申请人:KANEKA CORPORATION
公开号:EP1481960A1
公开(公告)日:2004-12-01
The invention provides processes for producing efficiently optically active 2-halogenocarboxylic acids useful in the preparation of drugs or the like and salts thereof with amines. Specifically, an optically active 2-halogenocarboxylic acid is produced by halogenating an optically active amino acid in water in the presence of a hydrophobic organic solvent and nitrous acid with the configuration retained and with the racemization inhibited through the removal of 2-hydroxy- bromocarboxylic acid formed as a by-product; the obtained optically active 2-halogenocarboxylic acid is transferred to an aqueous phase by converting it into a salt thereof with a base, followed by the removal of the organic phase; and the optically active 2-halogenocarboxylic acid is transferred again to an organic solvent phase, followed by the removal of the aqueous phase, whereby an optically active 2-halogenocarboxylic acid is obtained through the removal of a halogen component. Further, a high-quality salt of an optically active 2-halogenocarboxylic acid with an amine can be obtained by a crystallization method wherein the amine is added over the period of 1/2 hour or longer either continuously or in portions and/or wherein the crystallization solvent consists of a hydrophobic organic solvent and a hydrophilic organic solvent.
本发明提供了生产高效光学活性 2-卤代羧酸的工艺,这种 2-卤代羧酸可用于制备药物 或类似药物及其与胺的盐。具体地说,在疏水性有机溶剂和亚硝酸的存在下,通过在水中卤化光学活性氨基酸来生产光学活性 2-卤代羧酸,并保留其构型,通过去除副产物 2-羟基溴羧酸来抑制其外消旋化;将得到的具有光学活性的 2-卤代羧酸用碱转化为盐,转移到水相中,然后去除有机相;将具有光学活性的 2-卤代羧酸再次转移到有机溶剂相中,然后去除水相,这样就通过去除卤素成分得到了具有光学活性的 2-卤代羧酸。此外,光学活性 2-卤代羧酸与胺的高质量盐可通过结晶方法获得,其中胺的添加时间为 1/2 小时或更长,可连续添加或部分添加,以及/或结晶溶剂由疏水性有机溶剂和亲水性有机溶剂组成。