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United States Patent (19) 3,941,802 Gall . (45) Mar. 2, 1976 54 2-(IMIDAZOL-1-YL)BENZOPHENONES 75 inventor: Martin Gall, Kalamazoo, Mich. 73) Assignee: The Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Mich. (22 Filed: Apr. 4, 1975 (21) Appl. No.: 565,107 52 U.S. C. ......... 260/309; 260/240 G; 260/340.9; 260/566 AE; 260/566 R; 260/.578; 260/999 (5) Int. Cl.’........................................ C07D 233/60 58 Field of Search..................................... 260/309 56 References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS fluoro with the proviso that R cannot be fluoro, if R, 3,526,636 9/1970 Houlihan ............................ 2601309 is chloro or trifluoromethyl; and wherein R is hydro 3,534,06 10/1970 Black.................................. 260/309 gen, fluoro, chloro, bromo, trifluoromethyl, or nitro, 3,763,178 l Of 1973 Sulkowski........................ 2601309.6 are obtained by a multi-step reaction from the corre 3,763,179 0, 1973 Gall ................................... 2601309 sponding a-(phenyl)-o-toluidine of the formula I Primary Examiner-Natalie Trousof Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Hans L. Berneis NHe 57 ABSTRACT H Compounds of the formulae IV and V: R4 H Re Ra wherein R, R and R are defined as above, by treat ing I in sequence with an alkyl ester of orthoformic acid the resulting product with 2-alkyl-2-(aminoalkyl)- W 1,3-dioxolane or a 2-amino-alkanone dialkyl ketal and finally with titanium tetrachloride to obtain compound IV, and oxidizing compound IV to obtain the corre sponding compound V. Compounds IV and V have minor tranquilizing activity which can be utilized to calm mammals or birds. Their more important use, however, is as wherein Ro and R1 are hydrogen or alkyl of 1 to 3 car intermediates in the production of the strongly bon atoms, inclusive; wherein R, is hydrogen, fluoro, sedating and tranquilizing imidazolobenzodiazepines. chloro, or trifluoromethyl; wherein R is hydrogen or 12 Claims, No Drawings 3,941,802 1 2-(MIDAZOL-1-Y L)BENZOPHENONES BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention This invention is directed to new organic compounds 5 and more specifically to 1-(a-phenyl-0-tolyl)imidazoles and 2-(imidazol-i-yl)benzophenones and a process of the production therefor. The new compounds and the process therefor is illus tratively represented as follows: O He W 25 . from IV N-cCH-OR 35 Ro 40 from 45 Rs SO 55 wherein Ro and R are hydrogen or alkyl of 1 to 3 car bon atoms, inclusive; wherein R. is hydrogen, fluoro, chloro, or trifluoromethyl; wherein R is hydrogen or fluoro with the proviso that Rs is not fluoro if R is 60 chloro or trifluoromethyl; wherein R is hydrogen, fluoro, chloro, bromo, trifluoromethyl, or nitro; and wherein Rs is alkyl as defined above. The process of this invention comprises: heating a compound of formula 1 with a trialkyl orthoformate 65 wherein the alkyl group has from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, 3,941,802 3 inclusive, with or without an inert organic solvent to and obtain compound II; heating compound Il in an incrt organic solvent with an amino acetal or ketal VI Ro H2N-CH sc49 R W R - wherein R and R are defined as above to obtain com O pound ill; treating at 0 to 20°C. compound III with - titanium tetrachloride in an inert organic solvent and heating subsequently the mixture to reflux to obtain R O VA compound IV; oxidizing compound IV to obtain com pound V. 15 Alternatively, compound II can be heated between Rf Re 25 to 78 C. in a lower alkanol (1 to 3 carbon atoms) with an aminoaldehyde diacetal or aminoketone di ketal of the formula VII: 20 R O OR N / N-C-C-R w wherein R'o and R' are hydrogen, methyl, or ethyl; 25 wherein R", is hydrogen, chloro, or fluoro; wherein R' wherein R and R are defined as above and R is is hydrogen or fluoro with the proviso that R's is not methyl or ethyl to give the compound illA: fluoro, if R", is chloro; and wherein R' is hydrogen, fluoro, chloro, or trifluoromethyl. The most preferred compounds of this invention are of the formula IVB and VB: Ra 0 St-c? O 30 N Re0 -NH NECH 35 WB 40 H R R"e 45 wherein R. R., R., R., R., and Rs are defined as above. Compound IIIA is cyclized in the same manner as com pound III with titanium tetrachloride. 2. Description of the Preferred Embodiment 50 and Lower alkyl groups of 1 to 3 carbon atoms, inclusive, are exemplified by methyl, ethyl, propyl, and isopropyl. The more preferred compounds of this invention are of the formulae IVA and VA: 55 R-1) R o -( WB H R 21 N 60 R". O H R"a WA R 65 R 3 R2 wherein R" is hydrogen or methyl; wherein R", is hydrogen or chloro; wherein R' is hydrogen, chloro, or fluoro. 