CN114409586A - Preparation method of levetiracetam - Google Patents

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CN114409586A
CN114409586A CN202111594240.5A CN202111594240A CN114409586A CN 114409586 A CN114409586 A CN 114409586A CN 202111594240 A CN202111594240 A CN 202111594240A CN 114409586 A CN114409586 A CN 114409586A
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The invention provides a preparation method of levetiracetam, which comprises the following steps: the preparation method of levetiracetam adopts a brand-new synthesis method, directly uses (S) -2-aminobutyric acid as an initial raw material, does not need a complex splitting procedure, avoids the problem of using benzene as a splitting solvent, simplifies the production process, and better meets the production requirements of raw material medicines because benzene is not needed; the preparation method of levetiracetam provided by the invention has the advantages of high total yield, high optical purity of the obtained product, mild reaction conditions and simple reaction process; the preparation method of levetiracetam provided by the invention does not use oxalyl chloride, phosphorus pentoxide and other tube products in documents and does not use a complex desulfurization process, so that the operation is simpler, and the preparation method is more friendly to personnel and environment.

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Preparation method of levetiracetam
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of drug synthesis, and particularly relates to a preparation method of levetiracetam.
Background
Levetiracetam is a novel antiepileptic drug developed by UCB pharmaceutical company in Belgium, and has the chemical name of (S) -2- (2-oxo-1-pyrrolidine) butanamide and the molecular formula of: c8H14N2O2Molecular weight is 170.21, and the chemical structural formula is:
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levetiracetam is an adjunctive treatment for epilepsy or partial seizures in adults and children older than 4 years approved by the State food and drug administration. It was first marketed in europe and the united states in 1999 for adult partial seizures; the oral tablet and injection are approved again for the adjuvant treatment of partial epileptic seizure in children 4 years old or older at 6 months of 2005; the product is marketed in China in 3 months of 2007 with the trade name of Kapura.
Levetiracetam is more ideal than other antiepileptic drugs in pharmacokinetics, and has the advantages of easy absorption by oral administration, high bioavailability, high therapeutic index, no interaction with other antiepileptic drugs, slight side effect, good tolerance and the like. Compared with other antiepileptic drugs, the anti-hypoxia protective activity of the compound is about 10 times higher, and the anti-cerebral ischemia protective activity of the compound is about 4 times higher. Levetiracetam is the only antiepileptic drug with unique property for preventing epileptic seizure at present, and has wide market prospect.
At present, levetiracetam is mainly synthesized by adopting a chemical resolution method, an asymmetric hydrogenation catalysis method or amino acid as a raw material. However, many of these methods have some adverse factors on production or product quality. For example, a method for synthesizing levetiracetam by a chemical resolution method developed by UCB company of Belgian is to use racemic (R, S) -2- (2-oxo-1-pyrrolidine) butyric acid as a starting material, use R- (+) -alpha-methylbenzylamine as a resolving agent, resolve in benzene and treat with strong base to obtain free (S) -2- (2-oxo-1-pyrrolidine) butyric acid. The acid reacts with ethyl chloroformate, and then the acid and ammonia gas are subjected to ammonolysis reaction to obtain the levetiracetam. However, benzene is adopted as a resolution solvent, and is classified as a class of solvents, so that the use of benzene is avoided, and therefore, the method adopts benzene as the resolution solvent, has high hazard and does not meet the requirements of production of bulk drugs.
U.S. Pat. No. US2005/0182262A1 discloses a method for preparing levetiracetam by reacting (S) -2-aminobutyric acid hydrochloride as a starting material with thionyl chloride and methanol to obtain (S) -2-aminobutyric acid methyl ester hydrochloride, reacting with ammonia water to obtain (S) -2-aminobutanamide hydrochloride, reacting with 4-chlorobutyryl chloride, and cyclizing. Phosphorus pentachloride and oxalyl chloride are used in the patent. Phosphorus pentachloride belongs to a third class of monitoring chemicals, and the production and the import and export are regulated by national prohibited chemical offices (national Ministry of industry and communications); oxalyl chloride has high toxicity and corrosivity, reacts violently with water to release toxic gas carbon monoxide, and has low total yield which is only 60-70%.
