CN116751242A - Preparation method of estradiol-17 beta-alkyl acid ester - Google Patents

Preparation method of estradiol-17 beta-alkyl acid ester Download PDF

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CN116751242A
CN116751242A CN202310581641.XA CN202310581641A CN116751242A CN 116751242 A CN116751242 A CN 116751242A CN 202310581641 A CN202310581641 A CN 202310581641A CN 116751242 A CN116751242 A CN 116751242A
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毛理江
王钊洋
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The invention discloses a preparation method of estradiol-17 beta-alkyl acid ester, belonging to the technical field of preparation and processing of steroid hormone medicines. The method takes estradiol as a raw material, the raw material is dissolved in an organic solvent, alkyl acid is added, then a catalyst and a dehydrating agent are added to react to generate a mixture of 3, 17 beta-dialkyl acid ester and 17 beta-alkyl acid ester, and then a hydrolysis reagent is added to hydrolyze to generate 17 beta-alkyl acid ester. The method can solve the problems of higher temperature, lower yield, more expensive reagent, higher toxicity and the like in the esterification process of the estradiol 17 beta-hydroxyl in the traditional process by using the novel dehydrating agent and the specific catalyst, ensures that the process condition is milder, the purity and the yield of the prepared product are higher, and the reagent is more environment-friendly and accords with the industrial development trend of green chemistry.

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Preparation method of estradiol-17 beta-alkyl acid ester
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of preparation and processing of steroid hormone medicaments, in particular to a preparation method of estradiol-17 beta-alkyl acid ester.
Background
The estradiol-17 beta-alkyl acid ester is an estrogen medicine, has the pharmacological action of estrogen, can promote and regulate the normal development of female reproductive organs and side sex characteristics, and participates in the regulation of the function of an ovary axis. Clinically, the traditional Chinese medicine composition is used for various symptoms caused by ovarian insufficiency or ovarian hormone deficiency, mainly comprising functional uterine bleeding, primary amenorrhea, menopausal syndrome, prostate cancer and the like. Estradiol valerate and estradiol heptanoate are the most representative esters of estradiol-17 beta-alkyl acids.
The traditional preparation process of the estradiol valerate mainly takes the estradiol as a raw material, and is subjected to azeotropic dehydration with n-valeric acid to prepare 3, 17 beta-dipentaerythritol ester, and then alkaline hydrolysis is carried out to obtain the estradiol valerate, and the synthetic route is as follows:
the method has the defects that the azeotropic dehydration reaction temperature is up to 170-200 ℃, so that more impurities are caused, and the yield is low.
Chinese patent CN 109503690A reports a preparation method of estradiol heptanoate, which takes estradiol as a raw material and performs esterification reaction with heptanoyl chloride under the action of pyridine to prepare a mixture of 3, 17 beta-diheptanoate and 17 beta-heptanoate, and then alkaline hydrolysis is performed to obtain the estradiol heptanoate, wherein the synthesis route is as follows:
pyridine and heptanoyl chloride used in the method are chemical reagents with high toxicity, the heptanoyl chloride is high in price and high in cost, and the yield of the whole route is low.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the problems in the prior art, the invention provides a preparation method of estradiol-17 beta-alkyl acid ester, which has the advantages of mild reaction, environmental protection and high yield.
The aim of the invention is achieved by the following modes:
a preparation method of estradiol-17 beta-alkyl acid ester comprises the following synthetic route:
wherein R is C2-C18 alkyl;
the method specifically comprises the following steps:
1) Esterification reaction: dissolving a compound I, namely estradiol, in an organic solvent A, adding an alkyl acid, a catalyst and a dehydrating agent, stirring at 5-35 ℃ for complete reaction, adding water for quenching, adding alkali for regulating pH to be neutral, layering, and concentrating an organic layer until the organic layer is dry to obtain a mixture of the compounds II and III;
further, the organic solvent A is at least one of dichloromethane, chloroform or toluene, and the volume dosage of the organic solvent A is 2-20 times of the weight of the substrate compound I;
further, the alkyl acid is one of C2-C18 alkyl acid, and the volume or weight dosage of the alkyl acid is 0.2-2 times of the weight of the substrate compound I;
preferably, the alkyl acid is n-valeric acid or n-heptanoic acid;
further, the catalyst is 4-dimethylaminopyridine, and the weight dosage of the catalyst is 0.02-0.5 times of the weight of the substrate compound I;
further, the dehydrating agent is one or more of N, N-diisopropyl carbodiimide (DIC), 1' -Carbonyl Diimidazole (CDI) or 1-ethyl- (3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide hydrochloride (EDCl), and the weight dosage of the dehydrating agent is 0.4-2 times of the weight of the substrate compound I;
further, the alkali is one or more of hydroxide, carbonate or bicarbonate water solution with the mass concentration of 2-20%;
2) Hydrolysis reaction: dissolving the mixture of the compounds II and III obtained in the step 1 in an organic solvent B, adding a hydrolysis reagent, stirring at the temperature of-10-20 ℃ for complete reaction, adding acid to adjust the pH value to 6-7, concentrating, carrying out water separation, filtering, drying and refining to obtain the compound III, namely the estradiol-17 beta-alkyl acid ester.
