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(12) Brevet: (11) CA 1048020
(21) Numéro de la demande: 1048020
(54) Titre français: PSEUDOTRISACCHARIDES ET METHODES DE PRODUCTION
(54) Titre anglais: PSEUDOTRISACCHARIDES AND METHODS FOR THEIR PRODUCTION
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ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
This disclosure relates to processes for the preparation
of derivatives of 4,6-di-(aminoglycosyl)-2-deoxystrepta-
mines which possess an epi-substituent in position 5.
The compounds possess broad spectrum antibacterial
activity and are thus useful as antibacterial agents.

Revendications

Note : Les revendications sont présentées dans la langue officielle dans laquelle elles ont été soumises.


The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive
property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:
1. Process for the preparation of derivatives of the
4,6-di-O(aminoglycosyl)-2-deoxystreptamines gantamicin C1,
gentamicin C1a, gentamicin C2, gentamicin C2a, gentamicin
C2b, verdamicin, Antibiotic G-52, Antibiotic 66-4OB, Anti-
biotlc 66-4OD, Antibiotic JI-2OA, Antibiotic JI-2OB, and
sisomicin, wherein the 2-deoxystreptamine moiety is replaced
by a 1,3-diaminocyclitol of the formula
<IMG> I
wherein, in the formula, R is hydrogen or a group -CH2Y
with Y being hydrogen, lower alkyl or lower aminoalkyl,
and X is hydroxy, azido or amino; and of the pharmaceutically
acceptable acid addition salts thereof, which process com-
prises a procedure selected from the following procedures
A to C:
A) subjecting a derivative of one of the above named
4,6-di-O-(aminoglycosyl)-2-deoxystreptamines, wherein the
2-deoxystreptamine moiety is replaced by a 1,3-diamino-
cyclital of the formula
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<IMG> II
wherein, in the formula, R is as above defined and X' is
hydroxy or azido; and which derivative is per-N-protected
and O-protected in all positions other than postion 5;
to removal of the protecting groups, and, if a derivative
of a 4,6-di-O-(aminoglycosyl)-2-deoxystreptamine is desired
wherein substituent X is amino, to reduction of the azido
group in position 5 either before or after removal of the
protecting groups;
.
B) for the preparation of compounds of formula I, wherein
X is hydroxy; treating a derivative of one of the above
named 4,6-di-O-(aminoglycosyl)-2-deoxystreptamines, wherein
the 2-deoxystreptamine moiety is replaced by a 1,3-diamino-
cyclitol of the formula
<IMG> III
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wherein, in the formula, R is as above defined and X? is
unsubstituted or substituted hydrocarbonsulfonyloxy; and
wherein the hydroxyl and amino groups in the 4,6-di-O-
(aminoglycosyl)-2-deoxystreptamine derivative are protected
by groups susceptible to reductive cleavage or to basic or
mild acid hydrolysis; with dimethylformamide at temperatures
in the range of from about 80°C to about 155°C; and removing
the protecting groups in the resulting product;
C) for the preparation of compounds of formula I, wherein
X is hydroxy; reacting a derivative of one of the above
named 4,6-di-O-(aminoglycosyl)-2-deoxystreptamines, wherein
the 2-deoxystreptamine moiety is replaced by a 1,3-diamino-
cyclitol of the formula
<IMG> IV
wherein, in the formula, R and X are as above defined;
and wherein the amino and hydroxy groups other than the
5-hydroxy group in the 4,6-di-O-(aminoglycosyl)-2-deoxy-
streptamine derivative are protected by groups susceptible
to reductive cleavage or to basic or mild acid hydrolysis;
with an oxidizing agent; reacting the resulting N-protected-
O-protected-5-dehydxo-4,6-di-O-(aminoglycosyl)-2-deoxystrep-
tamine with an alkali m1tal borohydrid and removing the
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protecting groups in the resulting product, said procedures
A) to C) being followed by the optional step of alkylating
a compound wherein R is hydrogen, to obtain a compound,
wherein R is the group -CH2Y with Y being as defined above;
and isolating the derivative as such or as a pharmaceutically
acceptable acid addition salt.
2. Process as claimed in claim 1A, wherein removal of
protecting groups is effected with aqueous base and then,
when acetals or ketals are present, with aqueous mild acid.
3. Process as claimed in claim 1, wherein alkylation
of a resulting compound, wherein R is hydrogen, is
effected by treating the compound which may have amino-
protecting groups at any position other than position 1,
with an aldehyde YCHO, wherein Y is as defined in claim 1
and wherein an amino group is protected, in the presence
of a hydride donor-reducing agent and, if required, re-
moving all protecting groups present in the molecule.
4. Process as claimed in claim 1 for the preparation
of derivatives of the 4,6-di-O-(aminoglycosyl)-2-deoxystrep-
tamines gentamicin C1, gentamicin C1a, gentamicin C2, genta-
micin C2a, gentamicin C2b, verdamicin, Antibiotic G-52,
Antibiotic 66-40B, Antibiotic 66-40D, Antibiotic JI-20A,
Antibiotic JI-20B, and sisomicin, wherein the 2-deoxystrep-
tamine moiety is replaced by a 1,3-diaminocyclitol of
the formula
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<IMG> I
wherein, in the formula, R is hydrogen or a group -CH2Y
with Y being hydrogen, lower alkyl or lower aminoalkyl,
and X is hydroxy, and of the pharmaceutically acceptable
acid addition salts thereof, which process comprises a pro-
cedure selected from the following procedures B) and C):
B) treating a derivative of one of the above named 4,6-
di-O-(aminoglycosyl)-2-deoxystreptamines, wherein the 2-
deoxystreptamine moiety is replaced by a 1,3-diaminocyclitol
of the formula
<IMG> III
wherein, in the formula, R is as above defined and X? is
unsubstituted or substituted hydrocarbonsulfonyloxy; and
wherein the hydroxyl and amino groups in the 4,6-di-O-
(aminoglycosyl)-2-deoxystreptamine derivative are protected
by groups susceptible to reductive cleavage or to basic or
mild acid hydrolysis; with dimethylformamide at temperatures
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in the range of from about 80°C to about 155°C; and re-
moving the protecting groups in the resulting product;
C) reacting a derivative of one of the above named 4,6-
di-O-(aminoglycosyl)-2-deoxystreptamines, wherein the 2-
deoxystreptamine moiety is replaced by a 1,3-diaminocyclitol
of the formula
<IMG> IV
wherein, in the formula, R and X are as above defined;
and wherein the amino and hydroxy groups other than the
5-hydroxy group in the 4,6-di-O-(aminoglycosyl)-2-deoxy-
streptamine derivative are protected by groups susceptible
to reductive cleavage or to basic or mild acid hydrolysis;
with an oxidizing agent; reacting the resulting N-protected-
O-protected-5-dehydro-4,6-di-O-(aminoglycosyl)2-deoxystrep-
tamine with an alkali metal borohydride and removing the
protecting groups in the resulting product, said procedures
B) and C) being followed by the optional step of alkylating
a compound, wherein R is hydrogen, by treating the compound
which may have amino-protecting groups at any position
other than position 1, with an aldehyde of the formula
Y -CHO
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with Y being a group as defined above and wherein an amino
group is protected, in the presence of a hydride donor-
reducing agent, and, if required, removing all protecting
groups present in the molecule; said optional step being
followed by isolating the derivative as such or as a pharma-
ceutically acceptable acid addition salt.
5. Process as claimed in claim 4B) wherein the reaction
with dimethylformamide is carried out in the presence of a
tetraalkylammonium alkanoate.
6. Process as claimed in claim 4B) wherein X? is
hydrocarbonsulfonyloxy with up to eight carbon atoms or a
halogen derivative thereof or nitrobenzenesulfonyloxy.
.
7. Process as claimed in claim 4B) wherein X? is
methanesulfonyloxy.
8, Process as claimed in claim 4C) wherein the oxidizing
agent is selected from the group consisting of ruthenium
tetroxide, chromic acid in acetone, or chromium trioxide-
pyridine complex in methylene chloride.
9. Process as claimed in claim 4C) wherein said alkali
metal borohydride is lithium tris-secondary butyl borohydride.
10. Process for the preparation of derivatives of the
4,6-di-O(aminoglycosyl)-2-deoxystreptamine sisomicin,
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wherein. the 2-deoxystreptamine moiety is replaced by
a 1,3-diaminocyclitol of the formula
<IMG> I
wherein, in the formula, R is hydrogen or ethyl and X is
hydroxy, and of the pharmaceutically acceptable acid
addition salts thereof, which comprises treating a deri-
vative of sisomicin, wherein the 2-deoxystreptamine moiety
is replaced by a 1,3-diaminocyclitol of the formula
<IMG> III
wherein, in the formula, R is a above defined and X? is
hydrocarbonsulfonyloxy with up to eight carbon atoms and
wherein the hydroxyl and amino groups in the 4,6-di-O-
(aminoglycosyl)-2-deoxystreptamine derivative are pro-
tected by groups susceptible to reductive cleavage or to
basic or mild acid hydrolysis; with dimethylformamide at
temperatures in the range of from about 80°C to about
155°C; and removing the protecting groups in the resulting
product; said procedure being followed by the optional step
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of ethylating the compound, wherein R is hydrogen, by re-
action with acetaldehyde in the presence of a hydride
donor-reducing agent and said optional step being followed
by isolating the derivative as such or as a pharmaceutically
acceptable acid additon salt.
11. Process as claimed in claim 10, wherein the reaction
with dimethylformamide is carried out in the presence of
tetra-n-butylammonium acetate.
12. Process as claimed in claim 10, wherein X? is
methanesulfonyloxy.
13. Derivatives of the 4,6-di-O-(aminoglycosyl)-2-deoxy-
streptamines gentamicin C1, gentamicin C1a, gentamicin C2,
gentamicin C2a, gentamicin C2b, verdamicin, Antibiotic G-52,
Antibiotic 66-40B, Antibiotic 66-40D, Antibiotic JI-20A,
Antibiotic JI-20B, and sisomicin, wherein the 2-deoxystrep-
tamine moiety is replaced by a 1,3-diaminocyclitol of the
formula
<IMG> I
wherein, in the formula, R is hydrogen or a group -CH2Y
with Y being hydrogen, lower alkyl or lower aminoalkyl,
and X is hydroxy, azido or amino; and the pharmaceutically
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acceptable acid addition salts thereof, whenever prepared
by a process as claimed in claim 1, 2 or 3, or
by an obvious chemical equivalent thereof.
14. Derivatives of the 4,6-di-O-(aminoglycosyl)-2-
deoxystreptamines gentamicin C1, gentamicin C1a, genta-
micin C2, gentamicin C2a, gentamicin C2b, verdamicin,
Antibiotic G-52, Antibiotic 66-40B, Antibiotic 66-40D,
Antibiotic JI-20A, Antibiotic JI-20B, and sisomicin, wherein
the 2-deoxystreptamine moiety is replaced by a 1,3-diamino-
cyclitol of the formula
<IMG> I
wherein, in the formula, R is hydrogen or a group -CH2Y
with Y being hydrogen, lower alkyl or lower aminoalkyl,
and X is hydroxy, and the pharmaceutically acceptable
acid addition salts thereof, whenever prepared by a process
as claimed in claim 4, 5 or 6, or by an obvious
chemical equivalent thereof.
15. Derivatives of the 4,6-di-O-(aminoglycosyl)-2-
deoxystreptamines gentamicin C1, gentamicin C1a, genta-
micin C2, gentamicin C2a, gentamicin C2b, verdamicin,
Antibiotic G-52, Antibiotic 66-40B, Antibiotic 66-40D,
Antibiotic JI-20A, Antibiotic JI-20B, and sisomicin,
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wherein the 2-deoxystreptamine moiety is replaced by a
1,3-diaminocyclitol of the formula
<IMG> I
wherein, in the formula, R is hydrogen or a group -CH2Y
with Y being hydrogen, lower alkyl or lower aminoalkyl,
and X is hydroxy, and the pharmaceutically acceptable acid
addition salts thereof, whenever prepared by a process as
claimed in claim 7, 8 or 9, or by an obvious
chemical equivalent thereof.
16. 5-Epi-sisomicin and 1-N-ethyl-5-epi-sisomicin and
the pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof,
whenever prepared by a process as claimed in claim
10, 11 or 12, or by an obvious chemical equivalent thereof
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Description

Note : Les descriptions sont présentées dans la langue officielle dans laquelle elles ont été soumises.