In the document, research on synthesis of levetiracetam, an antiepileptic therapeutic drug, J fine chemical intermediates, 2005,35(2):27-28), L-methionine is used as an initial raw material to synthesize levetiracetam, and the levetiracetam is synthesized through the steps of sulfomethylation, esterification, ammonolysis, amidation and intramolecular condensation cyclization reaction, wherein the reaction route is as follows:
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chinese patent CN1020604C also reports a synthetic route using L-methionine as starting material, except that the method of finally removing thiomethyl is adopted to obtain levetiracetam, and the reaction route is as follows:
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the two synthetic methods have convenient sources of the initial raw material L-methionine and lower price, but a large amount of nickel catalyst is needed for removing the methylthio, and the sulfur-containing compound is easy to cause catalyst poisoning, is not easy to recover and has higher production cost, and the demethylthio byproduct is stink, thereby being not beneficial to environmental protection.
The synthetic method for preparing levetiracetam disclosed by the prior art has the defects of inconvenient raw material source, more complex reaction steps, higher catalyst price, unfavorable environmental protection and the like.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the problems of inconvenient raw material sources, complex reaction steps, high catalyst price and environmental friendliness in the prior art, the invention provides the preparation method of the levetiracetam, which does not need to be split, has little environmental pollution and high yield.
The invention adopts the following technical scheme for solving the technical problems: a preparation method of levetiracetam comprises the following steps:
a: esterification reaction: reacting (S) -2-aminobutyric acid with methanol at the temperature of 20-30 ℃ for 16-18 h, then dropwise adding thionyl chloride into the reaction liquid at the temperature of-5-0 ℃, and performing post-treatment to obtain (S) -2-aminobutyric acid methyl ester hydrochloride;
b: alkylation reaction: adding inorganic base and (S) -2-aminobutyric acid methyl ester salt into isopropanol, heating to 40-80 ℃, dropwise adding 4-bromobutanoic acid ethyl ester for alkylation reaction, and performing aftertreatment on reaction liquid to obtain (S) -4- [ (1-methoxy-1-oxobutane-2-yl) amino ] butyric acid ethyl ester hydrochloride;
c: and (3) cyclization reaction: dissolving (S) -4- [ (1-methoxy-1-oxobutan-2-yl) amino ] butyric acid ethyl ester hydrochloride in a solvent under stirring at room temperature under an alkaline condition; extracting with toluene, adding 2-hydroxypyridine into the organic phase, heating to 95-105 ℃, carrying out cyclization reaction, and carrying out post-treatment on the reaction liquid to obtain (S) -methyl 2- (2-oxopyrrolidine-1-yl) butyrate;
d: ammonolysis reaction: adding (S) -2- (2-oxopyrrolidine-1-yl) methyl butyrate into ammonia water, reacting at-20 ℃, and carrying out post-treatment on the reaction liquid to obtain levetiracetam.
Further, in the step A, the mass ratio of the (S) -2-aminobutyric acid to the methanol to the thionyl chloride is 1: 2-8: 1-2.5.
Further, the post-treatment process in the step A is as follows: evaporating the solvent under reduced pressure, pulping with ethyl acetate for 2 hours, centrifuging, leaching the wet product with ethyl acetate, centrifuging, and drying under reduced pressure.
Further, the mass ratio of the (S) -2-aminobutyric acid methyl ester hydrochloride, the inorganic base, the isopropanol and the 4-bromobutyric acid ethyl ester in the step B is 1: 1-2: 3-4: 1-2.
Further, the inorganic base in the reaction in the step B is one of sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide.
Further, in the step C, the mass ratio of the (S) -ethyl 4- [ (1-methoxy-1-oxobutan-2-yl) amino ] butyrate hydrochloride to the 2-hydroxypyridine to the solvent to the base is 1: 0.01-1: 2-4: 0.2-0.5.
