PROCESS FOR ALKYLATING HINDERED SULFONAMIDES USEFUL IN THE PRODUCTION OF MATRIX METALLOPROTENASE INHIBITORS

• Main Authors: HAWKINS, JOEL, MICHAEL, ANDRESEN, BRIAN, MICHAEL, HAMMEN, PHILIP, DIETRICH
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 15.12.2004
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; APPARATUS THEREFOR; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; GENERAL METHODS OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING

The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of compounds of formula (b), in which a compound of formula V is reacted with a compound of formula VI. The resulting compound of formula IV is reduced to a compound of formula III which is hydrolysed to a compound of formula (b). Alternatively, a compound of formula IV is hydrolysed to a compound of formula (a) which reduced to a compound of formula (b). Compounds of formula IV are novel. In the formulae the variables are as defined in the claims.