2-(piperidm-4-yloxy)-pyridine acetate (70 g, 257 mmol) was slurried in toluene

(560 mL) at RT. IM NaOH (420 mL) was added and the slurry was then rapidly stirred at RT for 15 min. The biphasic mixture was allowed to settle, and the bottom aqueous phase was separated and discarded. The organic phase was then washed with water (2 x 420 mL). A sample was removed from the organic phase and assayed for 5-chloro-2-(piperidin-

4-yloxy)-pyridine.

The resulting toluene solution was then reduced in volume by distillation at reduced pressure, down to approximately 168 mL (2.4 vol eq. with respect to 5-chloro-2-(piperidin-

4-yloxy)-pyridine acetate charge). The solution was then diluted with toluene (420 mL) and again distilled down to approx 168 mL (2.4 vol eq.). A sample was removed for analysis of water content.

b^*) (S)-5-r4-r5-Chloro-pyridm-2-yloxy)-piperidine-l-sulfonylmethvH-5-methyl- imidazolidine-2 ,4-dione

Diisopropylethylamine (38.4 mL, 220 mmol) was added to the toluene solution of 5-chloro-2-(piperidin-4-yloxy)-pyridine obtained in step (a) (containing 236 mmol) in one portion followed by dry THF (151 mL) as a line wash. ((S)-4-Methyl-2,5-dioxo- imidazolidin-4-yl)-methanesulfonyl chloride (48.7 g, 215 mmol) was dissolved in dry THF (352 mL) at RT with stirring. The resulting solution of the sulfonyl chloride was then added dropwise to the toluene/THF solution of 5-chloro-2-(piperidin-4-yloxy)-pyridine and diisopropylethylamine at RT over 1 to 2 h. A precipitate was seen on addition of the sulfonyl chloride. At the end of the addition, dry THF (50 mL) was added to the reaction 5 mixture as a line wash. After the addition was complete, the reaction was stirred for about 30 min at RT.

The reaction was quenched with 10 wt% NaHSO₄ (251 mL) with rapid stirring for approx 15 min. The biphasic mixture was allowed to settle, when the bottom aqueous phase was io separated and discarded. This acid wash procedure was repeated once more. The solvent volume was then reduced to about 220 mL by reduced pressure distillation. Toluene (300 mL) was then added and the volume was reduced to about 245 mL Solids begin to precipitate during the distillations and a suspension resulted. After the final distillation, a small sample of solvent was then removed from the reaction mixture for residual THF i₅ analysis.

The contents of the reaction mixture were then cooled to 0 °C, stirred for about 30 minutes at this temperature and the product was collected by filtration. The reaction vessel was washed with toluene (100 mL) and this rinse was used to wash the product on the filter. 20 The product was dried in a vacuum oven at 40 ⁰C to constant weight. (S)-5-[4-(5-Chloro- pyridin-2-yloxy)-piperidine-l-sulfonylmethyl]-5-methyl-imidazolidine-2,4-dione was isolated as a white solid in typically 85 to 88% yield over the two steps.

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Paul Hudson, President, AstraZeneca U.S. and Executive Vice President, North America, joined by AstraZeneca volunteers to celebrate the AstraZeneca Hope Lodge’s fifth birthday.

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Massachusetts Economic Development Secretary Jay Ash (left) congratulates Kumar Srinivasan, Head of AstraZeneca R&D Boston (right), at a ceremony to launch AstraZeneca’s Gatehouse Park BioHub.

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High throughput screening techniques (HTS) are fast and efficient alternatives to evaluate enzymatic activities. Here, this technique is applied to obtain enantiomeric excess and conversions values with chiral fluorogenic probes and a non fluorogenic competitor, which was named Quick-ee. The fluorescent signal reveals of the enantioselectivity of the enzyme. Details are presented in the Article High Throughput Enzymatic Enantiomeric Excess: Quick-ee by Maria L. S. de O. Lima, Caroline C. da S. Gonçalves, Juliana C. Barreiro, Quezia Bezerra Cass and Anita Jocelyne Marsaioli on page 319.

http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/0103-5053.20140282

Cover Article

J. Braz. Chem. Soc. 2015, 26(2), 319-324

High Throughput Enzymatic Enantiomeric Excess: Quick-ee

Maria L. S. O. Lima; Caroline C. S. Gonçalves; Juliana C. Barreiro; Quezia B. Cass; Anita J. Marsaioli

Lima MLSO, Gonçalves CCS, Barreiro JC, Cass QB, Marsaioli AJ. High Throughput Enzymatic Enantiomeric Excess: Quick-ee.J. Braz. Chem. Soc. 2015;26(2):319-324