Further, the organic solvent B is one or more of methanol, ethanol, acetone or dichloromethane, and the volume dosage of the organic solvent B is 2-20 times of the weight of the substrate compound I;
further, the hydrolytic reagent is one or more of sulfite, carbonate or bicarbonate aqueous solution with the mass concentration of 2-20%, and the volume dosage of the hydrolytic reagent is 1-10 times of the weight of the substrate compound I;
further, the acid is one or more of acetic acid, formic acid, hydrochloric acid or sulfuric acid aqueous solution with the mass concentration of 5-100%;
preferably, the alcohol is methanol or ethanol.
The invention has the technical characteristics and beneficial effects that:
1) The method uses the novel dehydrating agent and the specific catalyst to form active ester by combining the dehydrating agent with the acid reagent and then reacts with the substrate to generate the ester, avoids the azeotropic dehydration mode and uses reagents such as acyl chloride, pyridine and the like, thereby solving the problems of higher temperature, lower yield, more expensive reagent, higher toxicity and the like in the esterification process of the 17 beta-hydroxy of the estradiol in the traditional preparation process;
2) The synthesis process of the estradiol-17 beta-alkyl acid ester can be smoothly carried out at the temperature of 5-35 ℃, the condition is milder, the process flow is simple, the controllability is good, and the method is more suitable for industrial production;
3) The purity of the product prepared by the preparation method is higher than 99%, the yield of estradiol valerate is higher than 110%, the yield of estradiol heptanoate is higher than 115%, and the quality is stable;
4) The preparation method provided by the invention has the advantages of low cost of the used reagent, environmental protection, good economic and social benefits, and is more in line with the industrial development trend of green chemistry.
Detailed Description
The invention is further illustrated below in connection with examples, which are not intended to limit the invention.
The specific experimental procedures or conditions are not illustrated in the examples and can be carried out according to the operation of conventional experimental methods described in the publications in the field, the reagents or equipment used not to mention the manufacturer are conventional products available commercially.
EXAMPLE 1 preparation of estradiol valerate
1) The reaction flask is added with 20g of estradiol as compound I, 200mL of dichloromethane and 12mL of n-valeric acid, 2g of 4-dimethylaminopyridine, 15g of N, N-diisopropylcarbodiimide and the mixture is stirred at 25 ℃ for complete reaction, 50mL of water is added for quenching reaction, 10wt% of sodium carbonate aqueous solution is used for regulating pH to be neutral, layering is carried out, and the organic layer is concentrated to remove the solvent, thus obtaining the mixture of the compounds II and III.
2) Adding the mixture of the compounds II and III obtained in the previous step into a reaction bottle, adding 200mL of methanol, adding 100mL of 10wt% sodium carbonate aqueous solution, stirring at 20 ℃ for complete reaction, adding acetic acid to adjust the pH to 6-7, concentrating, water separating, filtering, drying, refining with ethanol to obtain 22g of compound III, namely estradiol valerate, and obtaining the total mass yield: 110%, HPLC purity: 99.3%.
EXAMPLE 2 preparation of estradiol valerate
1) The reaction flask was charged with 20g of estradiol as compound I, 200mL of toluene and 12mL of n-valeric acid, 2g of 4-dimethylaminopyridine, 15g of 1,1' -carbonyldiimidazole were added, the reaction was completed under stirring at 10℃and 50mL of water was added to quench the reaction, the pH was adjusted to neutral with 10wt% aqueous potassium bicarbonate, the layers were separated, and the organic layer was concentrated to remove the solvent to give a mixture of compounds II and III.
2) Adding the mixture of the compounds II and III obtained in the previous step into a reaction bottle, adding 200mL of ethanol, adding 100mL of 2wt% sodium sulfite aqueous solution, stirring at 0 ℃ for complete reaction, adding 10wt% hydrochloric acid aqueous solution for regulating the pH to 6-7, concentrating, water separating, filtering, drying, and refining the ethanol to obtain the compound III, namely 22.2g of estradiol valerate, wherein the total mass yield is: 111%, HPLC purity: 99.2%.
EXAMPLE 3 preparation of estradiol heptanoate
1) The reaction flask was charged with 20g of estradiol as compound I, 200mL of chloroform and 13mL of n-heptanoic acid, 20g of 4-dimethylaminopyridine and 20g of 1-ethyl- (3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide hydrochloride were added, the reaction was completed under stirring at 25℃and 50mL of water was added to quench the reaction, the pH was adjusted to be neutral with 2wt% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution, the layers were separated, and the organic layer was concentrated to remove the solvent to obtain a mixture of compounds II and III.