Further, the solvent in the step C is selected from one or more of purified water, alcohols, esters, ketones or ethers; the alkali is one of inorganic carbonate, bicarbonate or ammonia.
Further, the mass ratio of (S) -methyl 2- (2-oxopyrrolidin-1-yl) butyrate to aqueous ammonia in step D is 1:2 to 10.
Further, the post-treatment process in the step B: cooling the reaction liquid, filtering to remove salt, evaporating to remove the solvent under reduced pressure, and filtering to remove salt again; cooling the filtrate to 0-5 ℃, dropwise adding a hydrogen chloride isopropanol solution to form salt, and controlling the pH to be less than 1; adding isopropyl ether, pulping, centrifuging, leaching the wet product with mixed solution of isopropanol and isopropyl ether, and drying under reduced pressure;
and C, post-treatment process: decompressing the reaction liquid and distilling off the toluene;
and D, post-treatment process: and (3) decompressing and steaming the reaction liquid to remove water, pulping by using ethyl acetate, centrifuging, and decompressing and drying.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:
1. the preparation method of levetiracetam adopts a brand new synthesis method, directly uses (S) -2-aminobutyric acid as an initial raw material, does not need a complex splitting procedure, avoids the problem of using benzene as a splitting solvent, simplifies the production process, and better meets the production requirements of raw material medicines because benzene is not needed.
2. The preparation method of levetiracetam provided by the invention has the advantages of high total yield, high optical purity of the obtained product, mild reaction conditions and simple reaction process.
3. The preparation method of levetiracetam provided by the invention does not use oxalyl chloride, phosphorus pentoxide and other tube products in documents and does not use a complex desulfurization process, so that the operation is simpler, and the preparation method is more friendly to personnel and environment.
4. The preparation method of levetiracetam has the advantages that the yield of the obtained product is high, the molar yield of the cyclization reaction step can reach more than 90%, the total molar yield from the starting materials to the final product can reach more than 50%, and simultaneously the High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) purity and the optical purity of the obtained levetiracetam are high, the HPLC purity can reach 99.94%, the optical purity can reach 99.95%, and the levetiracetam meets the requirements of the quality standard of the original research of medicines.
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Example 1
A: esterification reaction: adding 62.0kg of methanol and 15.5kg of (S) -2-aminobutyric acid into a reaction kettle, heating to 30 ℃, reacting for 16 hours, cooling to-5-0 ℃, slowly dropwise adding 19.7kg of thionyl chloride, controlling the temperature to-5-0 ℃, removing the solvent by reduced pressure distillation after dropwise adding, pulping for 2 hours by using 69.8kg of ethyl acetate, centrifuging, leaching a wet product by using 20.0kg of ethyl acetate, centrifuging, and drying under reduced pressure to obtain 20.83kg of (S) -2-aminobutyric acid methyl ester hydrochloride, wherein the molar yield is 90.2%, and the liquid phase purity is 99.5%;
b: alkylation reaction: adding 81.86kg of isopropanol, 20.83kg of (S) -2-aminobutyric acid methyl ester hydrochloride and 28.75kg of anhydrous sodium carbonate into a reaction kettle, heating to 40 ℃, refluxing for 2 hours, dropwise adding 34.37kg of 4-bromobutyric acid ethyl ester, and refluxing for 16 hours until the (S) -2-aminobutyric acid methyl ester hydrochloride remains less than or equal to 3.0%; cooling the reaction liquid, filtering to remove salt, evaporating to remove the solvent under reduced pressure, and filtering to remove salt again; cooling the filtrate to 0-5 ℃, dropwise adding 24.79kg of hydrogen chloride isopropanol solution to form salt, and controlling the pH of the filtrate to be less than 1 after dropwise adding; adding isopropyl ether into the filtrate, pulping, centrifuging, leaching the wet product with mixed solution of isopropanol and isopropyl ether, and drying under reduced pressure to obtain 21.78kg of dry product, wherein the molar yield is 60% and the liquid phase purity is 99.7%;
