Phenylcyclobutylamide derivatives and their stereoisomers, the preparation processes and uses thereof
Phenylcyclobutylamide derivatives and their optical isomers, the preparing processes and the uses thereof, which includes the compounds of formula (I), their pure stereoisomers and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts. In formula (I), R is H, formacyl, acetyl, haloacetyl, benzoyl, benzyloxy carbonyl (Cbz), t-butoxy carbonyl (Boc), or 9-fluorenyl methoxyl carbonyl (Fmoc). The present novel compounds have pharmaceutical activity and are prepared by condensation reaction of racemic, levo- or dextro-demethyl Sibutramine and racemic or D/L isoleucine under a mild condition. It is demonstrated that the present compounds have effect of losing weight to obese mode rats in different level and the effect is better than Sibutramine by the animal experiments. So the medicaments prepared by the present compounds or the medicaments prepared by the compositions of the present compounds and other pharmaceutical activity compounds may be used for treating obesity.
1. A phenylcyclobutylamide derivative comprising a compound of formula (I), a stereoisomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof:
wherein, R is H or acyl group containing 1 to 16 carbon atoms.
2. The phenylcyclobutylamide derivative of claim 1 , wherein the acyl group containing 1 to 16 carbon atoms is formacyl, acetyl, haloacetyl, benzoyl, benzyloxycarbonyl (Cbz), t-butyloxycarbonyl (Boc), or 9-fluorenylmethoxylcarbonyl (Fmoc).
3. The phenylcyclobutylamide derivative of claim 1 , wherein R is H, and the compounds are at least one selected from the group consisting of 2-amino-N-{1-[1-(4-chlorophenyl)cyclobutyl]-3- methylbutyl}-3-methylpentanamide and the optical isomers thereof: (2S, 3S)-2- amino-N-{(S)-1-[1-(4-chlorophenyl)cyclobutyl]-3-methylbutyl}-3-methyl pentanamide; (2S, 3S)-2-amino-N-{(R)-1-[1-(4-chlorophenyl)cyclobutyl]-3-methylbutyl}-3-methylpentanamide; (2R, 3R)-2-amino-N-{(S)-1-[1- (4-chlorophenyl)cyclobutyl]-3-methylbutyl}-3-methylpentanamide; (2R, 3R)- 2-amino-N-{(R)-1-[1-(4-chlorophenyl)cyclobutyl]-3-methylbutyl}-3-methyl pentanamide;
and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts of these compounds.
4. A composition comprising the phenylcyclobutylamide derivative of claim 1 .
5. The composition of claim 4 further comprising a pharmaceutical excipient.
6. The composition of claim 4 further comprising a second pharmaceutical active compound.
7. The composition of claim 5 , the composition is in a form of capsule, cachet, troche, granule, tablet, or injectable injection.
8. The composition of claim 4 , wherein the composition is a health care product, functional food or drink formulated from the phenylcyclobutylamide derivatives and other ingredients.
9. A process for preparing the phenylcyclobutylamide derivatives of claim 1 , including the following steps: dissolving the racemic or resolved 1-[1-(4-chlorophenyl)cyclobutyl]-3-methylbutylamine and R protected racemic or D- or L-isoleucine in anhydrous THF, then adding a condensing agent dropwisely into the solution, agitating at room temperature overnight, filtering off the precipitates and rinsing the precipitates with anhydrous diethyl ether for several times; collecting the filtrate and the anhydrous diethyl ether elution, then obtaining a crude product by rotary evaporation, separating and purifying by column chromatography to give a racemic or optical isomeric compound, 2-(R-amino)-N- {1-[1-(4-chlorophenyl)cyclobutyl]-3-methylbutyl}-3-methylpentanamide; removing the R-protection group to give a racemic and optical isomeric compound: 2-amino-N-{1-[1-(4-chlorophenyl)cyclobutyl]-3-methylbutyl}-3-methyl pentanamide; using a pharmaceutically acceptable acid to prepare the salt thereof.
10. The phenylcyclobutylamide derivative of claim 2 , wherein R is H, and the compounds are are at least one selected from the group consisting of 2-amino-N-{1-[1-(4-chlorophenyl)cyclobutyl]-3- methylbutyl}-3-methylpentanamide and the optical isomers thereof: (2S, 3S)-2- amino-N-{(S)-1-[1-(4-chlorophenyl)cyclobutyl]-3-methylbutyl}-3-methyl pentanamide; (2S, 3S)-2-amino-N-{(R)-1-[1-(4-chlorophenyl)cyclobutyl]-3-methylbutyl}-3-methylpentanamide; (2R, 3R)-2-amino-N-{(S)-1-[1- (4-chlorophenyl)cyclobutyl]-3-methylbutyl}-3-methylpentanamide; (2R, 3R)- 2-amino-N-{(R)-1-[1-(4-chlorophenyl)cyclobutyl]-3-methylbutyl}-3-methyl pentanamide; and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts of these compounds.
11. The composition of claim 6 , the composition is in a form of capsule, cachet, troche, granule, tablet, or injectable injection.
12. The phenylcyclobutylamide derivative of claim 1 , wherein the compound comprises at least one of the following structures:
13. The phenylcyclobutylamide derivative of claim 2 , wherein the compound comprises at least one of the following structures:
14. The phenylcyclobutylamide derivative of claim 1 , wherein R is H.
15. The phenylcyclobutylamide derivative of claim 2 , wherein R is H.
16. The phenylcyclobutylamide derivative of claim 3 , wherein wherein the pharmaceutically acceptable salts are hydrochloride salts.
17. The phenylcyclobutylamide derivative of claim 10 , wherein wherein the pharmaceutically acceptable salts are hydrochloride salts.