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Darolutamide

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Aug 122016

ChemSpider 2D Image | ODM-201 | C19H19ClN6O2

Darolutamide

N-((S)-1-(3-(3-Chloro-4-cyanophenyl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)-propan-2-yl)-5-(1-hydroxyethyl)-1H-pyrazole-3-carboxamide

N-((S)- 1 -(3-(3-chloro-4-cyanophenyl)- lH-pyrazol- 1 -yl)-propan-2-yl)-5-(l-hydroxyethyl)-lH-pyrazole-3-carboxamide

MF C₁₉H₁₉ClN₆O₂
MW 398.846

BAY 1841788; ODM-201

read at https://newdrugapprovals.org/2016/08/12/darolutamide/

DAROLUTAMIDE даролутамид , دارولوتاميد , 达罗他胺 , ダロルタミド

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Olopatadine

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Olopatadine hydrochloride

Cis form, Z Isomer

( Z ) – 1 1 – [ 3 – ( D i m e t h y l a m i n o ) p r opy l i d e n e ] – 6 , 1 1 -dihydrodibenz[b,e]oxepin-2-acetic Acid Hydrochloride

ALO 4943A; Allelock; KW 4679; Opatanol; Patanol;

(11Z)-11-[3-(Dimethylamino)propylidene]-6,11-dihydrodibenz[b,e]oxepin-2-acetic AcidHydrochloride;
CAS Number:	140462-76-6
unii 2XG66W44KF
Molecular form.:	C₂₁H₂₄ClNO₃
Appearance:	White Solid
Melting Point:	>240˚C (dec.)
Mol. Weight:	373.87

Olopatadine Hydrochloride is the hydrochloride salt form of olopatadine, a dual action selective histamine H1 receptor antagonist and mast cell stabilizer with anti-allergic activity.Olopatadine stabilizes mast cells and prevents histamine release from mast cells. In addition, this agent also blocks histamine H1 receptors, thereby preventing histamine from binding to these receptors. Both actions prevent the effects of histamine on capillaries, bronchial smooth muscle, and gastrointestinal (GI) smooth muscle, including histamine-induced vasodilation, increased capillary permeability, bronchoconstriction, and spasmodic contraction of GI smooth muscle. This drug also prevents histamine-induced pain and itching of mucous membranes.

Olopatadine hydrochloride is an antihistamine (as well as anticholinergic and mast cell stabilizer), sold as a prescription eye dropmanufactured by Alcon in one of three strengths: 0.7% solution or Pazeo in the US, 0.2% solution or Pataday (also called Patanol Sin some countries), and 0.1% or Patanol (also called Opatanol in some countries). It is used to treat itching associated with allergicconjunctivitis (eye allergies). A decongestant nasal spray formulation is sold as Patanase, which was approved by the FDA on April 15, 2008.^[1] It is also available as an oral tablet in Japan under the tradename Allelock, manufactured by Kyowa Hakko Kogyo.^[2]

It should not be used to treat irritation caused by contact lenses. The usual dose for Patanol is 1 drop in each affected eye 2 times per day, with 6 to 8 hours between doses. Both Pazeo and Pataday are dosed 1 drop in each eye daily.

There is potential for Olopatadine as a treatment modality for steroid rebound (red skin syndrome).^[3]

Olopatadine was developed by Kyowa Hakko Kogyo.^[4]

Side Effects

Some known side effects include headache (7% of occurrence), eye burning and/or stinging (5%), blurred vision, dry eyes, foreign body sensation, hyperemia, keratitis, eyelid edema, pruritus, asthenia, sore throat (pharyngitis), rhinitis, sinusitis, and taste perversion.

Synthesis

Olopatadine synthesis:^[5]

Patent

http://www.google.com/patents/EP1971590A2?cl=en

Olopatadine free base is specifically described in U.S. Patent No. 5,116,863. This U.S. patent does not provide any example describing the preparation of olopatadine hydrochloride.

It is believed that the preparation of olopatadine hydrochloride was first disclosed in J. Med. Chem. 1992, 35, 2074-2084.

Olopatadine free base can be prepared according to the processes described in U.S. Patent Nos. 4,871,865 and 5,116,863, and olopatadine hydrochloride can be prepared according to the process described in J. Med. Chem. 1992, 35, 2074-2084, as shown in Scheme 1 below:

Scheme 2 below:

Grignard r**ctlon

OlopDtadins hydrochloride

PATENT

http://www.google.com/patents/EP2004621A2?cl=en

Olopatadine and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts are disclosed in EP 0214779, U.S. Patent No. 4,871,865, EP 0235796 and U.S. Patent No. 5,116,863. There are two general routes for the preparation of olopatadine which are described in EP 0214779: One involves a Wittig reaction and the other involves a Grignard reaction followed by a dehydration step. A detailed description of the syntheses of olopatadine and its salts is also disclosed in Ohshima, E., et al., J. Med Chem. 1992, 35, 2074-2084. EP 0235796 describes a preparation of olopatadine derivatives starting from 1 l-oxo-6,11- dihydroxydibenz[b,e]oxepin-2-acetic acid, as well as the following three different synthetic routes for the preparation of corresponding dimethylaminopropyliden-dibenz[b,e]oxepin derivatives, as shown in schemes 1-3 below:

Scheme 1:

HaIMgCH₂CH₂CH₂NMe₂

Scheme 2:

R₁OH or

R₂CI

R₁ = R₂ = alkyl group R₁ = H, R₂ = trityl group

HaIMgCH₂CH₂CH₂NMe₂

Scheme 3:Ph₃P Hal’ ^sHal

R₃ = COOH, etc.

The syntheses of several corresponding tricyclic derivatives are disclosed in the same manner in EP 0214779, in which the Grignard addition (analogous to Scheme 1) and the Wittig reaction (analogous to Scheme 3) are described as key reactions.

The synthetic routes shown above in Schemes 2 and 3 for the preparation of olopatadine are also described in Ohshima, E., et al., J Med. Chem. 1992, 35, 2074-2084 (schemes 4 and 5 below). In contrast to the above-identified patents, this publication describes the separation of the Z/E diastereomers (scheme 5). Scheme 4:

65% Ph₃CCI

81% CIMgCH₂CH₂CH₂NMe₂

A significant disadvantage of the synthetic route depicted in Scheme 4 is the diastereoselectivity of the dehydration step, which gives up to 90% of the undesired E-isomer. The last step (oxidation) is not described in this publication.Scheme 5 below depicts a prior art method disclosed in Ohshima, E., et al., supra.

Scheme 5:

Each of the prior art methods for synthesis of olopatadine have significant cost and feasibility disadvantages. Specifically with the respect to the method set forth in Scheme 5, the disadvantages include: (1) the need for excess reagents, e.g. 4.9 equivalents Wittig reagent and 7.6 equivalents of BuLi as the base for the Wittig reaction, which can be expensive;

(2) the need to use Wittig reagent in its hydrobromide salt form, so that additional amounts of the expensive and dangerous butyllithium reagent are necessary for the “neutralization” of the salt (i.e., excess butyllithium is required because of the neutralization);

(3) because 7.6 equivalents of the butlylithium are used (compared to 9.8 equivalents of the (Olo-IM4) Wittig reagent), the Wittig reagent is not converted completely to the reactive ylide form, and thus more than 2 equivalents of the Wittig reagent are wasted;

(4) the need for an additional esterifϊcation reaction after the Wittig reaction (presumably to facilitate isolation of the product from the reaction mixture) and the purification of the resulting oil by chromatography;

(5) the need to saponify the ester and to desalinate the reaction product (a diastereomeric mixture) with ion exchange resin, prior to separating the diastereomers;

(6) the need, after the separation of the diastereomers, and liberation of the desired diastereomer from its corresponding pTsOH salt, to desalinate the product (olopatadine) again with ion exchange resin;

(7) the formation of olopatadine hydrochloride from olopatadine is carried out using 8 N HCl in 2-propanol, which may esterify olopatadine and give rise to additional impurities and/or loss of olopatadine; and

(8) the overall yield of the olopatadine, including the separation of the diastereomers, is only approximately 24%, and the volume yield is less than 1%.

As noted above, the known methods for preparing olopatadine in a Wittig reaction use the intermediate compounds 6,11-dihydro-l l-oxo-dibenz[b,e]oxepin-2-acetic acid and 3- dimethylaminopropyltriphenylphosphonium bromide hydrobromide. Preparation of these chemical intermediates by prior art syntheses present a number of drawbacks that add to the cost and complexity of synthesizing olopatadine.

One known method for preparation of the compound 6,11-dihydro-l 1-oxo- dibenz[b,e]oxepin-2-acetic acid is depicted in Scheme 6, below. See also, U.S. Patent No. 4,585,788; German patent publications DE 2716230, DE 2435613, DE 2442060, DE 2600768; Aultz, D.E., et al., J Med. Chem. (1977), 20(1), 66-70; and Aultz, D.E., et al., J Med. Chem. (1977), 20(11), 1499-1501. Scheme 6:

COOE

In addition, U.S. Patent No. 4,417,063 describes another method for the preparation of 6,11-dihydro-l l-oxo-dibenz[b,e]oxepin-2-acetic acid, which is shown in Scheme 7. Scheme 7:

Ueno, K., et al., J Med. Chem. (1976), 19(7), 941, describes yet another prior art method for preparing 6,11-dihydro-l l-oxo-dibenz[b,e]oxepin-2-acetic acid, which is shown below in Scheme 8. Scheme 8:

acidFurther, as depicted in Scheme 9, below, U.S. Patent Nos. 4,118,401; 4,175,209; and 4, 160,781 disclose another method for the synthesis of 6, 11 -dihydro- 11 -oxo-dibenz[b,e]oxepin-2- acetic acid.

