申请人:Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
公开号:US20020072621A1
公开(公告)日:2002-06-13
The invention relates to a method for industrially producing highly pure (2R, 3S)- or (2S, 3R)-N-carbamate-protected &bgr;-aminoepoxide (crystal) or (2R, 3S)- or (2S, 3R)-N-carbamate-protected &bgr;-aminoalcohol. The method for producing N-carbamate-protected &bgr;-aminoepoxide crystal, includes one or more of the following steps (a) to (d):
(a) dissolving (2R, 3S)- or (2S, 3R)-N-carbamate-protected &bgr;-aminoalcohol containing at least the diastereomer as an impurity in a solvent including at least one or more selected from aromatic hydrocarbon solvent, saturated hydrocarbon solvent, aqueous mixture solvent, acetone and 2-propanol, to remove insoluble matters;
(b) treating the (2R, 3S)- or (2S, 3R)-N-carbamate-protected &bgr;-aminoalcohol with a base, thereby converting the N-carbamate-protected &bgr;-aminoalcohol to (2R, 3S)- or (2S, 3R)-N-carbamate-protected &bgr;-aminoepoxide;
(c) treating the (2R, 3S)- or (2S, 3R)-N-carbamate-protected &bgr;-aminoepoxide containing at least the diastereomer as an impurity with an acid, thereby converting the diastereomer as an impurity to (4S, 5R) or (4R, 5S) oxazolidin-2-one derivative, and optionally separating and removing the resulting oxazolidin-2-one derivative in water or an aqueous mixture solvent; and
(d) crystallizing the (2R, 3S)- or (2S, 3R)-N-carbamate-protected &bgr;-aminoepoxide in a mixture solvent of water and water-miscible organic solvent. By the methods of the present invention, highly pure (2R, 3S)- or (2S, 3R)-N-carbamate-protected &bgr;-aminoepoxide or (2R, 3S) or (2S, 3R)-N-carbamate-protected &bgr;-aminoalcohol can be efficiently produced.
该发明涉及一种工业生产高纯度(2R, 3S)或(2S, 3R)-N-碳酸酯保护的β-氨基环氧乙烷(晶体)或(2R, 3S)或(2S, 3R)-N-碳酸酯保护的β-氨基醇的方法。生产N-碳酸酯保护的β-氨基环氧乙烷晶体的方法包括以下一项或多项步骤(a)至(d):(a)将至少含有对映异构体作为杂质的(2R, 3S)或(2S, 3R)-N-碳酸酯保护的β-氨基醇溶解于包括至少选择自芳香烃溶剂、饱和烃溶剂、水混合溶剂、丙酮和异丙醇的溶剂中,以去除不溶物质;(b)用碱处理(2R, 3S)或(2S, 3R)-N-碳酸酯保护的β-氨基醇,从而将N-碳酸酯保护的β-氨基醇转化为(2R, 3S)或(2S, 3R)-N-碳酸酯保护的β-氨基环氧乙烷;(c)用酸处理至少含有对映异构体作为杂质的(2R, 3S)或(2S, 3R)-N-碳酸酯保护的β-氨基环氧乙烷,从而将对映异构体作为杂质转化为(4S, 5R)或(4R, 5S)噁唑烷-2-酮衍生物,并可在水或水混合溶剂中分离和去除所得的噁唑烷-2-酮衍生物;(d)在水和水亲和性有机溶剂的混合溶剂中结晶(2R, 3S)或(2S, 3R)-N-碳酸酯保护的β-氨基环氧乙烷。通过本发明的方法,可以高效生产高纯度的(2R, 3S)或(2S, 3R)-N-碳酸酯保护的β-氨基环氧乙烷或(2R, 3S)或(2S, 3R)-N-碳酸酯保护的β-氨基醇。