c: and (3) cyclization reaction: 85.38kg of purified water, 9.58kg of anhydrous sodium carbonate, and 21.78kg of ethyl (S) -4- [ (1-methoxy-1-oxobutan-2-yl) amino ] butanoate hydrochloride were added to the reaction vessel at room temperature, and the mixture was dissolved by stirring at room temperature; extracting with toluene 32.67kg once, washing the organic phase with 37.68kg once, adding 2-hydroxypyridine 1.52kg into the organic phase, heating to 95 ℃ for reaction for 20 hours, detecting by TLC until the content of (S) -4- [ (1-methoxy-1-oxobutan-2-yl) amino ] butyric acid ethyl ester hydrochloride is not reduced, evaporating toluene under reduced pressure to obtain oily (S) -2- (2-oxopyrrolidin-1-yl) butyric acid methyl ester 13.79kg with a molar yield of 91.5%, and directly carrying out the next step;
d: ammonolysis reaction: adding 60.81kg of ammonia water into a reaction kettle, cooling to-5-0 ℃, dropwise adding 13.79kg of (S) -methyl 2- (2-oxopyrrolidin-1-yl) butyrate, after dropwise adding, keeping the temperature at-5-0 ℃ for reacting for 8 hours, carrying out reduced pressure evaporation to remove water, adding 62.5kg of ethyl acetate, pulping, centrifuging, and drying under reduced pressure to obtain 12.36kg of final product levetiracetam, wherein the molar yield is 97.5%, the total molar yield is 48.28%, the HPLC purity is 99.90%, and the optical purity is 99.91% from the beginning of the starting raw material (S) -2-aminobutyric acid to the final product levetiracetam.
Example 2
A: esterification reaction: adding 124.0kg of methanol and 15.5kg of (S) -2-aminobutyric acid into a reaction kettle, heating to 20 ℃, reacting for 18 hours, cooling to-5-0 ℃, slowly dropwise adding 15.5kg of thionyl chloride, controlling the temperature to-5-0 ℃, removing the solvent by reduced pressure distillation after dropwise adding, pulping for 2 hours by using 70.0kg of ethyl acetate, centrifuging, leaching a wet product by using 20.0kg of ethyl acetate, centrifuging, drying under reduced pressure to obtain 21.31kg of (S) -2-aminobutyric acid methyl ester hydrochloride, wherein the molar yield is 92.3%, and the liquid phase purity is 99.0%;
b: alkylation reaction: adding 81.86kg of isopropanol, 21.31kg of (S) -2-aminobutyric acid methyl ester hydrochloride and 42.62kg of anhydrous potassium carbonate into a reaction kettle, heating to 80 ℃, refluxing for 2 hours, dropwise adding 34.37kg of 4-bromobutyric acid ethyl ester, and refluxing for 16 hours until the (S) -2-aminobutyric acid methyl ester hydrochloride is less than or equal to 3.0 percent; cooling the reaction liquid, filtering to remove salt, evaporating to remove the solvent under reduced pressure, and filtering to remove salt again; cooling the filtrate to 0-5 ℃, dropwise adding 24.79kg of hydrogen chloride isopropanol solution to form salt, and controlling the pH of the filtrate to be less than 1 after dropwise adding; adding isopropyl ether into the filtrate, pulping, centrifuging, leaching the wet product with mixed solution of isopropanol and isopropyl ether, and drying under reduced pressure to obtain 22.88kg of dry product, wherein the molar yield is 61.6%, and the liquid phase purity is 99.4%;
c: and (3) cyclization reaction: 91.52kg of methanol, 9.58kg of anhydrous sodium carbonate and 22.88kg of ethyl (S) -4- [ (1-methoxy-1-oxobutan-2-yl) amino ] butyrate hydrochloride are added into the reaction kettle at room temperature, and stirred and dissolved at room temperature; extracting with toluene 32.67kg once, washing the organic phase with 37.68kg water once, adding 2-hydroxypyridine 1.52kg into the organic phase, heating to 105 ℃ for reaction for 20 hours, detecting by TLC until the content of (S) -4- [ (1-methoxy-1-oxobutane-2-yl) amino ] butyric acid ethyl ester hydrochloride is not reduced any more, evaporating toluene under reduced pressure to obtain oily (S) -2- (2-oxopyrrolidin-1-yl) butyric acid methyl ester 14.32kg with a molar yield of 90.5%, and directly carrying out the next step;
d: ammonolysis reaction: adding 28.64kg of ammonia water into a reaction kettle, cooling to-5-0 ℃, dropwise adding 14.32kg of (S) -methyl 2- (2-oxopyrrolidin-1-yl) butyrate, after dropwise adding, keeping the temperature at-5-0 ℃ for reacting for 8 hours, reducing pressure, steaming to remove water, adding 62.5kg of ethyl acetate, pulping, centrifuging, and drying under reduced pressure to obtain 12.92kg of levetiracetam which is a final product, wherein the molar yield is 98.2%. Starting from the starting material (S) -2-aminobutyric acid to the final product levetiracetam, the total molar yield is 50.53%, the HPLC purity is 99.91%, and the optical purity is 99.93%.
