Concise and Effective New Syntheses of 8-Aminooctanoic Acid,a Precursor of Polypeptide Osmotic Accelerator
Methyl 8-chloro-6-oxooctanoate(4)was synthesized by acylating chlorination and Nenitzescu reaction from the commercial available material 6-methoxy-6-oxohexanoic acid(2).Then methyl(E)-8-(1,3-dioxoisoindolin-2-yl)-6-(2-tosylhydrazineylidene)octanoate(6)was obtained by substitution and condensation of 4.Ultimately,8-aminooctanoic acid(1)was obtained by reduction,hydrazolysis and hydrolysis reaction from 6,which was an important starting material for the synthesis of the permeation enhancer sodium N-[8-(2-hydroxybenzoyl)amino]octanoate(SNAC).The total yield of this new synthetic route was 58.9%(based on 2)with the purity of 99.83%.This new process is suitable for industrial production with mild conditions,low raw material cost and simple operations.