~ 802~
This invention relates to pseudotrisaccharides, to
methods for their production, to pharmaceutical formu-
lations~and to methods for their use as antibacte~ial
agents.~
More speci~ically, this invention relates to 5-epi-,
5 epi~amino 5~deoxy and to 5 epi-azido-5-deoxy derivatives
of 4,6-di-0-(aminoglycosyl)-2-deoxystreptamine anti-
bacterial agents including the gentamicins, sisomicin,
verdamicin, tobramycin, the kanam~cins, Antibiotics G-418,
66-40B, 66 10D, JI-20A, JI-20B and G-52 and the l-N-
alkyl derivatives thereo.
' ~ - ' - ' " ' '" ~
~nown in the art are broad spectrum antibacteri~l agents
which may be classified chemically as 4,6-di-0-(amino-
glycosyl)-1,3-diaminocy~litols. Valuable antibacterial
agents o~ this group are those wherein the aminocyclitol
is 2qdeoxystreptamine~ Partiçularly valuable antibac-
terials o the 4,6~di-_~(aminoglycosyl)-2-deo~ystrepta-
mi~es axe those whe~ein the aminoglycosyl group at the
6-position is a garosaminyl radical. Within the class
o~ ~-0-aminoglycosyl-6-_-garosamLnyl-2-deoxystreptamines
axe antibiotics such as gentEmicins B~ Bl, Cl, Cla, C2,
C2a, C2b, and X2; verdamicin, sisomicin, Antibiotic
G-418, Antibiotic G-52, Antibiotic JI-20A and Antibio-
tic JI-20B.
~ .
2 ~
. .

~C~4~3CI12~
Also known in the art are l-N-alkyl derivatives of the
; ` aforementioned 4,6-di-O-(aminoglycosyl)-1,3-diaminocycli-
tols which, in general, exhibit broad spectrum antibacte-
rial activity and possess enhanced activity against com-
pounds resistant to the l-N-unsubstituted antibacterial
agent.
The novel pseudotrisaccharides of the present invention
are derivatives of the 4,6~di-O-(aminoglycosyl)-2-deoxy-
streptamines gentamicin Cl, gentamicin Cla, gentamicin C2,
10 gentamicin C2a, gentamicin C2b, verdamicin, Antibiotic
G-52, Antibiotic 66-40B, Antibiotic 66-40D, Antibiotic
JI-20A, Antibiotic JI 20B and sisomicin, wherein the 2-
- - deoxy streptamine moiety is replaced by a 1,3-diaminocyli-
~: tol of the formula
. . - ~H2
: 15 ~ ~ I
: ---O, ~
wherein, in the formula, R is hydrogen or a group -CH2Y
; wLth Y being hydrogen, lower alkyl or lower aminoalkyl;
and the pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts
thereof.
The compounds.are defined by the following structural
formula X:
~ ' .
- -- 3 --
i'~

`
~L04~02
,., , ~
.'.',' ' , ` ~
~ AG O ~
., . . X
,., , X
.. . HO ~s~'~O
. : 4~ ~ N~C~
. C~
OH
. wherein X and R are as hereinabove defined for formula I
and wherein AGl is an aminoglycosyl function selected from
the group consistlng of
~- CH3 ~ ~FH2NH2 ~~`~--
tamicin Cl)~ entamicin C
CH ~ OEI 2
~ H + ~H2
~ ~ tamicin C2) ~ ta~icin C2~)
~H2 - 2
fH2MHCH3
r o\ (gentamicin C2b)
\_/~
.
~:
- . . ; i
.
. ~

~04~ZO
. . CH3
H2~I2 H ¦ NEI
~omiCin) ~verdamicin)
~H2 . cH 2
C H2~H2 H~ ~H2
/~ (Antibiotic . ~\ (Antil:~iotic:~
HO~ I:IO\~
~H2
. C1~21~ICH3 ' ' .
~_ D~ io:io ~--52
~2
derivatives of Antibiotic 66-40D by following formula XII:
CH2~2 ~2
~5 (~
--/ , , , .1~ ' .
. . ~H2 ¦ XII
r ~ '1
OH
f~

~ 8~D2q~
wherein X and R are as hereinabove defined for formula I;
and derivatives of Antibiotic 66-40B by the following
formula XIII:
~H2
AG3 - O ~ XIII
~0
HO
0~
wherein X and R are as hereinabove defined for formula I
and where~n AG3 is
~o2
The derivatives of the 4,6-di-D-~aminoglycosyl)-2-deoxy-
.strept~mines o this invention as defined in formula I .
or by formulae ~ - XIII are characterized ~y being white
amorphous powders.

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Also included within the composition-o~matter aspect of~
this invention are pharmaceutically acceptable acid addi-
tion salts o~ the derivatives of the 4,6-di-0-tamino-
~ ~lycosyll-2-deo~ys~xeptamines such a~ defined abotre,
which salts are m~de according to known procedures suc~
as by neutralizing the free base with the appropriate acid,
usually to about pH 5~ Suitable acids for this purpose
includ~ acids such as hydrochloric~ sulfuric, phosphori~,
hydrobromic and the like. The physical embodiments o~
the acid addi~ion salts of the derivatives of the 4~6-di-
O-(aminoglycosyl)-2-deox~streptamines are characterised
by being white solids which are soluble iD water and
. insoluble in most polar and non-pola~ organic solven~s,.
The compounds of this invention such as deined by
ormulae X- XIIT~particularly those wherein the 6~0_
aminoglycosyl is 6.-0-~arosaminyl, and their non-toxic,
pharmaceutically acceptable acia addition salts, in
general, exhibi~ broad spectrum antibac~erial acti~ity
and possess an improved antibact~rial spectrum c~mpared
2~ to that of the parent antibio~ics.
In d uded among the substituents contemplated for the
group -C~2Y in ~ormula I are straight and branched
chain alk~l groups.such as ethyl, n-propyl, ~-~utyl,
~ethylpropyl, n- pentyl, ~methy.lbutyl, ~-methyl-
butyl and ~ dimPthylpropyl; n-hexyl, ~methylp~ntyl,
~-ethylbutyl, ~ethylbutyl~ n-heptyl, ~-methylheptyl,
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~)4~0;~t~
~-ethylpentyl, ~-ethylpen~yl~ ~-ethylpentyl, 1r-prop~l~
butyl, n-octyl, ~so-octyl, ~-ethylhexyl, ~-ethylhexyl,
-ethylhexyl, ~-pxopylpentyli lf~prPylPPntYl;amino
substituted straight and branchcd chain alkyl groups such as
~-aminopentyl, ~ -aminopropyl,1v-aminopropyl, ~-aminobutyl,
~-amino-r-methylbutyl and W-aminooctyl.
In a pre~erred group o~ compounds R in formula ~ and in
formula X is hydroyen or alkyl ha~ing up to four carbon
atoms (especially 2-4 carbon atoms) with hydrogen and
ethyl being most pre~erred and propyl being also preferred.
; ~ ~ particularly preferred gro~p of compounds em~races
the derivatives of the 4-0-aminoglycosyl-6-0-garosaminyl-
2-deoxystreptamines gentamicin Cl, gentamicin Cla,
verdamicin, and sisomicin, wherein R in formula I
is hydroge~ and X is aæido or amino; and the pharma;
ceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof.
- '' ,
~nother particularly preferred group of compounds em-
brances the deriva_ive~ of the 4~0-aminoglycosyl-6-o_
garosaminyl-2-deoxy~treptamines gentamicin Cl, genta-
2~ micin Cla, gentamicin C2 and verdamicin, wherein R informula I is ethyl or hydrogen and X is hydroxy; and the
pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof.
.
-- 8 --
"

- :
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. The process for preparing above compounds comprises a
procedure selected from the following procedures A to C:
,,
A) subjecting a derivative of one of the above named
4,6-di-0-(aminoglycosyl)-2-deoxystreptamines, wherein the
2-deoxystreptamine moiety is replaced by a 1,3-diamino-
cyclitol of the formula
' ~ ' ' ' t~ , .' ,
-O ~
' - ' ~' '1.,
:
- i
:~ ~herein, in the formula, R is as above defined and X' is
hydro~y or azido; and which derivative is per-~-protected
and O-protected in all positions other than postion S .
to removal of the protecting groups, and, if a deriv~ive
of a 4,6-di-O~(aminoglycosyl)-2-deoxystreptamine is desired
wherein substituent X is amino, to reduction of the azido
group in position 5 either before or af~er remo~al of the
1~ protecting groups;
- .
B) for the preparation of compounds of formula I~ wher~in
X is hydroxy; treating a derivative of one of the above
named 4,6-di-0-(aminoglycosyl)-2-deoxystreptamines, wherein
the 2-deoxystreptamine moiety is replaced by a 1,3-diamino-
23 cy~litol of the formula
,~

' - :
10~8~
R
,'
wherein, i~ the formula, R i~ as above de~ined and Xi i~
unsub~tituted or subQtituted hydrocar~onsulfonyloxy; and
wherein the hydroxyl and amino group3 in the 4,6-di-0-
(aminoglycosyl)-2-deoxy~treptamine derivative are protected.
by groups ~usceptible to reductive cleavage or to ba~ic or
mild acid hydrolysi~; with dimethylformamide at temperatu~e~
in ~he range o~from about 80 C to about 155 C; and removing
the protecting groups in the resulting product;
' ' ' '
: 10 ~C) for the prepara~ion o~ compounds of ~ormula I, wherein
X is hydroxy; reacting a derivative o~ one of the a~ove
.
~ ~named 4,6-di-0-(aminoglycosyl)-2-deoxys~rep~amines, wherein
,
: : the 2-deoxystreptamine moiety is replaced by a 1,3-diamino
~ cyclitol of the ~ormula
. ~ . . .
` 1 2
' fl--~ N}IR ' - ' - ,
. / \1
' ' ~
. . ' .
-- 10 -- .
,,~''-' -
.

o
wherein, in the formula, R and X are as above defined;
and wherein the amino and hydroxy groups other than the
5-hydroæy group in the 4,6-di-O-(aminoglycosylj-2-deoxy-
streptamine derivative are protected by groups susceptible
to redu~ive cleavage.or to basic or mild acid hydrolysis;
wit~ an oxidizing agent; reacting the resulting ~-protected-
O-protected 5-d~hydro-4,6-di-O-(aminQglycosyl)-2-deoxystrep-
tamine with an alkali metal borohydrid and remo~ing tho
protecting groups in the resulting pxoduct, said procedure~
A) to C) being followed by the optional step o~ alkylating
a compound wherein R i~ hydrogen, to obtain a compound,
wherein R is the group -C~2Y with Y being as defined above;
and isolating the derivative as suah.or as a pharma~eutically
acceptable acid addition salt.
: 15 In procedure A), when a final compound is desired having
a 5-epi-azido group the protecting groups must be such
that the reaction conditions employe1for removal thereof
do not interfere with the.azido group. Thus, the M- and
~ O-protecting groups should, in general, be susceptible
to cleavage by basic or mild acid hydrolysis if the
azido group is desired in the final compound. In such
a case, removal of the protecting groups may be effected
by treatment of a compound, wherein the 1,3-diaminocycli-
tol moiety is of formula II with X' being azido, at ele-
vated t~mperatures with aqueous base and, when acetals orketals are present, by treatment also with aqueous mild acid.
-- 11 --
d~
~ , .