Scheme 9:

AICI₃

6,11 -dihydro-11 -oxo-dibenz- [b,e]oxepin-2-acetic acid

JP 07002733 also describes the preparation of 6,11 -dihydro- 1 l-oxo-dibenz[b,e]oxepin-2- acetic acid, as follows in Scheme 10, below.

Scheme 10:

acidSpecific methods and reagents for performing the intramolecular Friedel-Crafts reaction for cyclizing 4-(2-carboxybenzyloxy)-phenylacetic acid to form 6,11 -dihydro-11-oxo- dibenz[b,e]oxepin-2-acetic acid are described in (1) EP 0068370 and DE 3125374 (cyclizations were carried out at reflux with acetyl chloride or acetic anhydride in the presence of phosphoric acid, in toluene, xylene or acetic anhydride as solvent); (2) EP 0069810 and US 4282365 (cyclizations were carried out at 70-80° C with trifluoroacetic anhydride in a pressure bottle); and (3) EP 0235796; US 5,116,863 (cyclizations were carried out with trifluoroacetic anhydride in the presence of BF₃^»OEt₂ and in methylene chloride as solvent).

Turning to the Wittig reagent for use in preparing olopatadine, 3- dimethylaminopropyltriphenylphosphonium bromide-hydrobromide and methods for its preparation are described in U.S. Patent Nos. 3,354,155; 3,509,175; 5,116,863, and EP 0235796, and depicted in Scheme 11 below. Scheme 11:

Corey, E. J., et al, Tetrahedron Letters, Vol. 26, No. 47, 5747-5748, 1985 describes a synthetic method for the preparation of 3-dimethylaminopropyltriphenylphosphonium bromide (free base), which is shown below in Scheme 12. Scheme 12:

The prior art methods for preparing olopatadine and the chemical intermediates 6,11- dihydro-ll-oxo-dibenz[b,e]oxepin-2-acetic acid, and 3- dimethylaminopropyltriphenylphosphonium bromide-hydrobromide (and its corresponding free base) are not desirable for synthesis of olopatadine on a commercial scale. For example, due to high reaction temperatures and the absence of solvents, the synthesis described in Ueno, K., et al., J. Med. Chem. (1976), 19(7), 941 and in U.S. Patent No. 4,282,365 for preparation of the intermediate 4-(2-carboxybenzyloxy)phenylacetic acid is undesirable for a commercial scale process, although the synthesis described in JP 07002733, and set forth in Scheme 13 below, is carried out in an acceptable solvent. Scheme 13:

OIO-1M1

The processes described in the literature for the intramolecular Friedel-Crafts acylation used to prepare 6,11-dihydro-l l-oxo-dibenz[b,e]oxepin-2-acetic acid are undesirable for commercial scale synthesis because they generally require either drastic conditions in the high boiling solvents (e.g. sulfolane) or they require a two step synthesis with the corresponding acid chlorides as intermediate. Furthermore the procedures for synthesizing 6,11-dihydro-l 1-oxo- dibenz[b,e]oxepin-2-acetic acid as set forth in European patent documents EP 0069810 and EP 0235796 use excess trifluoroacetic anhydride (see Scheme 14), and are carried out without solvent in a pressure bottle at 70-80° C (EP 0069810) or at room temperature in methylene chloride using catalytic amounts of BF₃^Et₂O (EP 0235796). Scheme 14:

According to the teachings in EP 0235795, a suspension of 3- bromopropyltriphenylphosphonium bromide (Olo-IM4) in ethanol was reacted with 13.5 equivalents of an aqueous dimethylamine solution (50%) to provide dimethylaminopropyltriphenylphosphonium bromide HBr. After this reaction, the solvent was distilled off and the residue was recrystallized (yield: 59%).

U.S. Patent No. 3,354,155 describes a reaction of 3-bromopropyltriphenylphosponium bromide with 4.5 equivalents dimethylamine. The solution was concentrated and the residue was suspended in ethanol, evaporated and taken up in ethanol again. Gaseous hydrogen bromide was passed into the solution until the mixture was acidic. After filtration, the solution was concentrated, whereupon the product crystallized (yield of crude product: 85%). The crude product was recrystallized from ethanol. A significant disadvantage of the prior art processes for making 3- dimethylaminopropyltriphenylphosphonium bromide hydrobromide involves the need for time consuming steps to remove excess dimethylamine, because such excess dimethylamine prevents crystallization of the reaction product. Thus, to obtain crystallization, the prior art processes require, for example, repeated evaporation of the reaction mixture (until dryness), which is undesirable for a commercial scale synthesis of olopatadine.

