申请人:Pfizer Inc.
公开号:US05006657A1
公开(公告)日:1991-04-09
A novel three-step process for resolving a racemic spiro-hydantoin compound into its optical antipodes is disclosed, which involves (1) reacting said racemic compound with an optically-active asymmetric isocyanate of the formula RNCO, wherein R is (S)- or (R)-1-phenylethyl or (S)-or (R)-1-(1-naphthyl)ethyl, to form the corresponding diastereomeric ureido compound; (2) separating the resulting diastereomeric mixture into its component parts, and (3) thereafter converting the separated ureido diasteromers obtained in step (b) to the corresponding asymmetric hydantoin compounds by treatment with an alkali metal lower alkoxide (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4), followed by acidification, whereupon the desired optical isomer is obtained. The final products so obtained, such as (4S)-(+)-6-fluoro-2,3-dihydro-spiro-[4H-1-benzopyran-4,4'-imidazolidine]-2 ',5'-dione(sorbinil) and (5'S)-3'-chloro-5', 6',7',8'-tetrahydro-spiro[imidazolidine-4,5'-quinoline]-2,5-dione, are known to be useful in preventing or alleviating certain chronic diabetic complications. The aforementioned diastereomeric ureido intermediates are novel compounds.
公开了一种新型的三步法过程,用于将一种拉丁的螺环嘧啶化合物分离为其光学对映体,包括以下步骤:(1)将该拉丁化合物与具有光学活性的不对称异氰酸酯反应,所述不对称异氰酸酯的化学式为RNCO,其中R为(S)-或(R)-1-苯乙基或(S)-或(R)-1-(1-萘基)乙基,形成相应的二对映异构脲化合物;(2)将所得的二对映异构混合物分离成其组分部分;(3)然后通过用碱金属低级烷氧化物(C.sub.1-C.sub.4)处理所分离的脲二对映异构体,随后酸化,从而获得所需的光学异构体。所获得的最终产物,例如(4S)-(+)-6-氟-2,3-二氢螺-[4H-1-苯并吡喃-4,4'-咪唑啉]-2',5'-二酮(索比林)和(5'S)-3'-氯-5',6',7',8'-四氢螺[咪唑啉-4,5'-喹啉]-2,5-二酮,已知可用于预防或缓解某些慢性糖尿病并发症。上述二对映异构脲中间体是新型化合物。