2CII
When a ~inal compound is desired, wherein X is hydroxy
or amino, startiny campounds are used, w~er~in X is
hydroxy or azido, respectiYely~ In such cases also
protecting groups may be present removal of which is
advantageously e~fected by reductive cleavage.
,
For example, ~n a 5-epi-azido-5-deoxy intenmediate wherein
the 1,3-~*~mino~ycl-itol moiet~ is o~ formula I~-
and wherein all tha 0- and N-protecti~g groups are sus-
ceptible to cleavage by base (e.g. as in 1,3,2'~6'-
tetra-~-benz~loxycarbonyl-5-epi-azido-5-deoxy-2"-0-
benzoyl 3",4"-E,0-carbonylsisomicin) treabment thereof
at 100C-with aqueous sodium hydroxide will pxoduce an
antibacterially active 5~epi~azido 5-deoxyaminoglycoside
of this invention (e.g. 5-epi-azido-5-deoxysisomicin).
When the 5-epi-azido-5-deoxy~per-~-and 0-protected inter-
me~iates also contain ace~al and ketal unc~ions which
are cleaved by acid (e.g. as in 1,3,2',6'-~etra-~
benzylox~car~onyl~5-epi-azido-5-deoxy-3'~4'-0-benzylid~le -
2"-0-~enzoyl-3"7~ ,0-car~onyl-Antibiotic JI-20A), ~fter
treatment with base as described hereinabove, the result-
ant product is trea~ed with mild aqueous acid followed
by neutralization of said aqueous acid mixture with mild
bas~ (eOg. aqueous ammonium hydroxyide)~ Purification
of the resulting product by known tech~iques, usually
by chromatography, yields an antibacterially active
5-epi-azido~5_deoxy am~noglycoside a~tibacteria~ agent o~
this invention ~.g. ~-epi-azido-5~deo~y-~nti~iotic ~I-20A)~
. .
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':':j ~ ,,!;

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If final compounds are desired having a 5-epi-amino group
in the molecule, the starting compound having a 5-epi-
: azido group i.s subjected to removal o~ protecting groups,
and the azido group is converted into amino. Conversion
: S of the azido gxoup is usually effected ei~hex with hydxogen
in the presbnce of a catalyst or with an alkali metal in
liquid ammonia~ ;
.
~eduction with hydrogen in the.presence of a catal~st is .
preferred ~hen reducing.5-epi-azido-4,6-di~O (aminoglycosyl~-
2,5~dideoxystreptamine-N-pxotected-O-pr~ected intermediates
devoid of unsaturation such as the S-epi-azido-5-deoxy-0-
and N-protected derivatives of gentamicins Cl, Cla, C2, C2a,
C~b.and of Antibiotics JI-20A and
. JI-20B. On the other hand, when reducing 5-epi-azido-~-
protectad-0-protected-4,6-di-_-(aminoglycosyl~-2,5-dideox~-
streptamine intermediates in which double bonds are present
such as in derivatives of sisomicin, verdamicin, Antib;.otic
G-52, and A~tibiotics 66-40B, 66-40D, xeduction by mea~s
o an alkali metal in liquid ammonia is preferable in
. 20 order to avoid redu~tion o~ the double bond.
.
. When reducing a 5-epi-azido S-deoxy-intermediate with
hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst, the catalysts
most frequently e~Ployed are platinum, palladium9 and~ pre-
ferably palladium on charcoal.
13 -
i ~ . .

.
J
8~)ZO
The hydr~genation is usually carried out at room tempera-
tures in lower alka~oic acids, preferably acetic acid,
although other solvents such as lower alkano~ may be used.
- ~he hydrogenation is continued until there is no ~urther
.
S discernible drop in hydrogen pressure and the 5-epi-amino- -
5-deoxy derivati~e thereby formed i~ usually.isolated by
removing the solvent such as by distillation, and thence
tr ating the 5-epi-amino-5-deoxy residue thereby formed
with base and acid, i~ necessary, ~o remove any remaining
N-protecti~g and Q-protecting groups. WhQn the process is
carried out with 5:~epi-aæido S-deoxy intermediates having
per-N-ben~y1oxycarbonyl amino protecting groups and 3",4"-
~,0-carbonyl protecting groups, the benzyloY.ycarbonyl p*o-
tecting ~roups are advantageously removed durins the hydro-
genation.procedure and the resulting 5~epi~amino-5-deoxy-
2~-0-hydrocar~oncarbonyl-3"~4~ ,0-~arbo~yl derivative.
need only be trea~ed with base (e.gO with 2~ sodium hydro-
( xide) ~o remo~e the.acyl radi~a~s. The resul~ing anti-
baterial~y active S-epi-amino-S-deox~aminoglycoside is
then isolated and purified utilizin~ known techniques~
Thus, in a typical mode of carrying out the hydrogenation
o~ a 5-epi-azido-5-deoxy per-~-pro~ected~per~0-pxotected
intermediate, the 5-epi-azido-5-deox~ intermediate (e.g.
1,3,2',6'-tetra~-benzyloxycarbonyl-5- epi-a7~ido-S~-deoxy~
2"-O-benzoyl-3"~4"-N~o-carbonylgent~micin Cla~, dissolved
in_acetic acid, is hydrogenated at room temperat~re at 4
abmospheres starting hydrogen pressure in the presence
of 30% palladi~m on charcoal ca~alyst. ~en no ~urther
{" ` 3 ~
'` ` ~ ~i

~L04~0'~
drop in hydrogen pressure is discernible, the ca~alyst is
removed hy ~iltration, and the solvent removed by distill-.
ation in vacuo to produce a residue comprising 5-spi_amino-
5-deoxy-2"-0-benzoyl-3",4"-~,0-carbonylgentamicin Cla
which, upon treatment with 2~ sodium hydroxid~ at elevated
~emperature~ ~e.g,100C) ~ollowed by neu~xalization with
a~etic acid, removal o~ any insolubles by filtration, con~
cen~ration of the reaction solutio~ to a small volume and.
thence ~romatography thereo~ on Amberlite IRC-50 resin
- 10 (H+ form), followed by elution with ammonium hydroxide,con- .
centration and lyophilization o the eluate gives S-epi-
amino-5~deoxygentamicin Cla~ a n~vel antibacterial agent
of this invention.
~ .
Any acetal or Xetal protecting groups in the starting S-
epi~azido-5~deoxy-pex-_-protected-per-0-prote~ted amino- -
glycoside may be removed a~t~r hydrogenation and treatment
C. o~ the product thereby ~ormed with base, by treatment wi-~h
mild a~ueous a~id, e.g. with dilute mineral acidst or with
tri~luoroacetic acid, or usually with dilute alXanoic
a~ids such as acetic acid . ~ .
,
.
When reducing a 5-epi-azido-5-deoxy-per-~-protected-per-0-
protected aminoglycoside having a double bond by reaction
thereo~ ~ith an alXali metal (e.g. po~assi~m, li~hium a~d,
preferably sodium) in liquid ammonia, the 5-epi-azido-5-
deoxy~intermediate (e.g. 1,3,2',6'-tetxa~-benzyloxy~
- 15 -
,

~0~8~2(~
c~rbonyl-5-epi-azido-5-aeoxy~ 0-benzoyl-3",4"-N,0-
carbonylsisomicinl is usually dissolved in a mixture o~
a cosolvent such as tetrahydrofuran and liyui~ ammonia to
which the alkali metal.(e.g. sodium) is added slowly and
S ~he reaction mixtureiss~ed.for a ew hours. The ammonia
is allowed to evàporate and any remainin~ 0- and N-protec~-
ing groups are removed by addition of water to the reaction
mixture af~ording sodium hy~roxide and heating at elevated.
C tempera~ure (e.g. 100C). Puri~ication of the resulting
product is usually carried out via chromatographic te~h-
niques to o~tain an an~ibactqriall~ active 5-epi-amino-5-
deoxy-aminoglycoside of this invention, e.g. 5-epi amino-
5-deoxysisomicin.
.
If, in the final compouna, it is desired to have a 5-epi-
~15 amino group, it.is also possible to prepaxe the correspond-
ing final compound having a ~-epi-azido group by removi~g
all protecting gxoups and then to convext the 5-epi-aæi
.
group into the.S-epi-amino.~roup by applying essen~ially
the same condi~ions as-described above.
. .
2a When a final compound is desired w'nerein, in formula I, X
is hydroxy, a starting compound.wherein, in formula II, ~'
is hydroxy, is subjected ~o removal o~ the protecting
groups present in the molecule. The protecting groups are
removed by reaction with aqueous base or, when protecting
yroups susceptible to re~uctive cleavage are present, b~
reaction with a reducing agent (such as hydrogen in the
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:` ~
~)4~30Z(~
. presence o~ a catalyst or an alkali metal in liquid
ammonia) followed by treabment with aqueous base; thén,
when acetals or ketals are present, by treabment with
aqueous acid. In general, the conditions of reaction are
the same as descri~ed above for the case where a 5-epi-
amino derivative is ob ained.
The starting compounds in the~a~ove process, whe~ein the
~,3-diaminocyclitol moiety is of formula II, and which
contain protecting groups, are novel compounds and may be
described as follows thereby using the 5-epi-azido (X'-N3
in formula II~ ¢ompounds as an example.
:, ' ' ' '
. Although any amino protecting group may be used, partic-
. ularly useful amino protecting groups (designated ~y "Z"
: - . .
. in Formulae XIV to XXI shown hereinbelow) ~or the starting
lS compounds o~ the process of this invention include lower
alkoxycarbonyls (prefera~ly having up to 8 carbon atoms,
.g. inethoxycarbonyl, ethoxycarbonyl, _-pro~yloxycarbonrl,
so-prop~loxy~arbonyl, n-butyloxy~arbonyl, tert- butoxy-
carbonyl, octyloxycarbonyl and the like), substituted
benzyloxycarbonyl :(including o, m ana ~methoxybenzyloxy-
carbonyl, and the like) and, preferably, benzyLox~arbonyl,
Lower alkanoyls preferably having up to 8 carbon atoms
(e.g~ acet~l, propionyl, valeryl, caprylyl) are~also use-
ful amino protecting groups t~)~ particularly for compoun~s
derived from antibacterials which cannot fonm a 3",4"-N,
car~onyl de~ivative ~e.g.compounds not having a 6-0-garo-
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~1~4 !31)ZO
saminyl substituent such as derivatives of gentamicin A,
and the kanamycins)O
The foregoing amino prot~cting groups are removable by
treatment with b~se (e~g. with sodium hydroxide) or, in
S the case of benzyloxyaarbonyl~ by reductive cleavage me~h-
ods known i~ the art. ~enzyloxycarbonyl is a pre~erred
amino protecting group because it is removed under the
reducing condition~ w~ereby a 5-epi azido-5-deoxy-per~-
. ' protected per-_-protected intermediate is treated with
hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst (preferably pallad- .
ium? or with an alkali metal (e.g. sodium or potassium) in
: liquid ammonia to produce a 5-epi amino-5-deox~amino-
glycoside of this invention. In addition to the ~oregoing,
~enæylox~carbonyl is a preferred amino protec~ing group
1~ for ~he starting ~ompounds of this proaess sin~e, in amin~-
.
glycosides having a hydroxyl unction aajacent an amino
: function, such as at posi~ions 3" and 4" in the 6-o--gar
aminyl radical o~ the aminoglycosiaes o~ fonmula X, the N-
. benzyloxycarbonyl derivative te~ the 3"~ enzylo~ycar-
: bonyl derivatives of compounds of ormula X)
when subjected to basic conditions (such as with sodium
hydride in dimethylformamide) foxms an oxazolidinone with
the adjacent hydrox~l function (e.g. a 3",4"~N,O-carbonyl
derivative of compounds of formula ~) with concomitan~
elimination o benzyl alcohol. Similarly, N-alkoxy carbonyl
derivatives will ~orm oxazolidinones with an adjacent
hydroxyl function. Additionall~, when a starting compound
has a l~N-C~2Y substituent which has a hydrox~l group
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~ 20
alpha or beta to an amino protecting group, Z, ~Ihich is
benzyloxycarbonyl or alXoxycarbonyl, the hydroxyl gxoup
together with said protecting group æ will form an oxazo-
lidinone or a tetrahydro-1,3-oxazin-2--one, respectively.
,
Hydrox~l functions in the starting compounds of this pro-
cess are convenien~ly protected by 0-acyl radicals o~
hydro~arboncarboxylic acids pre~erably having up to 8
car~on atoms (said radicals being designated as "æl" in
Formulae XIV to XXI hereinbelo~Y)or by 0-hydrocar~onylidene
radicals of ketones and aldehydes prefera~}y having up to
8 car~on atoms to form ketal~ and acetals, respectively~
- including cyclic ketals and ace~als (sai~ hydxocarbonyli-
~ dene radicals being designated as "W" in formulae XIV to
- ~ XXX hereinbelow), although any other hydroxy protecting
1~ group may also be used to protect hydroxyl functions.
:; ' ' ' ~ ' ~'
In general, neighboring hydrox~l groups in the amino-
glycoside precursors o~ the starting compounds o~ ~his
proce~s are conveniently protected by cyclic ~etals or -
a~e~als. By "neighboring hydroxyl gxoups" are contem-
plated vicinal and non-vicinal hydroxyl groups which are
situated so th~ together they ~orm a c~clic ke~al or
cyclic acetal function with ketones and aldehydes or their
derivatives, respec~ivel~ E}:emplary of such"neiyhb~ring
hydrox~l gro~s" are the 2',3'-.hydroxyl groups in genta-
micins B and Bl and in ~anamycin A (~hich form 2',3~-o
hy~rocarbonylidene deri~atives), ~he ~',6'-hydxo~yl groups
- 1-9 -
.,.
.