Example 3
A: esterification reaction: adding 310.0kg of methanol and 62.00kg of (S) -2-aminobutyric acid into a reaction kettle, heating to 25 ℃, reacting for 17 hours, cooling to-5-0 ℃, slowly dropwise adding 155.0kg of thionyl chloride, controlling the temperature to-5-50 ℃, removing the solvent by reduced pressure evaporation after dropwise adding, pulping for 2 hours by using 280.0kg of ethyl acetate, centrifuging, leaching a wet product by using 80.0kg of ethyl acetate, centrifuging, and drying under reduced pressure to obtain 84.69kg of (S) -2-aminobutyric acid methyl ester hydrochloride, wherein the molar yield is 91.7%, and the liquid phase purity is 89.98%;
b: alkylation reaction: adding 338.76kg of isopropanol, 84.69kg of (S) -2-aminobutyric acid methyl ester hydrochloride and 169.38kg of anhydrous sodium hydroxide into a reaction kettle, heating to 80 ℃, refluxing for 2 hours, dropwise adding 84.69kg of 4-bromobutyric acid ethyl ester, and refluxing for 16 hours until the (S) -2-aminobutyric acid methyl ester hydrochloride remains less than or equal to 3.0%; cooling the reaction liquid, filtering to remove salt, evaporating to remove the solvent under reduced pressure, and filtering to remove salt again; cooling the filtrate to 0-5 ℃, dropwise adding 24.79kg of hydrogen chloride isopropanol solution to form salt, and controlling the pH of the filtrate to be less than 1 after dropwise adding; adding isopropyl ether into the filtrate, pulping, centrifuging, leaching the wet product with mixed solution of isopropanol and isopropyl ether, and drying under reduced pressure to obtain 89.46kg of dry product, wherein the molar yield is 60.6%, and the liquid phase purity is 99.1%;
c: and (3) cyclization reaction: adding 357.84kg of acetone, 17.89kg of anhydrous potassium carbonate and 89.46kg of ethyl (S) -4- [ (1-methoxy-1-oxobutane-2-yl) amino ] butyrate hydrochloride into a reaction kettle at room temperature, and stirring and dissolving at room temperature; extracting with 132.0kg of toluene once, washing the organic phase with 148.0kg of water once, adding 89.46kg of 2-hydroxypyridine into the organic phase, heating to 100 ℃ for reaction for 20 hours, detecting by TLC until the content of (S) -4- [ (1-methoxy-1-oxobutane-2-yl) amino ] butyric acid ethyl ester hydrochloride is not reduced any more, and evaporating toluene under reduced pressure to obtain 56.13kg of oily (S) -2- (2-oxopyrrolidin-1-yl) butyric acid methyl ester, wherein the molar yield is 90.7%, and directly carrying out the next step;
d: ammonolysis reaction: adding 112.26kg of ammonia water into a reaction kettle, cooling to-5-0 ℃, dropwise adding 56.13kg of (S) -methyl 2- (2-oxopyrrolidin-1-yl) butyrate, reacting at-5-0 ℃ for 8 hours after dropwise adding, reducing pressure, steaming to remove water, adding 252.0kg of ethyl acetate, pulping, centrifuging, and drying under reduced pressure to obtain 50.45kg of levetiracetam, which is a final product, wherein the molar yield is 97.8%. Starting from the starting material (S) -2-aminobutyric acid to the final product levetiracetam, the total molar yield is 49.29%, the HPLC purity is 99.89%, and the optical purity is 99.92%.
