DL- and L-Threo-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-N-methyl-serine which may also be termed as DL- and L-threo-adrenalinecarboxylic acid are now provided, which are new compounds useful for therapeutic treatment of Parkinson's disease and mental depression disease. DL-Adrenalinecarboxylic acid may be produced by a new process comprising reacting glycine with O-protected 3,4-dihydroxybenzaldehyde, hydrolyzing the resultant reaction product under acidic conditions to form O-protected DL-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)serine, isolating the O-protected DL-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)serine into the threo isomer and the erythro isomer by recrystallization from a suitable organic solvent, introducing an unsubstituted or substituted benzyl group into the 2-amino group of the resulting O-protected DL-threo-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)serine, then N-methylating the resulting O-protected DL-threo-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-N-benzylserine,and removing the O-protecting groups as well as the unsubstituted or substituted benzyl group at the 2-methylamino group of the N-methylation product.
L-threo-Adrenalinecarboxylic acid may be produced by a new process comprising introducing a p-methoxybenzyloxycarbonyl group into the 2-amino group of the O-protected DL-threo-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)serine obtained as an intermediate product, optically resolving the resultant 0-protected DL-threo-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-N-p-methoxybenzyloxycarbonyl-serine by reacting the latter with an optically active amine and recrystallizing the resultant amine salt products from a suitable organic solvent, removing the p-methoxybenzyloxycarbonyl group from the resultant O-protected L-threo-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-N-p-methoxybenzyloxycarbonyl-serine, reacting the resultant O-protected L-threo-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)serine with dimethyl sulfate in dry acetone to form an O-protected L-threo-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-N-methylserine methyl ester, saponifying this methyl ester and then removing the O-protecting groups from the saponification product.
现在提供的 DL-和 L-苏-3-(3,4-二羟基
苯基)-N-
甲基丝氨酸也可称为 DL-和 L-苏-
肾上腺素羧酸,它们是可用于治疗帕
金森病和精神抑郁症的新化合物。DL-
肾上腺素羧酸可通过一种新工艺生产,该工艺包括使甘
氨酸与 O-保护的
3,4-二羟基苯甲醛反应,在酸性条件下
水解反应产物,形成 O-保护的 DL-3-(3,4-二羟基
苯基)
丝氨酸,通过从合适的有机溶剂中重结晶,将 O-保护的 DL-3-(3,4-二羟基
苯基)
丝氨酸分离成苏
氨酸异构体和
赤藓醇异构体、将未取代或取代的
苄基引入到所得 O-保护的 DL-苏-3-(3,4-二羟基
苯基)
丝氨酸的 2-
氨基中,然后将所得 O-保护的 DL-苏-3-(3,4-二羟基
苯基)-N-苄
丝氨酸 N-
甲基化,并去除 O-保护基团以及 N-
甲基化产物的
2-甲基氨基上的未取代或取代的
苄基。
L-
硫代
肾上腺素羧酸可通过一种新工艺生产,该工艺包括在作为中间产物获得的 O-保护基 DL-
硫代-3-(3,4-二羟基
苯基)
丝氨酸的 2-
氨基上引入对甲
氧基苄
氧羰基、通过使 0-保护的 DL-苏
氨酰-3-(3,4-二羟基
苯基)-N-对甲
氧基苄
氧羰基
丝氨酸与光学活性胺反应,并从合适的有机溶剂中重结晶所得到的胺盐产物,从而对 0-保护的 DL-苏
氨酰-3-(3,4-二羟基
苯基)-N-对甲
氧基苄
氧羰基
丝氨酸进行光学解析、从得到的 O-保护的 L-
硫代-(3,4-二羟基
苯基)-N-对甲
氧基苄
氧羰基
丝氨酸中除去对甲
氧基苄
氧羰基,将得到的 O-保护的 L-
硫代-(3、在干
丙酮中与
硫酸二甲酯反应,形成 O-保护的 L-
硫代-(3,4-二羟基
苯基)-N-
甲基丝氨酸甲
酯,将该甲
酯皂化,然后从皂化产物中去除 O-保护基团。