~5)48(~ZO
in gentamicins A and X2 and in An~ibiotic G-41~ ~which
form 4',6'-0-hydrGcarbonylidene derivatives) the 3',4'-
hydro~yl groups in Antibis~ics ~I-20A ànd JI-20B and in
kan~mycin ~ (which form 3',4'-0-hydrocarbonylidene deriva-
tives) and the 4"06"-hydrox~l groups in tobramycin, kana-
mycins A and.BJ. and 3',4'-dideoxykanamycin B twhich form
4"~6"-0-,hydrocarbonylidene deri~atives).
..
The cyclic ketal and acetal der~vatives of said neighboring
hydroxyl groups,include 0 alkylidene (e.g. 0- so-propyli-
~0 dene~0 0-cycloalkylidene (e~g.0-cyclohex~lidene), and 0-
arylalkylidene (eOg.0-benæylidene) derivatives, all of
which are removable upon,treatment with dilute aqueous mild: -
- acia ~e.g~ by 50 to 8~o acetic acid~ The nature of ~he
hydrocarbon or substituted hydrocarbon "ylidene" radicals
o~ the cyclic ketals and acetals is immaterial since they
act only as "blocking groups", do not enter into th~ pro
cess of the inven~ion,,and are subsequently~,removed so that
the free hydroxyls are regenera~ed in their original ~ormO
,.
In the startin~ compounds o~ the processes of this invent-
ion, isolated hydroxyl groups other ~han the 5-hydroxyl
group, such as the 2"-hydro~y present in all the amino-
gly~oside precursors o~ this invention, the 4'-hydroxy
in tobramycin, and the 4"-hydroxy in Antibiotic 66-4oB
, and,in gentamicin A as well as other hydroxyl groups
whi~h are not prote ted by cyclic ketal or acetal functions
~e.gO the 3'-hydroxy in gentamicin A and ~he ~' and 4'-
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1~4~ZI~
hydroxy in kanamycin A) are conveniently protected by
h~drocarboncarbonyl radicals.(designated as "Zl" in
formulae XIV to XXI hereinbelow), said hydrocarbon pre~er-
ably having up to 8 carbon ato~ls. Useful hydrocarbon-
carbonyl radicals are acyl radicals derived from lower
alkanoic acids having up to 8 carbon atoms including
: acetyl, propion~l, n-butyryl, valeryl, an~ caprylyl, as
well as acyl radicals derived ~rom aralkanoic acids such
as phenylacetyl and fro~ arylcarbo~ylic acids su~h as o,
. m and ~-toluoyl, mesitoyl, and preferably benzoyl. .
.
Included among the 5-epi-azido-5-deoxy-pex-~-pro~ected-
per-_-protected intermediates are compounas which are .
! exemplified by the ~ollowing formulae: 1,3,2!,6'-tetra~N-
Z-5-epi-azido-5-deoxy-2"-0~ 3",4"-~,0-caxbony1-Antibiotic
66-40D of the following formula XIV
NHZ ~HZ
~0 ,L ~ Z
'~= I XIV
~0\, 0
\~U
Zl
wherein R' is as defined hereinabove for R but whe~ein any
amino func~ion is subs~itu~ed by a group Z, and any hydroxy
function i5 convertea to an ester Zl~ or, when said h~droxyl
group is alpha or beta to an amino protecting group Z,
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.,

~(~4~2~
which is benzyloxycarbonyl or alkoxycarbonyl, the hydroxyl
group together with said protecting group ~ is converted
to an oxazolidinone or a tetrahydro-1,3-oxazin-2-one,
respectively, Z and Zl being as defined hereinbelowj
and 1,3,2',6'-tetra-~-Z-5-epi-azido-2"-0--Z1-3'''4''-~'Q-
carbonyl-4,6-di-~aminoglycosyl)-2,5-dideoxystreptamine~
o~ following ~onmula XV: ~z
R Z
AG4 _ o ~
~,.
. - ' .
wherein R' is as hereinabove de~ined; and Z is.a me~oer
selected from the gxoup consisting of benzyloxycarbonyl,
substituted benzyloxycarbonyl,and alkoxycarbonyl, and Zl
is a hydrocar~oncarbonyl, said hydrocar~on having up to 8
carbon atoms; and AG4 is an aminoglycosyl function select-
ed from the group consisting of: . -
.
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~4~Z~
~,
I C~3
3N + d CH2NH2
~ (in S-epi-azido-5- ~ o (in 5-epi-azido-
< ~ ~ ~entami~in Cl ~ eoXy-gentemic~A
~ - NHZ
O (in 5-epi-azido-5- / (in 5-epi-azido--
~ ~ en~amiCin ~ Xy qentamicin~
:, ~Z , ~ ' -
~--CH3 C ~ ~zH3
in S-epi-azido-S- // \ (in 5-epi-azido-5--
/ \deoxy-gentamicin // \deoxy~ntibi~tic
2b) ~ G-52)
-- ,
~Z ' ' `:
: CH3
I~NHZ ~ ~23~IZ
~~ (in 5-epi-Rzido-5- ~ \ (in S-epi-azidQ-5-
damicin) ~ ~ or~y-9isoml~in)
~HZ
wherein Z is as hereinabove defined.

zo
1,3,2',6',3"-panta~-Z'-5-epi-aæido-5-deoxy-2",4"-di-0-
Zl-Antibiotic 66-40B of the following formula XIX
'~ CH2~HZ ' ~HZ '
~ ~J;
Z' 3 0
Zl~
z
-whexein R'~ Z' and Zl are as hereinabove deined;
: and 1,3,2',6'-tetra-N-Z-5-epi-azido-5-aeoxy-3',4'-0-W-2"-
0-~1-3"~4"-N,O~carbonyl derivatives of AntLbiotics JI-20A
and JI-20B of following formula XXI :
.
IZ , .
R ' Z
AG8
E13C~
Z
-
- 2~ -

2~
wherein R', Z and Zl are as hereinabove defined and AG8
. is an aminoglycosyl function selectea from the group
consisting of: 3
H ¦. ~HZ
CH2NEZ
~ (in 5-epi-azido-5-deoxy ~ (in 5-epi-azido 5-
/0 \ Antibiotic JI-20A) / O \ deox~-Antibiotic
f JI -20B )
NH~ ~HZ
: 5 Z and W being as hereinabove deined.
The requisite, novel starting compounds ror this ~rocess
~f the invention, i.e. the 5-epL-azido-4,6-di-0-(amino- . -
glycosyl)-2,5-dideo~ystreptamines having hydroxyl and
amino protecting groups, are prepared by treating~the
-- 10 corresponding 5-0-hydrocarbonsulfonyl (or substituted
hydrocarbonsulfon~ 4,6-di~O-(amino~lycosyl)-2-deoxy
streptamine (i.e. compounds o~ ~ormulae XIV-XXI devoid
of the 5-epi-azido moiety and having a ~-O-hydrocar.'oon-
sulfonyl group) with an alkali me~al azide in an organic
solvent.
.
Organic solvents suitable ~or this process are orga~ic
solvents in which the 5-0-hydrocarbonsul~onyl (or sub- -
stituted hydrocarbonsulfonyl)-per-~-protected-per-D~-
protected 4,6-di-O~(aminoglycosvl)-2-deoxystrepta~ine
and the alkali metal. azide reagent are soluble and are
solvents which will not react with the reagen~- so ~hat
. .
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the possibility of competing ~ide reactions is minimized.
Suitable organic solvents most useful in this process are
solvents such as dimethylformamide~ d~methylacetamide
and hexamethylphosphorictriamide. Dimethylformamide is
S frequently con~eniently used.
Sodium azide is usually employed when converting a 5-O-
hydrocarbonsul~on~l intermediate of this invention to the
corresponding 5-epi-aziao-5 deoxy intermediate o~ formulae
~IV-XXI~ however, other alkali metal azides may be used,
such as potassium azide and lithium azide.
: :
The 5-O-hydrocar~onsulfonyl and 5-O-su~stituted h~dro-
car~onsul*onyl ester intermecllates useful in this proc~ess
and also useful as star~ing materials in another ~r~cedure
of this invention are those derived from hy~rocar~onsul- -
15 foni~ acids having up to 8 carbon atoms including e~han~-
sulfonic acid, benzenesulonic acid, ~-toluenesul~onic
a2id, and preferabl~, -
methanesulfonic acid; also those derived from nitro-
ben ene sulfonic acids (e.g. oO m, and p-ni~robenzene
sulfonic acids) and those derived ~rom halogenohydro-
carbonsulfonic acids (e.g. trifluoromethanesulfonic acid,
~-chlorobenzenesulfonic acid, o or p-bromobenzenesulfonic
~acids and the li~e). The 5-O-hydrocarbonsulfonyl and
5-o-subs~ituted hydrocarbonsulfonyl intermediates axe
prepared from the corresponding p~r-N-protected-per-O-
26
.,