Corey, EJ., et al., Tetrahedron Letters, Vol. 26, No. 47, 5747-5748 (1985) describes the preparation of 3-dimethylaminopropyltriphenylphosphonium bromide (free base) from its corresponding hydrobromide salt. But the preparation of the free base, which uses an extraction step with methylene chloride as the solvent, is undesirable for commercial production because of the poor solubility of the free base in many of the organic solvents that are desirable for commercial production of chemical products, and because of the high solubility of the free base in water, causing low volume yields and loss of material. Furthermore according to this publication, the work up procedure gave an oil, which crystallized only after repeated evaporation in toluene.

PATENT

http://www.google.com/patents/EP2145882A1?cl=en

Olopatadine and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are described in patents EP 214779 , US 4871865 , EP 235796 andUS 5116863 . Patent EP 214779 describes two general processes for the production of Olopatadine, one of them involving a Wittig reaction and the other a Grignard reaction followed by a dehydration step.

Patent US 5116863 describes the production of Olopatadine hydrochloride by several different processes, two of which include a Grignard reaction for introducing the side chain in position 11 and a third process (called “Process C” in said patent) in which said side chain is introduced in position 11 by means of a Wittig reaction. In a specific embodiment (Example 9), the Wittig reaction is performed on the 6,11-dihydro-11-oxodibenz[b,e]oxepin-2-acetic acid (3) substrate, also known as Isoxepac, which is reacted with (3-dimethylaminopropyl)-triphenylphosphonium bromide hydrobromide, in the presence of n-butyl lithium giving rise to a Z/E mixture of Olopatadine together with salts of phosphorus which, after purifying by means of transforming it into the methyl ester of Olopatadine (2) and subsequent hydrolysis, provides Olopatadine hydrochloride (1), as shown in reaction scheme 1.

In the process shown in reaction scheme 1, the Wittig reagent [(Ph)₃P⁺(CH₂)₃N(Me)₂Br^–HBr] is used in excess of up to 5 equivalents per equivalent of Isoxepac (3), a dangerous reagent (n-butyl lithium) is used; the process is very long and includes a number of extractions, changes of pH, in addition to esterification and subsequent saponification, the process therefore having very low yields and being rather expensive. The Z/E isomer ratio obtained in said process is not described.

Ohshima E., et al., in J. Med. Chem., 1992, 35:2074-2084(designated inventors in US 5116863 ) describe several methods for synthesizing Olopatadine hydrochloride and other compounds of similar structure by means of Grignard reactions in some cases, and by means of Wittig reactions in other cases, for introducing the side chain (3-dimethylaminopropylidene). Following the synthetic scheme shown in reaction scheme 1, they start from type (3) compounds with free carboxylic acid and use (i) as base, n-butyl lithium, in a ratio relative to the type (3) compound of 7.5 equivalents of base/equivalent of type (3) compound and (ii) as Wittig reagent, (3-dimethylaminopropyl)-triphenylphosphonium bromide hydrobromide, in a ratio relative to the type (3) compound of 4.9 equivalents of the Wittig reagent/equivalent of type (3) compound. Once the Wittig reaction is carried out, in order to be able to better isolate the products, the acid is subsequently esterified; thus, and after purification by means of column chromatography, the obtained Z/E isomer ratio is 2:1. In said article, the authors (page 2077) acknowledge that when they try to perform this same Wittig reaction starting from a type (3) compound having an ester group instead of a carboxylic acid, the reaction does not occur and the starting material is recovered without reacting. This process has several drawbacks since it needs large amounts both of the Wittig reagent and of the base, n-butyl lithium (dangerous reagent, as already mentioned), it needs esterification, column purification, saponification and purification again, whereby the global process is not efficient.

Application WO 2006/010459 describes obtaining Olopatadine hydrochloride by means of a process in which a Wittig reaction is also performed but, this time, on an open substrate with final cyclization to form oxepin by means of Pd catalyst as can be seen in reaction scheme 2.

[R is an acid protecting group, especially C-C4alkyl]

The process shown in reaction scheme 2 has several drawbacks: high number of synthesis steps, the use of palladium catalysts which increase the cost of the process, the obtained Z/E isomer ratio is only 2.5:1 in favor of the Z isomer, and, finally, the need of using ionic exchange resins and chromatography columns, together with the use of dangerous reagents such as lithium aluminium hydride, n-butyl lithium or Jones reagent, make the process unfeasible on an industrial scale.

