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Crystallization of 1alpha-Hydroxy-2-Methylene-18,19-Dinor-Homopregnacalciferol

a technology of homopregnacalciferol and methyl methyl methyl, which is applied in the field of crystallization of 1alpha-hydroxy-2-methylene-18, 19-dinor-homopregnacalciferol, can solve the problems of chromatographic purification, inability to provide compounds sufficiently pure for use as drugs, and inability to ensure the purity of the final product, etc., to achieve the effect of easy removal

Inactive Publication Date: 2013-04-11
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RES FOUND
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Benefits of technology

The patent text explains that hexane is not a good solvent for crystallizing a specific chemical called 051810. However, a mixture of ethyl acetate and hexane was found to be effective. Specifically, a combination of 1% ethyl acetate and 99% hexane was found to work well. This mixture is easy to remove by evaporation and the crystallization process was efficient and easy. The resulting crystals were large enough to be easily recovered by filtration.

Problems solved by technology

Preparation of the compound usually requires many synthetic steps and, therefore, the final product can be contaminated not only with side-products derived from the last synthetic step of the procedure but also with compounds that were formed in previous steps.
Even chromatographic purification, which is a very efficient but relatively time-consuming process, does not usually provide compounds which are sufficiently pure to be used as drugs.
The vitamin D conjugated triene system is not only heat- and light-sensitive but it is also prone to oxidation, leading to the complex mixture of very polar compounds.
However, even chromatographically purified 1α-hydroxyvitamin D compounds, although showing consistent spectroscopic data, suggesting homogeneity, do not meet the purity criteria required for therapeutic agents that can be orally, parenterally or transdermally administered.

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Crystallization from Ethyl Acetate / Hexane

[0032]1.25 g of prepurified (see U.S. Pat. No. 7,238,681) crude 1α-hydroxy-2-methylene-18,19-dinor-homopregnacalciferol was dissolved in ethyl acetate (3 ml) at room temperature and hexane (300 ml) was poured into the vigorously shaken solution. The mixture was kept in a refrigerator (at 4° C.) overnight and the resulted crystals were filtered off, washed with one portion (30 ml) of cooled (4° C.) hexane and dried under reduced pressure for 3 h giving 1.10 g of a pure product.

[0033]In order to obtain crystals acceptable for the X-ray experiment, 1α-Hydroxy-2-methylene-18,19-dinor-homopregnacalciferol (12 mg) was placed in an inner tube of a vessel and dissolved in 300 μl of benzene. To an outer tube of the vessel hexane (2 ml) was poured so that a benzene to hexane ratio of about 13:87, by volume, is obtained, and the whole system was carefully purged with argon, and then maintained as a closed system. The vessel was kept tightly closed for 4...

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Synthesis of 051810

[0037]The preparation of 051810 having the basic structure I can be accomplished by a common general method, i.e. the condensation of a bicyclic Windaus-Grundmann type ketone II with the allylic phosphine oxide III to the corresponding 2-methylene-19-nor-vitamin D analog IV followed by deprotection at C-1 and C-3 in the latter compound IV to obtain compound I, i.e. 051810.

[0038]In phosphine oxide III, Y1 and Y2 are preferably hydroxy-protecting groups such as silyl protecting groups. The t-butyldimethylsilyl (TMDMS) group is an example of a particularly useful hydroxy-protecting group. The process described above represents an application of the convergent synthesis concept, which has been applied effectively to the preparation of numerous vitamin D compounds (see Lythgoe et al., J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. I, 590 (1978); Lythgoe, Chem. Soc. Rev. 9, 449 (1983); Toh et al., J. Org. Chem. 48, 1414 (1983); Baggiolini et al., J. Org. Chem. 51, 3098 (1986); Sardina et ...

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Abstract

A method of purifying 1α-hydroxy-2-methylene-18,19-dinor-homopregnacalciferol to obtain 1α-hydroxy-2-methylene-18,19-dinor-homopregnacalciferol in crystalline form using precipitation with hexane from ethyl acetate. A method of preparing 1α-hydroxy-2-methylene-18,19-dinor-homopregnacalciferol crystals acceptable for X-ray experiment using precipitation with hexane from benzene by diffusive exchange of the solvents is also described.

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STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT[0001]This invention was made with government support under DK047814 awarded by the National Institutes of Health. The government has certain rights in the invention.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to purification of organic compounds, and more particularly to the purification of 1α-hydroxy-2-methylene-18,19-dinor-homopregnacalciferol (referred to herein as “051810”) by preparing it in crystalline form.[0003]Purification of organic compounds, especially those designated for pharmaceutical use, is of considerable importance for chemists synthesizing such compounds. Preparation of the compound usually requires many synthetic steps and, therefore, the final product can be contaminated not only with side-products derived from the last synthetic step of the procedure but also with compounds that were formed in previous steps. Even chromatographic purification, which is a very efficient but relat...

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IPC IPC(8): C07C401/00
CPCC07C401/00C07C2102/24C07C2101/14C07B2200/13C07C2601/14C07C2602/24
Inventor DELUCA, HECTOR F.BARYCKI, RAFALTHODEN, JAMES B.HOLDEN, HAZEL M.
Owner WISCONSIN ALUMNI RES FOUND