1~480Z~)
protected-S-hydroxy-aminoglycosides (i.e.compounds of
ormulae XIV-~XI devoid o~ t~e 5-epi-~3-
moiety and having a 5-hydroxyl ~unction which compounds
-are used as starting materials in yet another ~oce~ure.of
this inven~ion) by treatment thereo~ with a hydrocarbon-
sulfonyl hali~e (preferably methanesulfonylc~loride)in.a.
tertiary amine (usually trlethylamine))~
When converting a 5-0~-hydxocarbonsulronyl ~or 5-0-s~b-
stituted hydrocarbonsul~onyl)-4,6-di-Otaminoglycosyl?-2-
-10 deoxystreptamine (having amino functions and all other
hydroxyl functions protected by groups susceptib1e to
!~ reductive cleavage and/or to basic or mild acid h~dro~y-
sis) to the corresponding 5-epi-azido-5-deoxy intermediate
(such as defined by ~ormulae XIV-XXI) by this process
the starting 5-0-hydrocarbonsulonyl derivative (e.g. 1,
3,2',6'-tetra~N-~enzyloxycarbonyl-5-_~methanesulfonyl-2"-
0-be~zoyl-3",4"-~,0-carbonylsisomicin and 1,3,2',6'-
tetra~ enzyloxycarbonyl-5-D~ethanesulfonyl-2"-0-
benzoyl-3",4"-~,0-carbonylgentamicin Cl) is usually diss.-
: olved in dimethylformamide to whic~ at least an e~uivalent
and usually an excessi~e molar quantity (with re~erence
to the molar quan~ity of aminoglycoside) of sodium azide^-
is addad under an atmosphere o~ argon.- The reaction
mixture i5 heated (usually over 100C) until the 5-_-
methanesulfonyl intermediate is no longer present as
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~34~
evidenced by thin layer chromatographic analysis. The
resulting product is isolated usually by concentrating
the reaction mixture, dissolving the residue in an acid~
.~ free organic solvent, washing the organic solution with
water, thence evaporating the washed organic solution to
a residue comp~ising a 5-epi-azido-S-deoxy intermediate
(e.g. 1,3,2',G'-tetra-N- benzylo~ycarbonyl-5-epi-azido-
5-deoxy~2"{)-}~enzoyl-3"~4"-N,O-carbonylsisomicin and
l,3~2',6'-te~ra~N-benzyloxycarbonyl-S-epi-aæido-5-deoxy-
. 10 . 2"-O-benzoyl-3",4"-~,O-carbonylgentamicin Cl),
The per-_-protected-per-O-protected-5-O-h~drocarbon-
sulfonyl-4,6qdi-O-(amino~lycos~l)-2-aeoxystreptamine~
which are ~recursors for the corresponding 5-epi-azido_
- ; 5-d~oxy intermediates and also staxting material~ ~or an-
other-~rocedure~o~ this invention, are derived rom
k~own, unprotected-4,6-di~ (aminog1ycosy1)-2-deoxy-
streptamines including 4-O aminoglycosyl-6-O-~arosaminyl-
2-deoxystreptamine antibiotics such as gentamLcin Cl, .
gentamicin Cla-, gentamicin C2, gentamicin C2a, gentamicin
C2b, sisomicin, verdamicin, Antibiotic JI-20A, Antibiotlc
JI-20B and Antibiotic G-52; and 4,6-di-O-(aminoglycosyl)-
2-deoxystreptamines such as Antibiotic 66-40B, Antibiotic
66-40D~ of the foregoing, preferred precursors are genta-
l la~ C2, C2a, C2b, Antibiotic 66-40D, verdamic1n
Antibiotic G-52 and sisomicin, all of which are most easi-
ly converted to preferred compounds of this invention,
i.e. to the corresponding 5-epi-a~ido-5-deoxy and the
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.

4~0~0
5-epi-amino-5-deoxy-derivatives and the 5-epimers.
The aforementi.oned 4,6-di-0-(aminoglycosyl)-2-deoxy-
streptamine antibiotics are known. The starting compound
referred to herein as gentamicin C2b, having the struc-
S tural formula shown herein, is named in some prior artas gentamicin C2a.
When preparing the l-N-CE2Y-derivative of this invention
via the corresponding starting materials, the l-N-CH2Y-
per N-protected-per-0-protected-5-0-hydrocarbonsulfonyl-
4,6-di-0-(aminoglycosyl)-2~deoxystreptamlne precursors
are also derived from the li~.-CH2Y derivatives of the
afoxedescribed l-~-unsubstituted-4,6-di-0-(aminoglycosyl)-
2-deoxystrep~amines. These compound~ are known in th~
art. -
Wh2n preparing the per-~prot~cte~;per-0-protected-S-0-
hydrocarbonsulfonyl-4,6-di-0-(aminoglycosyl)-2-deoxy-
~trep~amine ~ompounds, the amino groups are protected
first by formation o~ amides susceptible to reductive
cleavage or basic hydrolysi~, For the proce~es o~ thiS
--20 invention it is preexred to protect the i~mino groups
b~ forming N-benzyloxycarbonyl derivativas thereo~ ~e.g.
1,3,2',6',3"-~enta-N-benzyloxycarbonylgentamicin Cl).
.j :.
.;. .,~

10~
The per-N-protected aminoglycosides thereby formed which.
have a garosaminyloxy radical at C-6 are then treated with
an alkali metal hydride, usually sodium hy~ride in
dimethylformamide, whereby the 3"-~-hydrocarbonyloxy-
carbonyl protecting group is cyclized with the 4"-hydroxy
. function to ~orm an oxazolidinone derivative, i.e. a 3",.
- 4"-~,O~carbonyl derivative. In'aminoglycoside~ wherein
other amino group~ are adjacent to a hydroxyl group (such
a.q the 6'-amino and 4'-hydroxyl in gen~amicin Bt, othex
,O-~arbon~l derivatives will be fo~med~ Thus, upon rea
ction of 1,3,2',6',3"-penta-N-benzyloxycarbonylgentamicin
Cl with sodium hydride in dimethylformamide, there are
formed oxazolidinone derivatives, i.e. 1,3,2',6'-tetra-
N-benzyloxycarbonyl-3",4"-N,O-carbonylgentamicin Cl.~
Usually next are protected adjacent hydroxyl groups which
will form a ketal or acetal group upon treatment with a
ketone or aldehyde or derivative thereo~ in dimethylforma-
mide in the presence of catalytic amounts of a strong acid
such as ~-toluenesulfonic acid utilizing known technlques.
Finally, any isolated hydroxyl functlons (except the 5-hy-
droxyl group) remaining in the partially pr~tected aminogly-
coside derivatives are converted to the corresponding hydro-
car~oncar~onyl- derivative3 by treatment thereo~ with an
acid chloride of the hyarocarboncarboxylic acid in a
tertiary amine (preferably pyridine?0 the mo~ar quantity
of acid halide reagent being based upon the number o~
- hyaroxyl groups to be esterified~ If only one hydroxyl
- 30
~ ~ .
,

: group o~her th?.n the 5-hydrox~ remains in the molecule
. (e.g. the 2"-hydroxy) an e~uivalent quantity of acid
halide to the molar quantity of aminoglycoside is used;
if two hydroxyl groups remain to be pro.tected~ two molar
equivalen~s of acid halide are used per mole of amino-
glycoside. Acyl halides o~ hydrocarboncarboxylic acids
having up to 8 carbon atoms are preferentially usedO
: in~luding acid chlorides.of lower alkanoic acids such
as ace~ic, propionic, valeric and caprylic acids; of
10 aralkanoic acids such as phenylacetic acid and aryl- .
~arboxylic acids such as toluic and, preferably benzoi~
acids. Thus, each of the a~orenamed intermediates of
gentamicins Cl and B upon treatmen~ with equimolar
- quantities of benzoylchloride in pyridine, yields the
~5 ~ corre~pondi~g 2"-O-benzoyl deriva~ive, i.e~l,3,2',6'-
tetra~N~benzyloxycarbonyl-2"-O-be~zoyl-3",4"i~,0- .
carbonylgentamicin Cl which, upon treatment with methane-
sulfonyl chloride in triethylamine yields the corre~ ~
sponding S-O-methanesulfonyl derivatives. The compounds
(4,6~di-O-(aminoglycosyl)-2-deoxystreptamines) belng per-
N-protected and O-protected in all positions-other than
position 5, are also used as starting materials in one
process of this invention.
The other requisite, novel starting compounds for a
: process of the invention, i.e. compounds wherein the
1,3-diaminocyclitol moiety is of the formula II, wherein,
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in the formula, X' is hydroxy (5-epi-4,6-di-0-(aminogly-
cosyl)-2-deoxystreptamines) and which compounds are per-
N-protected and 0-protected in all positions other than
position 5 are prepared by processes described hereinbelow.
Procedure B) is carried out in dimethylformamide alone or
preferably also in the presence of a tetraalkylammonium
alkanoate. The treatment of a 5-0-hydrocarbon-
sulfonyl intermedia~e with dimethylformamide alone is
often carried out at reflux tempera~ure (i.e. about 155C)
since the rate o~ reaction is usuall~ greater than when .
the reaction is carried out at lower te~peratures; wnen
; carried ou~ in the pre~ence of a tetraalXylammonium
alkanoate, ho~eve~ ~he reaction proceeds well at lower.
temperatures (e.g. 100-140C) to produce good yields o~
a purer produc~ Tetra-n-butylammoniu~ acetate is usually
the reagent o~ choica, but o~her tetraalkylammonium
` alkanoates may be used, e.gO tetraethylammonium acetate~
~etramethylammonium acetate, tetraethylammonlum ~ormat~,
tetra-~-butylammonium formate, and the like. The molar
:
20 quantity of tetraalkylammonium alkanoate per mole of
.
aminoslycoside is usually from about 1.5 to about 5 moles.
. ' ' . , ' .
- The intermediates produced upon reaction o~ the ~-protec~
ed~0~-protected-5-0-hydrocarbonsulfonyl (or substituted
hydrocarbonsulfonyl)-4,6-di-0-(aminoglycosyl)-2_d20xy-
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s~reptamine with dLmethylformamide upon hydxolysis pro~
duces a 5-epi ~ompound o this invention~ ~hen tetra-n-
- butylammonium acetate is used toyether with dimethyl-
. formamide, the int~rmediate produced is the corresponding
~-protec~ed-O-protected-S-epi-~-acetyl derivative which,
upon hydrolysis, produces a S-epi-compound o~ this inven-
tion~ -
.
Protecting groups susceptible to reauctive c-eavage are
frequently preferentially used in carrying out the pro-
ess since they can be removed with ease via reduc~ivetechniques after epimerization at the 5-position. Other
protecting groups will remain after-the reduction step,
however, elg. N,O~arbonyl groups which are removed upon
treatment with aqueous base at elevated temperatures.
Additionally9 to remove acetals or ketals, acid hydrolysis
-~ is required~
., ` ` , ' '
When removing prote~ting groups suscepti~le ~o redu~tive
c}eavage r~m the intermediates pxoduce~ in this process,
- : reduction with hydrogen in the presence of a eatalyst is
preferred when the 5-epi-4,6-di-O-(amin~glycosyl)-2-
deoxystreptamine-~-protected-O-prote~ted intermediates
produced are devoid of unsaturation, such as the inter-
- mediates derived by treatment with dimethylfoxmamide of
O- and N-protected derivatives of gentamicins Cl, Cla, C2,
C2a, C2b and Antibiotics JI-20A and JI-20B. On the other
hand, when removing protecting groups susceptible to
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reducti~e cleavagefrom N-protected-O-protected 5-epi-4,6-
di-O-(aminoglycosyl)-2-deoxystreptamine intermediates in
which a double bond is presentf such as those derived from
sisomicin, verdamicin, Antibiotic G-52, Antibiotic 66-40B
and 66-40D, reduction by means of an alkali metal in liquid
ammonia is preferable in order to avoid reduction o~ the
double bond.
When deblocking an intermediate with hydrogen in the pre-
sence of a catalyst, the catalyst most frequently employed
is palladium, preferably palladium on charcoal.
The hydrogenolysis of protecting groups is usually carr-
- ied out at room tempera~ure in lower alxanQic acids, pre-
æerabl~ acetic acid, although other solven~s such a~
; iow~r alkanols may be used... The hydrogenation is contin- `
ued until there is no urther discernible drop in hydko-
. . gen pr ssure and the 5-epl-4,6-di-O-(~minvglycosyl)-2- -
deoxystrqpt2mlne o~ this invention is then usually isola-
ted by removing the solvent such as by distillation, and.
thence treating the ~- and O-pro~ectëd-5-epi-2-deoxy-
streptamine intenmediate thereby formed with base, and
when acetals or ketals a.~e a~so present, with aqueous acid
to remove the remaining protec~ing groups.
In a typical mode o~ carrying out this process, a 5-O-
hydrocarbonsulfonyl-per-N~-pro~ected-per-_-protected-
intermediate similar to tho~e of foxmulae XI~-XXI but
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~ OS0 -hydro-
having a hydrocarbonsul~onyloxy group at C~S \5 2 carbon
rather than an epi~ azido group ~3 e.g. 1,3 9
2',6~-~etra N-benzyloxycarbonyl-5-O~methanesulfonyl-2"-
: 0-benzoyl-3",4"-N,0-carbonylgentamicin Cl, is dissolved
- S ~i~ dimethylfo~mamide and heated at re~lux temperature for
18 hours, then the solution is evaporated to a residue
of a S-epi~-protected-0-protected-4,6-di-0-(amino-`
glycosyl)-2~aeoxystreptamine intermediate which is diss-
olved in acetic acid and hydrogenated at ro~m temperature
a~ 4 abmospheres starting hydrogen pressure in the pre-
sence of 30% palladium on charcoal catalyst. When no
further ~rop in hydrogen pressuxe is discernible, the
- catalyst is removed by filtration, and the- sol~ent
removed by distillation in vacuo to produce a residue
15 which, upon treabment with 2N sodium hydroxide at eleva~
tea temperatures (e.g. 100C) followed by neutxalization
with acetic acid, thence isolation and purification
- utilizing known techniques yields 5-epigentamicin Cl, a
novel an~ibacterial agent of this inventionO
' " ' , .
In another preferred mode of carrying out this process a
5~-hydrocarbonsul~onyl-per-N-protected~per-0-pro~ected
- intermediate, e.g. 1,3,2',6'-te~ra-N-benzyloxycarbonyl-
5-0-methanesulfonyl-2"-0-benzoyl-3",4"-~,Q-carbonyl-
sisomicin and l-N-ethyl-l,3,2',6'-te~ra-N-~enzylo~y-
~arbonyl-5-O~methanesulfonyl-2"-0-benzoyl-3",~ ,Q-
.
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~arbonylsisomicin, in dimethylformamide to which tetra-
n-butylammonium acetate has been add~d, is heated at
120C ~or 16 hours and ~he solution evaporated to give
~ the corresponding S-epiacetyl derivative, e.g. 1,3,2',6'-
tetra-~-benzylo~ycarbonyl-5-epi-0-acetyl-2"-0-benzoyl-
3",4"-N,0-carbo~lsisomicin and the corresponding 1-~
e~hyl derivative, which, upon treatment with aqueous
potassium hydroxide followed by neutralization, thence
.. ~ . .
isolation and puriication via chromatographic techniques
yields a 5-epi-compound e.g. 5-episi~o~icin and l-N-
ethyl-S-episisomicin.
Any acetal or ketal protecting groups in the in~ermediates
are removed af~er remo~al of the N-protecting groups ~y
treatment with dilute aqueous acid, e.g. ~ith ailute miner-
lS al acids, dilute trifluoroacetic acid, or usually wi~h
~ilute alkanoic acids, such as acetic acid.
!
When removing carbobenz~loxy protecting gxoups ~rom a per-
~-protected-per-0-protected aminoglycoside intermedia~e
having a double bond (e.g-. the:intermediate deri~ed fr~m
1~3~2'~6~tetra-~-benzyloxycarbonyl-2~-o-benz~yl-3"s4"
E,0-carbonylver~amicin, upon ~reatment with dLmethyl-
formamide) by rea~tion thereof with an alkali metal (e.g.
potassium, lithium, and-preferably, ~odium) in liquid
ammonia, the intermediat`e is usually dissolved in a mixt-
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uxe of a co-solvent such as te~rahydro~uran and liquid
amm~nia to which the alkali metal (e~y. sodium) is added
and the xeaction mixture stirred for a few hours. After
allowing the ammonia to evapore, any remaining 0- and ~-
prot~cting groups ~such as the 3",4"~ carbonyl and
the 2"-0-ben20yl group) are removed by addition of water
to the reaction mixture affording so~ium hydroxide and
heatins at elevated temperatures (e.g. 100C). Puri-
fication of the resulting product is ef~ected via c~roma-
tographic technioues to obtain an antibacterially active
- S-epi-aminoglycoside of this invention, e.gO 5-ePiVer-
damicin.
.
~ Al~ernatively, the protecting groups may be removed
; rom the N- and 0-protec~ed intermediate proauced upon
:~ 15 ~ treatment with dimethyl~oxmamide of an N- and 0-pro-
tected-S-0-hydrocarbonsul~onyl-4,6-di-0-(aminogl~cosyl)-
2~deoxystreptamine, by reaction thereo~ with base at; .
elevated temperatures and~, when acetals or ketals are
pr~sent, by treatment with a~ueous acid.
.
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.

