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United States Patent Office Patented Nov 3,847,926 United States Patent Office Patented Nov. 12, 1974 1 2 ploying the n-butanol-water system requires a pressure of 3,847,926 about 0.24 kg/cm. PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF DEPHE NOXYLATE, ITS DERIVATIVES AND ITSSALTS In a preferred embodiment, the present invention is USNG AN AQUEOUS DME SOLVENT SYSTEM practiced by refluxing a mixture of an appropriate ester Humberto Flores Beltran, Mexico, Mexico, assignor to of 4-phenylisonipecotic acid and an appropriate 2,2-diaryl G. D. Searle & Co., Chicago, Ill. 4-halobutyronitrile or 2,2-diaryl-5-halo-valeronitrile in an No Drawing. Filed July 20, 1972, Ser. No. 273,416 aqueous dimethylformamide solvent. int, C. C07d 29/32 In an especially preferred embodiment, the instant U.S. C. 260-293.75 9 Claims process is practiced by refluxing a mixture of a lower alkyl O ester of 4-phenylisonipecotic-acid and an appropriate 2,2- diphenyl-4-halobutyronitrile or 2,2-diphenyl-5-halovalero ABSTRACT of THE DISCLosURE nitrile compound in an aqueous dimethylformamide sol Aqueous dimethylformamide is employed as a solvent vent. Generally, a base is added to the solvent to neutralize system during the condensation of esters of 4-phenyliso the hydrogen halide which is liberated during the con nipecotic acid with 2,2-diarylhaloalkanonitriles with con 5 densation reaction. However, an excess of the ester of sequent increase in product yield, shortened reaction time 4-phenylisonipecotic acid may be employed to accomplish and avoidance of high pressure operation. the same purpose as the addition of base. Typically, ethyl 4-phenylisonipecotate is refluxed with 2,2-diphenyl-4- The present invention is concerned generally with a bromobutyronitrile in aqueous dimethylformamide to 20 yield diphenoxylate. process for the preparation of esters of N-substituted The products formed in the above process are recovered phenylisonipecotic acids and, in particular, it is concerned by usual extraction methods well known in the art. A con with an improvement in the process for the production venient extracting solvent is tetrahydrofuranheptane. of compounds of the following structural formula Ether also has been found to be satisfactory. The products O 25 obtained are easily isolable as the hydrochloride salts CN e-R but can be isolated as pure compound, or other salts as well. Ar- -(CH)- The ratio of water to dimethylformamide is not critical. Air CX), However, a volume ratio of water to dimethylformamide 30 of between about 1:6 and 1:4 is preferred. A volume ratio and the salts thereof which are described in U.S. Pat. of water to dimethylformamide of 1 to 5 is particularly 2,898,340. preferred. Furthermore, the total quantity of solvent used The radical R represents lower alkyl, lower alkyloxy is not critical, being limited only by standard chemical and lower alkenyloxy radicals contining 1 to 6 carbon manufacturing practices. As an example, about 120 liters atoms. Furthermore R represents such cyclo-alkyloxy 35 of total solvent is used for each 10 kilograms of 2,2- radicals as cyclopentyloxy and cyclohexyloxy and such diphenyl-4-bromobutyronitrile. The condensation reaction aralkyloxy radicals as phenethoxy, phenylpropoxy and the preferably is run under refluxing conditions. Tempera like. The radicals represented by Ar and Ar' are phenyl, tures of between about 85° C. to 120° C. are suitable tolyl, Xylyl and like aryl radicals containing up to 8 car with a temperature between about 115-118° C. being bon atoms and n is an integer greater than 1 and less 40 preferred. Typical bases used to neutralize the hydrogen than 4. halide liberated during the condensation are potassium The above-referenced patent describes the condensa carbonate and sodium carbonate, the latter being pre tion of 2,2-diarylhaloalkanonitriles with the appropriate ferred. esters of 4-phenylisonipecotic acid in such solvents as aro The compounds produced by the instant process are matic hydrocarbons of 6-9 carbon atoms, lower alkanols 45 useful as pharmacological agents. For example, their use and alkanones. Those solvents generally require high pres in the treatment of diarrhea is described in U.S. Pat. sures and long reaction times for satisfactory completion 2,898,340. of the condensation reaction. The 2,2 - diphenylhaloalkanonitriles are prepared by The halogen atoms comprehended in the term halo methods described in Dupre et al., J.C.S., 505 (1949) alkanonitriles are illustrated by chlorine, bromine, fluorine 50 and the lower alkyl esters of 4-phenylisonipecotic acid are and iodine. prepared by conventional procedures. It has been discovered that when aqueous dimethyl The invention will appear more fully from the exam formamide is used as the solvent system in the above ples which follow. Those examples are given by way of condensation