3,941,802 5 6 As tranquilizing agents, compounds of formulae IV 24 hours to give the corresponding compound IIIA, or V can be used in unit dosage forms of 1 to 15 mg. per which can be used without further purification. kg and preferably in dosages of l to 10 mg/kg. In larger mammals, above 10 kg., the lower range of dos Compound III in pure form or in the crude form is age is preferred. dissolved in an inert organic solvent and titanium tetra As intermediates the compounds of formula V are chloride is added. The addition is generally performed first treated with formaldehyde in formalin to produce between zero and 20° C. with stirring during 5 to 30 a 2-(2-hydroxymethyl)imidazol-1-yl)benzophenone minutes. Thereafter the mixture is brought to reflux of the formula and kept at this temperature for 1 to 12 hours, to give 10 ihe corresponding compound IV. Compound IV is isolated and purified by conventional methods e.g. extraction, filtering, chromatography, and crystalliza tion. 5 Compound IV is oxidized to Compound V with a chromic acid oxidizing agent. In the preferred embodiment of this invention, the acetic acid solution of compound IV is admixed with Jones' reagent and the mixture is heated to reflux for 1 W 20 to 12 hours. After cooling the mixture is neutralized with a base, e.g. aqueous sodium or potassium hydrox ide or carbonate, and the product V recovered by ex traction. Conventional means, such as washing, filter ing with or without filter aids, chromatography and/or 25 crystallization are used to purify compound V. The following preparations and examples are illustra tive of the processes and products of the present inven tion, but are not to be construed as limiting. 30 Preparation 1 wherein R, R, R2, Ra, and R are defined as hereinbe 2-Amino-5-chlorobenzophenone hydrazone fore. Compound VIII is then treated e.g. with thionyl A mixture of 27.2 g (0.117 mol) of 2-amino-5- chloride to give the chloride of the alcohol VIII, and chlorobenzophenone in 170 ml. of diethylene glycol this compound is cyclized with ammonia to give the 35 and 23 ml. (0.45 mol) of 99% hydrazine hydrate is known end products 4H-imidazol,2-a 1,4)ben brought to reflux for a total of 7 hours. The solution is zodiazepines (Belgium Patent No. 787,251), which are allowed to cool overnight to room temperature. The important sedatives, hypnotics and tranquilizers. light green-colored solid which results is mixed with The starting compounds of formula I of this invention 40 400 ml. of water and extracted into benzene; the layers are synthesized as shown in the Preparations. are separated and the benzene portion dried over anhy The process of this invention comprises: heating a drous magnesium sulfate and concentrated. Crystalliza compound of formula I with an excess of a trialkyl tion of the residue from ether/hexane gives 13.5 g. orthoformate: In the preferred embodiment of this (46.8%) 2-amino-5-chlorobenzophenone hydrazone of invention the solution of compound I in the orthofor 45 mate acid ester is refluxed for 5 to 24 hours. Trimethyl melting point 133-133.5° C. or triethyl orthoformate is preferred, but higher trialkyl Anal. calcd. for CHCIN: C, 63.55; H, 4.93; N, orthoformates can be used. The refluxing is continued 17.11; C, 14.43. Found: C, 63.58; H, 4.95; N, 7.32; until most of the alcohol i.e. methanol or respectively Cl, 14.39. ethanol is distilled. The resulting oil is the compound II 50 which is used without further purification. - Preparation 2 Compound II is dissolved in an inert organic solvent 2-Amino-2',5-dichlorobenzophenone hydrazone e.g. ethanol, methanol, propanol, and the solution is In the manner given in Preparation 1, 2-amino-2',5- treated with an excess of 2-alkyl-2-(1-aminoalkyl)-1,3- dichlorobenzophenone is refluxed with hydrazine hy dioxolane VI. The mixture is refluxed during % to 3 55 drate in diethylene glycol to give 2-amino-2,5- hours. Thereafter all volatile liquids are removed pref dichlorobenzophenone hydrazine. erably by vacuum distillation, and the residue is puri fied by conventional means, such as washing with or Preparation 3 ganic solvents, filtration, crystallization or the like to give the purified product of formula III. 60 2-Amino-5-chloro-2',6'-difluorobenzophenone Instead of using an amino compound of formula VI hydrazone an aminoacetal or aminoketal of formula VII can be In the manner given in Preparation 1, 2-amino-5- used.