An object of the present invention is to provide a production method of an intermediate used in the production method of a sulfonylpyrrole compound useful as a pharmaceutical product. The present invention relates to a method of producing sulfonylpyrrole compound (VI) by reacting a pyridine-3-sulfonic acid compound with phosphorus pentachloride in a solvent of chlorobenzene or trifluoromethylbenzene to give a pyridine-3-sulfonyl chloride compound, reacting the compound without isolation with compound (III) to give compound (IV), and subjecting the compound (IV) to a reductive amination reaction.
wherein R
2
is a hydrocarbon group etc. and R
3
and R
4
are each a hydrogen atom etc.,
wherein R
1
is an optionally substituted pyridin-3-yl group, and the other symbols are as defined above,
wherein R
5
is an alkyl group and the other symbols are as defined above.
本发明的目的是提供一种用于制备作为药物产品有用的磺酰基
吡咯化合物制备方法中所使用的中间体的生产方法。本发明涉及一种通过在
氯代苯或三
氟甲基苯溶剂中将
吡啶-3-
磺酸化合物与
五氯化磷反应以得到
吡啶-3-磺酰氯化合物,将该化合物在不分离的情况下与化合物(III)反应以得到化合物(IV),并将化合物(IV)进行还原胺化反应以制备磺酰基
吡咯化合物(VI)的方法。其中,R2是一个碳氢基团等,R3和R4分别是氢原子等,R1是一个可选取代的
吡啶-3-基基团,其它符号如上所定义,其中R5是一个烷基团,其它符号如上所定义。