reaction numerous unobvious advantages illustration only and are not to be construed as limiting accrue. For example, the reaction time may be decreased; 55 the invention either in spirit or in scope as many modifi the reaction may be run at atmospheric pressure; and cations both in materials and methods will be apparent increased yields of product are observed over yields ob to those skilled in the art. In the examples which follow served with other solvents. temperatures are given in degrees centigrade (C.) and The unobvious advantages of the instant process are quantities of materials in parts by weight unless noted demonstrated by the comparison of the solvent system 60 otherwise, consisting of aqueous dimethylformamide with a solvent EXAMPLE 1. system consisting of aqueous n-butanol. The condensa tion of ethyl 4-phenylisonipecotate and 2,2-diphenyl-4- A mixture of 11.3 parts of ethyl 4-phenylisonipecotate, bromobutyronitrile in n-butanol-water normally requires 15.9 parts of 2,2-diphenyl-4-bromobutyronitrile, 6.0 parts about a 24 hour reflux time to produce a low and vari 65 of anhydrous sodium carbonate, 7.0 parts of water and able yield. Substitution of aqueous dimethylformamide as 35.0 parts of dimethylformamide is refluxed with vigorous the solvent system permits the reflux time to be reduced agitation for 12 hours at atmospheric pressure. Then the to about 12 hours while obtaining a much higher yield. mixture is cooled to 25 and 42 parts of tetrahydrofuran, Those improvements provide substantial economic ad 70 parts of water and 32 parts of heptane is added. The vantages for the instant process over the process pre 70 aqueous and organic layers are allowed to separate. The viously used. In addition, the process of the present inven organic layer is washed with a saturated sodium chloride tion may be run at atmospheric pressure while that em solution and then filtered. Then a solution of 16 parts 3,847,926 3 4 of concentrated hydrochloric acid and 48 parts of water 2. As in Claim 1, in a process for the production of is added to the filtrate. After stirring for 30 minutes, the compounds of the following formula suspension is filtered at a temperature of about 5, and COOR the product which collects is washed successively with tetrahydrofuran-heptane and water and then dried at 90 to yield crude diphenoxylate hydrochloride, melting at 5 (D-en-OX about 218-221. The pure material is obtained by dissolving one part of crude diphenoxylate hydrochloride in 21-22 parts of isopropanol. That solution is refluxed for 5 minutes, cooled O and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts wherein n is to 0° and filtered to collect the product. After washing 2 or 3 and R is a lower alkyl radical containing 1 to 6 with cold isopropanol and drying at 65, pure diphe carbon atoms, the improvement which comprises con noxylate hydrochloride melting at about 221.5-223.5 is densing a compound of formula I wherein Ar and Ar’ obtained. are phenyl radicals and a compound of formula II where EXAMPLE 2 in R is a lower alkyloxy radical in a solvent system con Substitution of an equivalent quantity of methyl 4 sisting essentially of water and dimethylformamide. phenyisonipecotate in the procedure of Example 1 af 3. The improvement as in Claim 2, wherein the sol fords the hydrochloride salt of the methyl ester of 2,2- vent system consists essentially of water, dimethylform diphenyl-4-(4-carboxy-4-phenyl-1-piperidino) butyroni amide and a metal carbonate selected from the group trile. consisting of sodium carbonate and potassium carbonate. EXAMPLE 3 4. The improvement as in Claim 3, wherein the sol vent system consists essentially of water, dimethylform By substituting an equivalent quantity of 2,2-diphenyl amide and sodium carbonate. 4-bromovaleronitrile in the procedure of Example 1, there 5. The improvement as in Claim 4, wherein the com is afforded the hydrochloride salt of the ethyl ester of 25 pound of formula II is ethyl 4-phenylisonipecotate and 2,2-diphenyl-4-(4-carboxy - 4 - phenyl - 1 - piperidino)- the compound of formula I is 2,2-diphenyl-4-bromo valeronitrile. butyronitrile. What is claimed is: 6. The improvement as in Claim 5, wherein the vol 1. In a process for the production of compounds of ume ratio of water to dimethylformamide is between the following structural formula 30 about 1:6 and 1:4. 7. The improvement as in Claim 6, wherein the vol CN COR ume ratio of water to dimethylformamide is about 1 to 5. 8. The improvement as in Claim 7, wherein ethyl 4 a-tio-OXAir phenylisonipecotate and 2,2-diphenyl - 4 - bromobutyroni and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts wherein n is trile are condensed at a temperature between about 85 2 or 3, Ar and Ar' are aryl radicals of less than 9 carbon 120 degrees Centigrade. atoms and R is a lower alkyl, lower alkyloxy or a lower 9.
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