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In procedure C~ starting compounds are used which are
per-~-protected and per-0-protected with the exception
of ~he extremely hindered hydroxy group in position 5,
and which are obtained by introducing blocXing groups
as described above.
In the firs~ step of this reaction the oxidizing agen~
pre~erably employed is sele~-ted from ruthenium tetroxidet
chro~ic acid in acetone and chro~i~m ~rioxide-pyridin~
complex in methylene chloride. The resultant 5-dehydro
compound difers ~rom the compounds o ormulae XIV-x$I
only i~ that a group is substituted for th~ 5-epi-
', - ~ ,
aæido group ~ .
~ 3
The o~idation step o this process is usually carried
~ ; out in an oxganic solven~ such as acetone when chromic
acid is used, or a halogenated hydrocarbon, preerably
methylene chloride, when chxomium trioxide-p~ridine~
camplex o~ ruth~nium tetroxide i9 used as oxidizing
agent, at temperatures in the range o from about 0C
to about 40C, preerably at 20C to 40C.
In the second step o this process where~y the per~W
and _~protected-5-dehydro-4,6-di-0-(amino~lycosyl)-
intermediabe,is reduced to produce the corresponding
5-epi-intermediate, hindered alkali metal borohydrides
are preferred reagents, e.g. sodium, potassium or
-lithium tri-sec-butyl borohydrides, although any alkali
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metal borohydride may be used, e.g. s~dium or potassium
borohydride. The reaction is usually carried out in a
lower alkanol (e.g.methanol) or ether (e.g. dioxane or
preferably tetrahydrofuran) at temperatures in the range
of ~rom abou~ oC to about 50C (preferably at 0C to
ZSC) under conditions known in the ar~ ~or ~arryin~ out
alkali metal borohydride reductions.
In a typical mode of carrying out this process aspect
of the invention a per-~-protected-0-protected 4,6-di-o_
(aminoglycosyl)-2-deoxystreptamine (e.g. 1,3,2',6',3"- -
penta-N-benzylox~arbonyl-2"-0-acety1gentamicin Cla),
dissolved in methylene chloride ;s treated with chrvmium
trioxide-pyridine complax at room temperature until the
xeaction is complete as determined by thin layer chroma-
tograp~i~ analysis of an aliquo~ o the reaotion mixtùre
- (usually about 28 hours reaction tLme)~ The resul~ing
5-keto intermediate, i.e. the 0-protected-per-N-protect-
ed-5-dehydro-4,6-di-0-~amin~slycosyl)-~-d~o~ystreptamine,
e.g. 1, 3, 2 ', 6 ', 3 " -penta~enzyloxy~arbonyl-5~ehydro- `
2"-0-acetylgentamicin Cla, is convenientIy isolated b~
extraction with ether, evaporating the solvent, and
purifying the residue via chromatographic technigues~
The 5-keto-intermediate is then dissolved in a lower
alkanol or ether, preerably tetrahydro~uran and an
alkali metal hydride ~e.g. lithium tri-sec.- bu.yl
borohydride) added (usually 2 to a moles of metal bora-
hydride is used per mole o~ aminoglycoside intermediate)
.
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and the reac~ion mixture stirred at room temperature for
about 20 hours. The ~-pro~ected-O~-protected-5-epi-
aminoslycoside thereby formed is usually isolated by
- adding saline to the reaction mixture extracting with
eth~l acetate~ thence evaporating ~he solvent. The N-
and O;pro~ec~ing groups in the 5-epi-aminoglycoside
- intermediate are then removed as described above,~or
example, by treatmen~ with sodium in iiquid ammonia ~o
remove ~he benzyloxycarbon~l group~ ollowed by treat-
ment with sodiu~ hydroxide at elevated temperatures.
.
.
Any compound (5-epi-azido-, S-epi-amino or 5-epimers)
bbtain~ by the above described processes of the invent- -
i ~ ~ ion and wherein, in ~he 1,3-dla~inocy~litol-~i~ty,-~he-
amino group in position 1 is unsubstituted, may be-
alkylated ac~ording to methods known~in the art in
..
or~er to introduce the group -CH~Y with Y being as above
aefined into position l of the molecule.
One alkylation process comprises treating the compound
which may have amino-protecting groups at any position
o~her than position 1, with an aldehyde o the ~ormula
Y' - CHO
with Y' being a group as defined for ~ above, wher~in
an~ amino or hydroxy group present may be pro~ec~e~; in
the presence of a h~aride donor-reducing agent, and, if
required, removing all protecting groups present in the
molecule.
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- This process, whereby the l-amino function in a 1-~-
unsubstituted derivative of a 4~6-di-o-taminog
1,3-diaminocyclitol antibacterial agent is selecti~ely
condensed with an aldehyde and concomitantly reduced in
situ to ~orm a 1~-C~2Y-derivative of the 4,6-di-o-
(aminoglycosyl)-1,3-diaminocyclitol ant~acterial age~t, -
is usually carried out at room temperature ln the pxesence
o~ air, although it may be advantageously carried out
.
under an inert atmosphere (e~g. argon or nitrog~n).
~ydride-donor reducing agents include dialkylaminoboranes
(e~g. dimethylaminoborane, diethylaminoborane and prefer-
ably mo~pholino~orane), tetraalkylammonium cyanoborohy-
drides~e.g, tetrabutylammonium cyanoborohydride), al~ali
metal borohydrides(e.g. sodiu~n borohydride) ~nd preerably,
alkali metal cyanoborohydrides(e.g. lithium-cyano~oro
hydride and sodium c~anoborohydride).
: ' :
- This process is conveniently c~rried out in an inert
- solvent~ Al~hough anhydrous aprotic solvents may some-
times a~vantageously be employed in this process~ (such as
tetrahydrofuran when utilizing morpholinoborane as
h~dride-donor reducing agent~ this process is usuall~
carried out in protic solvents e.g. in a lower alkanol
or, pre~erably, in water or in an aqueous lower alkanol -
(a.g~ aqueous methanol, aqueous ethanol) 9 although other
water~iscible co-solvent systems may be employed such as
aqueous dimethylformamide, aqueous hexamethylphosphor-
. . .
~ ~ .

~(~4W~
amide, a~ueous tetrahydro~uran and aqueous ethylene
glycol dimethyl ether~
The p~ocess is conveniently carried out at a p~ in the
range of from l to 11, pre~erably ~r~m 2 to 5 and pro-
ceeds best in the range of from ~.5 to 3~5. The
acidic mediu~ which is pre~erred may be obtained by
adding an o~ganic acid such as acetic acid, tri~luoro--
acatic aci~, or ~-toluenesulfonic acid or an inorganic
acid such as hydrochloric acid, sul~uric acid, phos- -
phoric acid, or nitric acid ~o the aminocyclitol deriva- -
tive. Ther~by acid addition salts are form~d and it
- is usually most convenient to use the addi~ion salts
aerlv d from sulfuric acid~ Optimum resul~s are achie-
~ ved when all amino groups pxesent in the molecule are
- 15 ~ully neutralized, It is usuall~ ~onvenient to pre-
- pare the requi~ite acid addition sal~ starting compound
- ~n si~ by adding the desired acid (e.g. sulfuric acid)
to a solution or suspension o~ the derivative o~ the
~ ~,6-di-0-(aminoglycosyl~-1,3-diaminoc~cli~ol in a pro~ic
solvent (e.ga water) until the pH o~ the solution is
adjusted ~o the desired value.
In oraex to minimise competing side reactions when an
aminoaldehyde is used as a reagent, it is pre~erable to
protect the amino function in the aldehyde, e.gO with
_.
an acyl blocking group ~uch as acetamido, phthalimido,
- or the liXe, prior to carxying out this process, and
.
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thence removing the ~-protecting ~roup in the resultant
product. It may also be ad~antageous to protect the
hydroxyl group in hydroxyl-containing aldehydes when
carrying out thi~ process; however, i~ is not gensrally
necessary.
,
Alternatively, partially M-pro~ected intermediate~ may
be utilized. Thus, or example, one may u~ilize a liN-~
unsubstituted derivative-wherein ~he amino function at
the 6'-carbon is ~-protected e.g. the SU1LUriC acid
addition salt of 6'-~-t-butox~carbonyl-5-epi-azido-5-
deoxysiso~icln- or a l-~-unsubstituted de~ivative
wherein the amino functions at C-2' and C-3 are N-pro-
tected (e.g. the suluric acid addition salt of 2',3-
di-N-trifluoroacetyl -S-epigentamicin Cl) and tnere will
be formed the corresponding partially N~-pro~ected-l~-
.
~ alkyl derivative (eig.l-~-ethyl-6'~Lt~buto~yca~bonyl-
- 5-epi-azido~5-deoxy~is~micin and 1-~-ethyl~2',3-di-~-
trifluoroacetyl-5qepigentamicin Cl~respectively)which
upon removal of the N-protecting groups, according to
known methods, ~ields 1-~-alkyl-5-epi compounds o this
invention, e.g. l-~-ethyl-5-epi-amino-5-deoxysiso~icin
and l-~-ethyl-5-epigentamicin Cljrespectively
'' ;
Additionally, the l-N-CH2Y-derivatives o the 4,6-di-o-
(aminoglycosyl)-1,3-diaminocyclitols are prepared by
reducing a Schifr base deri~ative of the l~amino function
in a partially ~-protected derivative of a 4,6-di-0-
(aminoglycosyl)-1,3-diaminocyclitol followed by removal
; ~