Application US2007/0232814 describes obtaining Olopatadine hydrochloride by means of a process which includes a Wittig reaction between Isoxepac (3) and the corresponding Wittig reagent [(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-triphenylphosphonium halides or salts thereof], using as base sodium hydride (NaH), whereby obtaining Olopatadine base which, after subsequent formation of an addition salt (essential for the production and isolation of the product of interest) and purification, yields Olopatadine hydrochloride (1), as shown in reaction scheme 3.

In the process shown in scheme 3, the amounts of Wittig reagent and of base used are very high since when the Wittig reagent is used in the form of salt 2.7 equivalents and 8.1 equivalents of base (NaH) are used, whereas if the free Wittig reagent is used 2.7 equivalents and 4.0 equivalents of base (NaH) are used. In these conditions, the reaction is very long (it can last more than one day) and the obtained Z/E isomer ratio is only 2.3:1, which results in a relatively low final yield and makes subsequent purification necessary. This process is, in addition, slow and tedious, therefore it is not very attractive from the industrial point of view.

EXAMPLE 4(Z)-11-(3-Dimethylaminopropylidene)-6,11-dihydrodibenz[b,e] oxepin-2-acetic acidPart A: (Z)-11-(3-dimethylaminopropylidene)-6,11-dihdrodibenz[b,e] oxepin-2-acetic acid ethyl ester

21.49 g (0.050 moles) of (3-dimethylaminopropyl)-triphenylphosphine bromide were suspended in 80 ml of tetrahydrofuran (THF) in a reaction flask under a N₂ stream. 1.86 g (0.046 moles) of 60% NaH were carefully added, maintaining the obtained suspension at 20-25°C. Then, 10 ml of dimethylacetamide were slowly added to the previous suspension. The resulting mixture was heated at 35-40°C for 1 hour. At the end of this time period, 10 g (0.031 moles) of 6,11-dihydro-11-oxodibenz[b,e]oxepin-2-ethyl acetate dissolved in 30 ml of THF were added dropwise to the previous solution. The reaction mixture obtained was maintained at 35-40°C for 2 hours. After this time period, the reaction mixture was left to cool to a temperature lower than 10°C, then adding 150 ml of water on the reaction mixture. The solvent was eliminated by means of distillation under reduced pressure until obtaining an aqueous residue on which 100 ml of toluene were added. Subsequently, the organic and aqueous phases were decanted and separated. The organic phase was washed with concentrated HCl (2×50 ml). Then, the organic and aqueous phases were decanted and separated. The obtained aqueous phases were pooled and 100 ml of toluene and 2×10 ml of a solution of 20% Na₂CO₃ were added to them. The organic and aqueous phases were decanted and separated and the organic phase was concentrated under reduced pressure until obtaining a residue which was used without purifying in Part B.

The obtained product can be identified, after being purified by means of silica gel column chromatography. The compound of the title is eluted with a dichloromethane/methanol/ammonia (95/5/1) mixture, the spectroscopic properties of which compound are:

¹H-NMR (CDCl₃, 400 MHz), δ: 1.24 (t, 3H), 2.80 (s, 6H), 2.89 (m, 2H), 3.20 (m, 2H), 3.51 (s, 2H), 4.11 (m, 2H), 5.15 (bs, 2H), 5.63 (t, 1H), 6.82 (d, 1H), 7.04 (m, 2H), 7.25 (m, 4H) ppm.

¹³C-NMR (CDCl₃, 400 MHz), δ: 14.41; 25.03; 40.12; 43.14; 57.33; 61.16; 70.93; 120.34; 123.95: 125.44; 126.34; 126.63; 127.72; 128.27; 129.33; 130.85; 131.64; 133.66; 143.74; 144.12; 154.96; 163.34; 172.27 ppm.

MS, M⁺+1: 366.06.

Part B: (Z)-11-(3-dimethylaminopropylidene)-6,11-dihydrodibenz[b,e] oxepin-2- acetic acid

The compound (Z)-11-(3-dimethylaminopropylidene)-6,11-dihydrodibenz[b,e]oxepin-2-acetic acid ethyl ester (residue obtained in Part A) was dissolved in 100 ml of acetone in a reaction flask. 3.4 ml (0.040 moles) of HCl were added to this solution. The reaction was heated under reflux for 10 hours, in which time the reaction passed from being a solution to being a suspension. After this time, the reaction was cooled until reaching 20-25°C. The solid was filtered, washed and the resulting product was dried in an oven with air circulation at 50-55°C, obtaining 5.2 g (0.015 moles, 50%) of a white solid identified as (Z)-11-(3-dimethylaminopropylidene)-6,11-dihydrodibenz[b,e] oxepin-2-acetic acid, isolated as hydrochloride, the spectroscopic properties of which are the following:

¹H-NMR (DMSO, 400MHz), δ: 2.69 (s, 6H); 2.77 (m, 2H); 3.24 (m, 2H): 3.56 (s, 2H); 5.15 (bs, 2H); 5.62 (t, 1H); 6.76 (d, 1H); 7.06 (m, 2H); 7.30 (m, 4H) ppm.

