US 7,612,215 B2
Process for preparing 2-oxo-1-pyrrolidine derivatives by intramolecular allylation
Françoise Lurquin, Villers-la-Ville (Belgium); Frank Driessens, Brussels (Belgium); and Michel Callaert, Brussels (Belgium)
Assigned to UCB Pharma, S.A., Brussels (Belgium)
Appl. No. 11/570,143
PCT Filed May 26, 2005, PCT No. PCT/EP2005/005689
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Oct. 12, 2007,
PCT Pub. No. WO2005/121082, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 22, 2005.
Claims priority of application No. 04013715 (EP), filed on Jun. 11, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2008/0125598 A1, May 29, 2008
Int. Cl. C07D 207/12 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 548—550  [548/551] 28 Claims
 
1. A process for the preparation of compounds of general formula (I)

OG Complex Work Unit Drawing
wherein
R2 and R3 are the same or different and each is, independently, hydrogen, C1-4 alkyl, cyano, aryl, —COOR7, halogen, R8COO—, R9SO3O— or R10SO2O—;
R1 is Ra, Rb or C2-20 alkenyl optionally substituted by aryl;
X is —CONR11R12, —COOR13 or —CN;
R7, R8, R9 and R10 are each independently chosen from hydrogen, Ra′ and Rb′;
R11, R12 and R13 are the same or different and each is, independently, hydrogen, C1-4 alkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, heteroaryl or heterocycloalkyl;
Ra and Ra′ each independently represent C1-20 alkyl or C1-20 alkyl substituted by one or more halogen, hydroxy, thiol, amino, nitro, cyano, thiocyanato, carboxy, sulfonic acid, Rb, alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, alkylsulfinyl, arylsulfinyl, alkylthio, arylthio, alkoxy, aryloxy, sulfonamide, acyl, ester, amido, azido, acyloxy, esteroxy and/or amidooxy;
Rb and Rb′ each independently represent aryl, heterocycloalkyl, heteroaryl or the same substituted by one or more halogen, Ra, hydroxy, thiol, amino, nitro, cyano, thiocyanato, carboxy, sulfonic acid, aryl, alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, alkylsulfinyl, arylsulfinyl, alkylthio, arylthio, alkoxy, aryloxy, sulfonamide, heterocycloalkyl, heteroaryl, acyl, ester, amido, azido, acyloxy, esteroxy and/or amidooxy;
comprising the cyclisation of an intermediate of general formula (II)

OG Complex Work Unit Drawing
wherein
Y is a leaving group selected from halogen, —OC(O)R14, —OSO2—R15 and —OClO3;
R14 and R15 represent halogen or alkyl, arylalkyl, aryl, each optionally substituted by one or more halogen, alkyl, nitro and/or tertiary amino group;
X1 is as defined for X;
W is an electron withdrawing group selected from —COOR4, —COMe, —CN, —PO(OEt)2, —SO2aryl, —COaryl;
R4 represents hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, wherein each aryl and arylalkyl may be substituted by one or more halogen, nitro, and/or methoxy;
in the presence of one or more organic and/or inorganic bases.