02~
o the ~-p~otecting groups. Thus, for example, 2',3-di-~-
tri~luoroace~yl-5~epigentamicin Cl upon reaction with an
aldehyde (e.g. benzaldehyde, phenylacetaldehyde or acetal-
dehyde) is converted to the corresponding 3",4" oxazolidine-
l-ylidene Schif~ base, whic~ upon reduction wit~ sodium
borohydride and methanolic sodium methoxide yields the
corresponding l-~-CH2Y-3",4"-oxazolidine,-which upon treat-
ment with acid yields a l~-CH2Y-5-epi compound of this in-
vention, (e.g. l-N-benzyl-5-epigentamiCin C~ phenethyl-
S-epigentamicin Cl and l-~-ethyl-5 cpigentamicin Cl, respec-
tively).
In these processes, suitable as ~-protecting groups are
those ~roups known in the art to be easily removable a~er
.
preparation o~ the l-N-CH2Y-5-epi compounds without effecting
~ . .
the l-~CH2Y substituents therein. Exemplary of such amino
protecting groups are 2,4-dinitropher.yl; acyl groups such
as acetyl, propionyl and be~zoyl; alkoxycarbonyl groups such
- as methoxycarbonyl, ethoxycarbonyl, 2,2,2-~richloroethoxy_
carbonyl, t-~utox~carbonyl and 2-iodoethoxycarbonyl; and
arylalkoxycarbonyl groups such as benzyloxycarbonyl and 4-
methoxybenzylox~carbonyl groups.
- : . .
Another alkylating process for the preparation of a com-
pound wherein, in formula I, R is a straight chain
alkyl having up to five carbon atoms, comprises treating
a l-N-unsubstitute~ compound, which contains amino-
protecting groups at any position other than position 1,
-
and wherein the l~amino group may be in an acti~ated
sta~e, with an alkylating agent containing the straight
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chain alkyl gxoup having up to 5 carbon a~oms and a lea~-
ing group; and removing the protecting groups, ana, if
required, the activating group or groups present in the
molecule.
S Examples o~ alkylating agents advantageously used in this
process ara alkyl iodiae, alkyl bromide, dialkyl sulfate,
alkyl fluorosulphona~e and alkyl ~-toluenesul~onate
wherein the alkyl group is the required straight chain
alkyl group having up to S carbon atoms. Other alkylati~g
lQ agents, wherein the alkyl group preferably has one or two
carbon atoms,are trialkylanilinium hydroxide, trialkyloxon- ~
ium fluoroborate, trialkylsulfonium fluoro~orate, or tri- -
alkylsulfoxonium fluoroborate. All o~ these alkylating
agents contain a good leaving group, such a-s Br , I ,
1~ OS02F , dialkylanillne-or dialkylether.
~'' - ''
The ~mino ~roup in position 1 of the derivative o~ the 4,6-di-o
.
(aminoglycosyl)-1,3-diaminocyclitol can be ~ree or activa-
ted. An example o~ an activating group is trifluoro-
methylsul~onyl. These a~tivating groups may be introduc-
ed into the molecule by reacting-a derivative of the 4,6-
; di-(aminoglycosyl)-1,3-diaminocyclitol, which possesses
amino-protec~ing groups at any posi~ion other than posit-
ion 1, with a c~npound providing the activating group,
such as trifluoromethylsulonyl chloride~
.
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The l-amino gxoup can also be alkylated by way o~ the
corresponding di-(2-cyanoethyl)-derivative which is
deriv~d by treatmen~ with acrylonitrile of thé aerivative
o* a 4~6-di-(aminoglycosyl)-1,3-diamino~yclitol which
possesses amino protecting groups at any position other
than position 1. ~he 1-N-di~2-c~anoethyl)-derivative -
thus prepared is t~en alkylated with one o~ the above
listed alkylating agents followed by removal o the
cyanoethyl groups. . --
.
The process of the invention is carried out under condi-
tions similar to those employed in the wellknown direct
alkylation pxoc~dures o~ amines.
- ~
Yet another alkylation process for the preparation o~ a
~ compound wherein X in ~ormula I is hyd~oxy or amino,
~omprises trea~ing the compound, which may have amino
protecting groups at any position other ~han position 1,
. with an acylating agent selected ~rom an acid of the
formula
.
HO ~ - Y'
with Y' being a group as defined for Y hereinabove,
wherein any amino group present may be protected; in
the presence of a carbodiimide, and a reactive derivative
of above said acid; removing all protecting groups present
in the molecule; and treating the resultant l~ acyl
derivative with an amide-reducing hydride reagent.
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Reduction of the l-~-ac~l compound is usually ef~ected
in a non-reactive organic solvent in which the l-~-acyl
deriva~ive and the amide-reducing reagent are soluble and
which will not react with the reagant so there is prod~ c
uced a minimum of ~ompeting side reactions. Non-
xeactive organic solvents which are most useful àn ~his
reduction process are ethers such as diox~ne, tetrahydro- -
furan, diethyleneglycol dLmèthyl ether, nd the like.
.
Preferred amide-reducing hydride reagents are aluminum
hydrides and borohydrides including lithium aluminum
hydride, lithium trimethoxy aluminum hydride~ aluminum
hydriae, diborane, di~isoamylborane, and 9-BBN (i.e. 9-
borabicyclo~3.3.1]nonane).
In general, diborane is preferably used as the amide-
. 15 reducing agent except when the starting compound posse~s- - es a double bond, which compounds are conve~ien~l~ re-
: .
duced by means of lithium aluminum hydride.
The preparation of the l-N-acyl intermediates is achieved
by reacting an aminoglycoside which may have amino pro-
tecting groups at any position other than position l; with
an acylating agent selected from an acid of the formula
O
HO - C - Y'
with Y' being a group as defined for Y above, wherein
any amino group present may be ~rotected~ in the pre- -
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sence of a carbodiimide, such as dicyclohexylcarbodiimide,
and a reactive derivative of above said acid.
Amino protecting groups useful in this process must be
-' - removeable under conditions which will not a~fect the
l-N-acyl group, preferred protecting groups being tri-
' fluoroacetyl, t-butovycarbonyl and benzyloxycarbonyl.
The starting compounds of this process may have free
amino groups or protected amino,groups. .I~ a~ino groups
are pro~ected in starting c~mpounds having a 5'-CH2~l2
.lO gxoup, it is usually the 6'-amino group being protected,
`I
Derivatives of gentamicin Cl may be protected at posit:~
. , ions 2' and 3. The starting compounds may be used as
free nitrogen base (with or withou~ ~-protecting
~roups) or, as a compound which is partially neutralised
: 15 by ~ormation o~ an acid addition salt.
C ~As used herein, the term "partially neutralized by-
formation of an acid addition salt" means that each mole
of 4,6-di-(aminoglyc~syl)-1~3.-diaminocyclitol has ass~- -
ciated ~herewith less than the stoichi~metric number of
.
moles of acid that is re~uired to form the per acid
addition salt. Furthermore, this term means that each
mole of ~,6-di (aminoglycosyl)-1,3-diaminocyclitol has
~- at least one mole o~ acid associated therewith.
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For example, one equivalen~ ~f 5-epi-gentamicin Cl
having ~ive amino grou~s would re~uire five equivalents
o acid to ~orm the per acid addition salt.- This pro-
cess îs effected on an acid addition salt of S-epi-
~- 5 gentamicin Cl having less than five equivalents and at
leas~ one equivalent of acid ~e.g.4.5, 4.0, 3.5, 30o,
2~5, 2~0, 1.5 or 1.0 equivalents o~ acid)~
In the preferred feature of this process the starting
compound is neutralized with (n-l) equivalents o~ acid,
n being the num~sr of amino groups in -the molecule~
Thus, (n-l) amino groups are neutralized by formation
of an acid addition salt. It will, however, be under-
stood that ~he process also can advantac;eously be
carried out on partially neutralized s~arting compounds9
wherein more or less than ~n-13 equivalents of acid give
rise t~ ormation o the acid addition salt within the
limits given a~ove. In terms or pH- ranges the process
is carried ou~ in a range of from 5.0 to ~0, pre~erabl~
,
~rom 5.0 to 8Ø The most preferred range of the re-
action medium is a pH of from 605 to 7~5, especially
6.8 to 7.2,
The term "acid addition salt" embraces such salts as
may be formed between the basic antibiotic and an acid
withou~ regard to whether the acid may ~e termed in-
organic or organic. Exemplary of acids embraced by the
term are sulfuric, hydrochloric, phosphoric, nitric,
trifluoroacetic or the like~