Example 4
A: esterification reaction: adding 310.0kg of methanol and 155kg of (S) -2-aminobutyric acid into a reaction kettle, heating to 30 ℃, reacting for 16 hours, cooling to-5-0 ℃, slowly dropwise adding 387.5kg of thionyl chloride, controlling the temperature to-5-0 ℃, removing the solvent by reduced pressure evaporation after dropwise adding, pulping for 2 hours by using 700.0kg of ethyl acetate, centrifuging, leaching a wet product by using 200.0kg of ethyl acetate, centrifuging, drying under reduced pressure to obtain 208.96kg of (S) -2-methyl aminobutyric acid hydrochloride, wherein the molar yield is 90.5%, and the liquid phase purity is 99.33%;
b: alkylation reaction: adding 626.88kg of isopropanol, 208.96kg of (S) -2-aminobutyric acid methyl ester hydrochloride and 208.96kg of anhydrous sodium carbonate into a reaction kettle, heating to 40 ℃, refluxing for 2h, dropwise adding 323.89kg of 4-bromobutyric acid ethyl ester, and performing reflux reaction for 16 h until the residual (S) -2-aminobutyric acid methyl ester hydrochloride is less than or equal to 3.0%; cooling the reaction liquid, filtering to remove salt, evaporating to remove the solvent under reduced pressure, and filtering to remove salt again; cooling the filtrate to 0-5 ℃, dropwise adding 244.48kg of hydrogen chloride isopropanol solution to form salt, and controlling the pH of the filtrate to be less than 1 after dropwise adding; adding isopropyl ether into the filtrate, pulping, centrifuging, leaching the wet product with mixed solution of isopropanol and isopropyl ether, and drying under reduced pressure to obtain 221.45kg of dry product, wherein the molar yield is 60.8%, and the liquid phase purity is 99.1%;
c: and (3) cyclization reaction: adding 442.9kg of diethyl ether, 110.73kg of anhydrous sodium carbonate and 221.45kg of ethyl (S) -4- [ (1-methoxy-1-oxobutane-2-yl) amino ] butyrate hydrochloride into a reaction kettle at room temperature, and stirring and dissolving at room temperature; extracting with toluene 330.0kg once, washing the organic phase with 370.0kg water once, adding 2-hydroxypyridine 22.15kg into the organic phase, heating to 105 ℃ for reaction for 20 hours, detecting by TLC until the content of (S) -4- [ (1-methoxy-1-oxobutane-2-yl) amino ] butyric acid ethyl ester hydrochloride is not reduced, evaporating toluene under reduced pressure to obtain 137.41kg of oily (S) -2- (2-oxopyrrolidine-1-yl) butyric acid methyl ester, wherein the molar yield is 89.7%, and directly carrying out the next step;
d: ammonolysis reaction: adding 1374.1kg of ammonia water into a reaction kettle, cooling to-5-0 ℃, dropwise adding 137.41kg of (S) -methyl 2- (2-oxopyrrolidin-1-yl) butyrate, after dropwise adding, keeping the temperature at-5-0 ℃ for reacting for 8 hours, reducing pressure, steaming to remove water, adding 630.0kg of ethyl acetate, pulping, centrifuging, and drying under reduced pressure to obtain 123.37kg of a final product levetiracetam, wherein the molar yield is 97.7%. Starting from the starting material (S) -2-aminobutyric acid to the final product levetiracetam, the total molar yield is 48.22%, the HPLC purity is 99.94%, and the optical purity is 99.95%.