¹³C-NMR (DMSO, 400MHz), δ: 25.12; 40.13; 42.44(2); 56.02; 70.26; 119.95; 123.43; 126.62; 127.64; 128.03; 128.47(2); 129.85; 131.34; 132.57; 134.12; 141.63; 145.25; 154.52; 173.67 ppm.

MS, M’+1: 338.17

Paper

Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society

J. Braz. Chem. Soc. vol.25 no.12 São Paulo Dec. 2014

http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/0103-5053.20140255

An intramolecular Heck-based cyclization was used as a key step for commendable synthesis of the antihistaminic drug olopatadine (133) and its trans isomer (134).⁶⁷ Besides the Heck reaction, another vital step in this route was a stereoselective Wittig olefination using a non-stabilized phosphorus ylide that afforded the olefins 135 and 136 (E:Z ratio = 9:1 for 135, for instance). Concerning the Heck reaction, Pd(OAc)₂, K₂CO₃, and NBu₄Cl (TBAC) were allowed to react with 135 and 136 at 60 ºC during 24 h, providing the cyclic adducts 137 and 138 with reasonable 60% and 55% yields, respectively. However, it is important to note that in catalytic terms, the results were not encouraging, considering that 20 mol% of palladium was used and a disappointing turnover number (TON) of 3 was observed (Scheme 37).

Scheme 37 Heck reaction in synthesis of olopatadine (133) and trans-olopatadine (134).

In relation to the stereochemistry of the Heck products, the above results were not surprising since they were consistent with a syn-insertion of the arylpalladium intermediate (provided by oxidative addition step) at the olefinic moiety followed by a syn β-elimination that afforded the product with the ascribed stereochemistry. Finally, with the cyclic products in hands, the syntheses were completed by alkaline hydrolysis of methyl esters that afforded the target olapatadine and trans-olapatadine.

67 Bosch, J.; Bachs, J.; Gómez, A. M.; Griera, R.; Écija, M.; Amat, M.; J. Org. Chem.2012, 77 , 6340.

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( Z ) – 1 1 – [ 3 – ( D i m e t h y l a m i n o ) p r opy l i d e n e ] – 6 , 1 1 -dihydrodibenz[b,e]oxepin-2-acetic Acid Hydrochloride.

Cis-olopatadinehydrochloride /olopatadinehydrochloride

mp 231−233 °C (dec);

1H NMR (300 MHz, CD3OD) δ 2.86 (s, 6H), 2.83−2.91 (m, 2H), 3.28−3.34 (m, 2H), 3.57 (s, 2H), 5.19 (br, 2H), 5.67 (t,J = 7.3 Hz, 1H), 6.81 (d, J = 8.4 Hz, 1H), 7.07−7.13 (m, 2H), 7.26−7.37 (m, 4H);

13C NMR (75.4 MHz, CD3OD) δ 26.4 (CH2), 40.5(CH2), 43.4 (2CH3), 58.0 (CH2), 71.5 (CH2), 120.3 (CH), 124.8 (C),126.5 (CH), 127.0 (CH), 128.4 (C), 128.5 (CH), 129.0 (CH), 130.1(CH), 131.7 (CH), 132.8 (CH), 135.1 (C), 144.5 (C), 145.6 (C),155.9 (C), 175.7 (C);

IR (KBr) 1225, 1491, 1716, 2927 cm−1.

Anal.Calcd for C21H24NClO3·H

( E ) – 1 1 – [ 3 – ( D i m e thy l ami n o ) p r o p y l i d e n e ] – 6 , 1 1 -dihydrodibenz[b,e]oxepin-2-acetic Acid Hydrochloride.

trans-olopatadinehydrochloride

mp 170−173 °C;

1H NMR (300 MHz, CD3OD) δ 2.56−2.63 (m, 2H), 2.75 (s,6H), 3.13 (t, J = 7.6 Hz, 2H), 3.53 (s, 2H), 4.78 (br, 1H), 5.51 (br,
1H), 5.98 (t, J = 7.2 Hz, 1H), 6.69 (d, J = 8.4 Hz, 1H), 7.06 (dd, J =8.3, 2.3 Hz, 1H), 7.25−7.44 (m, 5H);

13C NMR (75.4 MHz, CD3OD)δ 26.0 (CH2), 40.8 (CH2), 43.3 (2CH3), 57.9 (CH2), 70.9 (CH2),120.3 (CH), 125.9 (CH), 127.6 (C), 128.5 (C), 128.6 (CH), 129.5(2CH), 130.0 (CH), 131.5 (CH), 132.0 (CH), 135.8 (C), 141.3 (C),144.2 (C), 155.6 (C), 175.7 (C);

IR (KBr) 1223, 1484, 1725, 2960cm−1.