2) Adding the mixture of the compounds II and III obtained in the previous step into a reaction bottle, adding 200mL of methanol, adding 100mL of 10wt% potassium carbonate aqueous solution, stirring at 20 ℃ for complete reaction, adding 5wt% sulfuric acid aqueous solution for regulating the pH to 6-7, concentrating, water separating, filtering, drying, and refining the methanol to obtain the compound III, namely 23.1g of estradiol heptanoate, wherein the total mass yield is: 115.5%, HPLC purity: 99.4%.
EXAMPLE 4 preparation of estradiol heptanoate
1) The reaction flask is added with 20g of estradiol as compound I, 200mL of dichloromethane and 13mL of n-heptanoic acid, 2g of 4-dimethylaminopyridine, 15g of N, N-diisopropylcarbodiimide and 50mL of water for quenching reaction under stirring at 10 ℃, the pH is adjusted to be neutral by using 10wt% of potassium carbonate aqueous solution, the mixture of the compounds II and III is obtained by layering, and the organic layer is concentrated to remove the solvent.
2) Adding the mixture of the compounds II and III obtained in the previous step into a reaction bottle, adding 200mL of acetone, adding 100mL of 20wt% potassium bicarbonate aqueous solution, stirring at 20 ℃ for complete reaction, adding 10wt% hydrochloric acid aqueous solution for regulating the pH to 6-7, concentrating, water separating, filtering, drying, and refining methanol to obtain the compound III, namely 23.3g of estradiol heptanoate, wherein the total mass yield is: 116.5%, HPLC purity: 99.2%.
The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and any changes or substitutions that can be easily understood by those skilled in the art within the technical scope of the present invention are intended to be included in the scope of the present invention.

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1. A preparation method of estradiol-17 beta-alkyl acid ester is characterized by comprising the following synthetic route:
wherein R is C2-C18 alkyl;
the method specifically comprises the following steps:
1) Esterification reaction: dissolving a compound I, namely estradiol, in an organic solvent A, adding an alkyl acid, a catalyst and a dehydrating agent, stirring at 5-35 ℃ for complete reaction, adding water for quenching, adding alkali for regulating pH to be neutral, layering, and concentrating an organic layer until the organic layer is dry to obtain a mixture of the compounds II and III;
2) Hydrolysis reaction: dissolving the mixture of the compounds II and III obtained in the step 1 in an organic solvent B, adding a hydrolysis reagent, stirring at the temperature of-10-20 ℃ for complete reaction, adding acid to adjust the pH value to 6-7, concentrating, water separating, filtering, drying, and refining with alcohols to obtain the compound III, namely the estradiol-17 beta-alkyl acid ester.
2. The method for preparing estradiol-17 beta-alkyl acid ester according to claim 1, wherein in the step 1), the organic solvent a is at least one of dichloromethane, chloroform or toluene, and the volume amount of the organic solvent a is 2-20 times of the weight of the substrate compound I; the alkyl acid is one of C2-C18 alkyl acid, and the volume or weight dosage of the alkyl acid is 0.2-2 times of the weight of the substrate compound I; the catalyst is 4-dimethylaminopyridine, and the weight dosage of the catalyst is 0.02-0.5 times of the weight of the substrate compound I; the dehydrating agent is one or more of N, N-diisopropyl carbodiimide (DIC), 1' -Carbonyl Diimidazole (CDI) or 1-ethyl- (3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide hydrochloride (EDCI), and the weight dosage of the dehydrating agent is 0.4-2 times of the weight of the substrate compound I; the alkali is one or more of hydroxide, carbonate or bicarbonate aqueous solution with mass concentration of 2-20%.
3. The process for the preparation of estradiol-17 beta-alkyl acid esters according to claim 1, characterized in that in step 1) the alkyl acid is n-valeric acid or n-heptanoic acid.
4. The method for preparing estradiol-17 beta-alkyl acid ester according to claim 1, wherein in the step 2), the organic solvent B is one or more of methanol, ethanol, acetone or methylene dichloride, and the volume dosage of the organic solvent B is 2-20 times of the weight of the substrate compound I; the hydrolytic reagent is one or more of sulfite, carbonate or bicarbonate aqueous solution with the mass concentration of 2-20%, and the volume dosage of the hydrolytic reagent is 1-10 times of the weight of the substrate compound I; the acid is one or more of acetic acid, formic acid, hydrochloric acid or sulfuric acid aqueous solution with the mass concentration of 5-100%.
5. The process for the preparation of estradiol-17 beta-alkyl acid esters according to claim 1, characterized in that in step 2) the alcohol is methanol or ethanol.
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