It should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating the invention, are given by way of illustration only, since various other embodiments will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon reference to the following detailed description.

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1. A preparation method of levetiracetam is characterized by comprising the following steps:
a: esterification reaction: reacting (S) -2-aminobutyric acid with methanol at the temperature of 20-30 ℃ for 16-18 h, then dropwise adding thionyl chloride into the reaction liquid at the temperature of-5-0 ℃, and performing post-treatment to obtain (S) -2-aminobutyric acid methyl ester hydrochloride;
b: alkylation reaction: adding inorganic base and (S) -2-aminobutyric acid methyl ester salt into isopropanol, heating to 40-80 ℃, dropwise adding 4-bromobutanoic acid ethyl ester for alkylation reaction, and performing aftertreatment on reaction liquid to obtain (S) -4- [ (1-methoxy-1-oxobutane-2-yl) amino ] butyric acid ethyl ester hydrochloride;
c: and (3) cyclization reaction: dissolving (S) -4- [ (1-methoxy-1-oxobutan-2-yl) amino ] butyric acid ethyl ester hydrochloride in a solvent under stirring at room temperature under an alkaline condition; extracting with toluene, adding 2-hydroxypyridine into the organic phase, heating to 95-105 ℃, carrying out cyclization reaction, and carrying out post-treatment on the reaction liquid to obtain (S) -methyl 2- (2-oxopyrrolidine-1-yl) butyrate;
d: ammonolysis reaction: adding (S) -2- (2-oxopyrrolidine-1-yl) methyl butyrate into ammonia water, reacting at-20 ℃, and carrying out post-treatment on the reaction liquid to obtain levetiracetam.
2. The method for preparing levetiracetam according to claim 1, wherein in the step A, the mass ratio of the (S) -2-aminobutyric acid to the methanol to the thionyl chloride is 1: 2-8: 1-2.5.
3. The process for preparing levetiracetam according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the post-treatment in step A comprises: evaporating the solvent under reduced pressure, pulping with ethyl acetate for 2 hours, centrifuging, leaching the wet product with ethyl acetate, centrifuging, and drying under reduced pressure.
4. The preparation method of levetiracetam according to claim 1, wherein the mass ratio of (S) -methyl 2-aminobutyrate hydrochloride, the inorganic base, the isopropanol and the ethyl 4-bromobutyrate in the step B is 1: 1-2: 3-4: 1-2.
5. The method for preparing levetiracetam according to claim 1 or 4, wherein the inorganic base in the reaction in step B is one of sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide.
6. The method for preparing levetiracetam according to claim 1, wherein the mass ratio of (S) -ethyl 4- [ (1-methoxy-1-oxobutan-2-yl) amino ] butyrate hydrochloride to 2-hydroxypyridine to solvent to base in step C is 1: 0.01-1: 2-4: 0.2-0.5.
7. The method for preparing levetiracetam according to claim 1, wherein the solvent in step C is selected from one or more of purified water, alcohols, esters, ketones or ethers; the alkali is one of inorganic carbonate, bicarbonate or ammonia.
8. The method for preparing levetiracetam according to claim 1, wherein the mass ratio of (S) -methyl 2- (2-oxopyrrolidin-1-yl) butyrate to ammonia water in step D is 1:2 to 10.
9. The method for preparing levetiracetam according to claim 1, wherein the post-treatment process in step B is as follows: cooling the reaction liquid, filtering to remove salt, evaporating to remove the solvent under reduced pressure, and filtering to remove salt again; cooling the filtrate to 0-5 ℃, dropwise adding a hydrogen chloride isopropanol solution to form salt, and controlling the pH to be less than 1; adding isopropyl ether, pulping, centrifuging, leaching the wet product with mixed solution of isopropanol and isopropyl ether, and drying under reduced pressure;
and C, post-treatment process: decompressing the reaction liquid and distilling off the toluene;
and D, post-treatment process: and (3) decompressing and steaming the reaction liquid to remove water, pulping by using ethyl acetate, centrifuging, and decompressing and drying.
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