Anal. Calcd for C21H24NClO3·H2O: C, 64.36; H, 6.69; N, 3.57.
Found: C, 64.66; H, 6.47; N, 3.56.

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Olopatadine
Systematic (IUPAC) name

{(11Z)-11-[3-(dimethylamino)propylidene]-6,11- dihydrodibenzo[b,e]oxepin-2-yl}acetic acid
Clinical data
Trade names	Patanol and others
AHFS/Drugs.com	Monograph
MedlinePlus	a602025
Pregnancy category	C
Routes of administration	Ophthalmic, intranasal, oral
Pharmacokinetic data
Biological half-life	3 hours
Identifiers
CAS Number	113806-05-6
ATC code	S01GX09 (WHO)R01AC08 (WHO)
PubChem	CID 5281071
DrugBank	DB00768
ChemSpider	4444528
UNII	D27V6190PM
KEGG	D08293
ChEMBL	CHEMBL1189432
Chemical data
Formula	C₂₁H₂₃NO₃
Molar mass	337.412 g/mol

Title: Olopatadine

CAS Registry Number: 113806-05-6

CAS Name: (11Z)-11-[3-(Dimethylamino)propylidene]-6,11-dihydrodibenz[b,e]oxepin-2-acetic acid

Molecular Formula: C21H23NO3

Molecular Weight: 337.41

Percent Composition: C 74.75%, H 6.87%, N 4.15%, O 14.23%

Literature References: Dual acting histamine H1-receptor antagonist and mast cell stabilizer. Prepn: E. Oshima et al., EP235796; eidem, US 5116863 (1987, 1992 both to Kyowa); eidem, J. Med. Chem. 35, 2074 (1992). Pharmacology: C. Kamei et al.,Arzneim.-Forsch. 45, 1005 (1995); J. M. Yanni et al., J. Ocul. Pharmacol. Ther. 12, 389 (1996). Receptor binding profile: N. A. Sharif et al., J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 278, 1252 (1996). Clinical trial in allergic conjunctivitis: M. B. Abelson, L. Spitalny, Am. J. Ophthalmol. 125, 797 (1998).

Properties: Crystallized as the hemihydrate from 2-propanol + water, mp 188-189.5°.

Melting point: mp 188-189.5°

Derivative Type: Hydrochloride

CAS Registry Number: 140462-76-6

Manufacturers’ Codes: AL-4943A; KW-4679

Trademarks: Opatanol (Alcon); Patanol (Alcon)

Molecular Formula: C21H23NO3.HCl

Molecular Weight: 373.87

Percent Composition: C 67.46%, H 6.47%, N 3.75%, O 12.84%, Cl 9.48%

Properties: Crystals from acetone-water, mp 248° (dec). Sol in water.

Melting point: mp 248° (dec)

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Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society

J. Braz. Chem. Soc. vol.25 no.12 São Paulo Dec. 2014

http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/0103-5053.20140255

The construction of a new bond between sp²– and sp-hybridized carbons is known as the Sonogashira reaction,⁴⁸and it is nowadays a widely employed methodology for the construction of arylacetylenes.³^,⁴⁹^,⁵⁰ For example, a Sonogashira coupling was employed by the research and development group of Kyowa Hakko Kirin in a new and concise synthetic route for olopatadine hydrochloride (92), a commercial anti-allergic drug that was previously developed by the same company.⁵¹

The reported synthesis goes through the Sonogashira reaction between the easy accessible aryl halide 93 and alkyne 94 leading to adduct 95 in 94% yield. This adduct is then subjected to a second metal-catalyzed transformation, a stereospecific palladium-catalyzed intramolecular cyclization, whose optimum conditions were identified based on an elegant and comprehensive Design of Experiments (DoE) investigation to provide 96(Scheme 28).

Scheme 28 Optimal Sonogashira conditions for the synthesis of 92.

Elaboration of the cyclization product 96 through aminomethylation and ester hydrolysis followed by acid work-up completes the synthesis of the final target. Although the presented synthetic route is very promising and concise, providing olopatadine hydrochloride in 54% overall yield for 6 steps from commercially available materials, it has so far been reported only on a laboratory scale (5 g for the Sonogashira coupling and 200 mg for the cyclization step).

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