If i~ is desired to use as a starting material an acid
addition salt, wherein (n-l) amino ~xoups are protonated,
this compound is advantageously produced _n situ thereby
reacting a "per" acid addition salt with an equivalent
~ strong base, ~.g. trie~hylamine.
In ~eneral, the use of reacti~e derivatives o~.the acid
. HO-C-Y' as ac~lating agents is pre~erred. Reacti~e deri-
.
vatives of the acid comprise esters, azides, imida~ole
derivatives or anhydrides. In those instances wherein
~10 Y' is unsubs~ituted, one of the pre~erred reacti~e deri-
vatives i5 the anhydride o~ the requisite acid. In
~ther instances it may be prefera.ble to use the N- -
hydroxy-succinimidyl ester of ~he~acid.
,
-
~When carrying ou~ ths process where~y a reactive derivi-
~5 tive o an a~id containing an amino ~unction is used,
: it is pre~erable to protect the amino function pxior to
.~arrying o~t the-process and then removing the ~-~xo-
tecting group in the compound there~y formed. It may
also be advantayeous to pro~ect a hydroxy group presen~
~0 . in the acylating agent, howa~er, it is not generally
necessary.
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~he following Examples illustrate the invention.
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~
P~R-N~BE~ZYLO,XY~ARBO~Y~A~T~OGLYC~SIDE-S
A. 1,3,2',6'.3,"~Pen,ta-N-benzyloxycarbon~qentamici ~ a-
Dissolve 40 gms o~ gentamicin Cla in 200 ml o~ methanol
and 20 ml. of saturated sodium bicarbo~ate and cool t~e
solution to 0C. While stirring the solut~on, add dro~-
wise over a period o~ 2 hours, 88 ml o~ carbobenzyloxy
chloride kee~ing the reaction t~peratur~ between 0C to .
. ~ 5 &. stir the mixture overnight while allowing the
reactlon temperature to come to roo~ temperature. Add
500 ml o~ chloro~orm to the reaction mi~ure w~ich will
then separate into 2 layers~ Wash ~he organic pha~
with 4 x 100 ml o~ water and c~ry over 100 sms Q~ so~iUm
sulfate- Evaporate the organic phase under vacuum at
a temperature of less than 40 C. Dissol~e ~he resul~ant
crude product in 100 ml chlorofonm and add dropwise to
250 ml of 75% hexaneje~her. ~ er the resulta~ pre- -
cipita~e and wash wi~ 100 ml ~exane and air dry to
ob~ain 87 gms (8P~o) o:E 1,3,:2',6',3'`--Penta-N-benzylQx~-
car~onylgent~micin Cla, melting poin~ = 185-190C,
. [a~D ~ 71.2 (C~30~), In~rared (IR~ tKcl): 3300
- 3500 cm 1, PM~.(CDC13):c~1~2 (C~e), 3.0 (~Me),
7,25 taromatic H~o
B ~. 1, 3 1 2 ' ~6 ' . 3 " -P_ta -N -benzyloxyc~rbonyl s i soll~i cin
Dissolve 25 gm~ of sisomis::in and 13 gms o:f sodiu~ car--
bonate in 6Z5 ml of water~ ~ile stirring the solution
a~d 100 ml o~ carbobenzyloxy chloride at 25 C~ Stir
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the mixture for 16 hours and then ~ilter of~ the solid,
washing thoroughly wi~h wa~er. Dry the solid in vacuo
and then wash with hexane and air dry to obtain 62 gms
0~ 1 J 3,2',6' 9 3 11 -pent~ benzy10xycarbony1sisomicin.
. Melti~ point = 165~173 C; ~a[D ~ ~602 (CH30H?, In-.
. ~raxed (IR) = ~r max (C~C13), 3600, 1720~ 1515, 1215,
1050, 695 cm l; PMR S(CDC13) 1.03 (3H, broad sing-
1et, 4"-C~C~3),. 3.02 (3H, broad singletr 3"~ C~3),
5002 (10~, br~a~ ~ingl~-CH2C6~5), 3~2~, 3.30 pp~.
. (25~, broad singlets~ -C~2C6~5).
,
- E ~ ~PL~ 2
-
- PE~--BE~ZYLOXYCARBONXI.--3" ,4~ o~-cARBo~ oGLycosIl:)Es
Ao 1~3~2',6,'.-~etra-~-benzvLoxvcarbon~1-3",4"-~,O~ar-l
- bonylqentamicin c~a_ . - -
~o a stirred mixture of 6~ m~ sodium h~dride in 5 ml o~
dry d~methy1~ormamide aad a so1ution of-2 gms o~ the pr~
uct o Example 1~ in 5~ ml o~ dry dimethylormamlde over
1/2 hour at room temperature under nitro~en. Stix the
reaction mixture fox Z hours and then filter off insolu-
bles. To the ~iltrate add 100 ml of chloroform and wash
the organic phase with 3 x 50 ml of water. Dry the
organi~ phase ove~ 25 gm sodium sulfate and then evaporate
under reduced pressure. Dissolve the resultant residue
: in 15 ml o chloroform and add dropwise to ?5~ hexane~
ether (lS ml). Filter the precipitate and wash with
25 ml he~ane to obtain 1.82 sm (~ 95~') o~ 1,3,2',6'-
. tetra~N-henzyloxycarb~nyl-3~ N,o-carbonylsentamicin Cla D
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. Melting point = 215C (dec.) [a]D ~ 6304 I~frared (IR)-~ '
(K~l) = 3300, 3500, 1680~ 1545, P~ (CDCI3) dr1.28
(C~Me), 2.58 (~Me), 7r25 (aromatic H).
B. 1,3.? ' ~ ~ JTetra~N-Benz~loxvcarbon~tl-3"~4"-~,0-Car-,
S b ~ .
To a stirred solution o 5 gms o~ the product o ~xample
1~ in 50 ml. o dImethylforMamide add 250 mg o~ sodium
hydrideO Stir ~he reaction mixture under argon ~or 2
hours at room temperature. Filter and add 2 ml glacial
acetic acid to the filtrate. Concentrate the ~iltrate ~
in vacu~ and ex~ract the residue with 200 ml of chlorofoxm
- (purified by p ssage through basic alumina). Wash the
-chloxoorm extracts with water and dry over sodium sul~ate
~ a~d evapora~e to o~tain 3.5 gms of 1,3,2'~6'-tetra-~-
15 . benzylox~carbony} 3"~4"~,0~~arbonylsiso~icin. Melting
:~ p~int - 210~213 C; ~D ~ 6808 (c 0022) In~rared ~IR)
max (~ujol) 3550, 1760, 1580 cm 1 p~ ~(C~Cl~)
1.34 t3~, singlet-4"-C~3), 2.68 (3~, sLn~le~-3"-~-CH3),
: 5004 (8H, broad singlet-C~zC6~5). :
E~oe~ E 3
PER-M-BE~ZYI OXYCARBONYI -2 " -O -HYDROC~BO~CARBO~ 3 ", 4" - ;
N,O{~ARB0 ~yhaklT~7oGL~rcosII)ES
A" 1,3 ~2 ',6 ' -Tetra~-benz~x~arbon~1~2" {)-Benzoyl-~
3" ,~" -N,0-carbonyl~amic~in C~ a_
To a s~irred solution of 10 gm of 1,3,2',6'-tetra-~-
ben~yloxycarbo~yl-3" ,4" -N~0-carbonylgentamicin Cla in
5 3 -- -
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50 ml o~ dry pyridine add dropwise over a period o~ 10-15
minutes under an a~mosphere of nitrogen~ 2 ml benzoyl
chlorideO Stir the reaction mixture ~or 1/2 hour and
then remove the pyridine via a xotary evaporator keeping
the bath temperature at less than 30C~ Dissolve the
residual pale yellow oil.in 100 ml of chloro~orm~
Wash ~his organic phase with 3 x 50 ml wa~e~ and ~hen
dry ov~r 25 gm sodium sul~ate. Evaporate the chloro-
form under vacuum9 ~riturate the residual yellow foam
with a small volume o~ ethes to obtain lloO gms (~ 95%)
1,3,~l~6'-tetra~-benzyloxycarbonyl-2"-O~ben~oyl-3",4"-
. ~,0-carbonylgentamicin Cla~ Meltin~ point a l 20-123C
- 1]D ~ 73.8
. B. 1~3,2'~,6'JTetra-~-B nzYlo.~vcar~on~a-2"-O-Benzoyl-
- ~o a stirred solution o~ 3 gms of the p~o~uct o Ex2mple
2~ in 20 ml o~ dr~ pyridine a~ 25 C under an atmosphere
o~ a~gon add 1.7 ml of benzoylchloride over a 10 minute :
period~ Stir at room temperature un~i all ~he startin~
material r~acts (monitor by thin layer chromatography),
Evapora~e the ~ixture at room temperatur~ under ~igh
vacuum; extract the solid residue with 100 ~1 chloro~orm
tpreviously passed through ~asic aluminaj. Wash the
chloroform ex*racts with 5% aqueous sodium bicarbonate,
water and then dry over sodium sulfate. Evapo~ate the
solvent to obtain 2.8 gms 1,3',2',6l-~etra~ enzyloxy-
carbonyl-2"-0-~enzoyl-3",4"~,0~~arbQnylsisomicin~
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,1
104~3020
melting point 157-160 C, ta~D ~86,~c 0.2) In~ared (IR)
~max (nujol) 3325, 1780, 1680, 1560 cm PMR ~ (CDCl~)
1-35 (4"-C-CH3), 2.i4 (3"-~-C~3), 5.03 (CH2-C6H5)~
.
C. 1,3~2'~6'_tetra-H~-benzyloxycarbonvl-2"~0-acetyl-3",~-
2=~c3b9~ol9u~ ~a
(1) 1~3~2~',6'/3"-penta-~-benzyloxYcarbonY1-2"-o-,
a~etyl~ntamicin C~a
To a stirred solution of 10 gms. of 1,3,2',6',3"-penta~
benzyloxycarbonylgentamicin Gla in 50 ml. o~ dry pyridin0,
add dropwise over a period of 10-15 minutes ùnder an at-
~- mosphere o~ nitrogen, 1.4 ml. of acetic anhydride.~ Stir
the reaction mixture for 1/2 hour and then remove the py-
- ridine via a rotary evaporator, keep bath temperature at
less than 30 C. Dissolve the resultan~ residue in 100 ml.
o~ acid-~ree chloroform. Wash this organic solution with
3 x 50 ml. water, *hen ary over sodium sul~ate and evapor-
ate in vacuo. Puri~y the resultant residue by tritur-
ation with small volumes of ether to obtain 1,3,2',6',3"-
penta-~-benzyloxycarbonyl-2"-0-acetylgentamicin Cla.
(2) 1~3~2~6'-tetra-N-benzYloxycarbonyl-2
acetyl-3",4"-~0-carbonyl~entamicin Cl~
In a manner similar to that described in Example 2A treat
1,3,2',6',3"-penta-~-benzyloxycarbonyl-2"-0-acetylgenta-
micin Cla in dry dimethylformamide with sodium hydride.
Isolate and purify the resultant product in a manner simi-
lar to that described in Example 2A to obtain 1,3,2',6l-
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~4S(~Z6~
tetra-N-benzyloxycarbonyl-2"-0-aCetyl-3",4"-N,O-carbony1-.
gentamicin Cla.
D. 1,3.2i~6'-tetra-N-benzYloxys~arbonvl-2~l-o-acetyl-3ll~4
LIl~L:.be3Y~ ~ n
(1? In a manne~ similar. to that described in Exam-
p~e 3C(l) treat 1,3,2',6',3"-penta-~-benzyloxycarbonyl-
sisomicin with ac~tic anhydride in pyridine. Isolate and
purify the resultant product in a manner similar to that
described in Example 3C(l) to obtain 1,3,2',6'-tetra-N--
benzyloxycarbonyl-2"-0-acetylsisomicin.
.
(2) In a manner similar to that descri~cd in
1~ ` .
Example 2B treat 1,3,2',6',3"-penta-N-ben~yloxycarbonyl-
2"-0-acetylsisomicin with sodium hydride in dimethyl-
formamide~ Isolate and puri~y the product in a manner
similar to that described in Example 2B to obtai~ 1,3,~
6'-te~ra-N-benzyloxycarbonyl-2'!~0-acety1-3",4"-~,Q-carbonyl-
sisomicin.
ExamPle 4
PER-~-BE~ZYLoXYCARBONYL-2"-0-HYDROCARBONCA~BONYL-
5-0-HYDROCARBONSULFO~YL-3",4"-N,O-CARBO~YIAMI~o-
GLYCOSIDES
A 1,3,2' 6'~tetra-N-benzvloxYcarbonYl-5-O-Methanesul-
,. , . . . _
fonyl-2'1-O-benzov1-3"~4~'~ ~ carbonYlqentamicin Cla
Cool a solution o~ 1 gm. of 1,3,2',6'-tetra-~-benzyloxy-
carbonyl-2"-0-benzoyl-3",4"-~0-carbonylgentamicin Cla in
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5 ml~ o~.triethylamine and 15 ml. tetrahydro~uran to below
0C. Stir ~he solution and to it add, over a period o~ lS
minutes, a solution o~. 1 ml. o~ methanesulfonyl chloride-
in 5 ml.. o:E tetrahydrofur~an. Stir t~e reaction mixture
for 2 hou~s at oC. Pour the reaction mixture into 25 m~
o~ water and 2S ml o~ chloroform. Wash the organic phase
with 2 x 15 ml o~ water and then dry the organic pha~e ove~.
sodium sulfateLi~ Evaporate.the chloro~orm and trituxate ~ :
the resulting yellow ~oam with small amounts of e~ er to .
obkain 1.~ gm (~ 95%) of the 1~3,2',6'-tetr.a-~-benzyloxy- :
carbonyl-5-0-me~hanesulfonyl-2"-0-benza~1-3",4"-N;O-carbonyl-
gentamicin Cl Melting point = 130C LaJ26 ~ 53 4 (CHCl )
PMR (C~Cl~ ~ L35 tC-Me), 2.74 (~-Me), 2.99 (OS02CE3), ~.28
~4xCbz and benzoyl).
.
In similar manner ~reat 1,3,2',6'-tetr~-N~benzyloxycarbonyl-
.2"-_-ace~y1-3"/4"- O-carbon~lgentamicin Cla in triet~yl-
amine and tetrahydrouran wit~ methanesulfonylchloride to
obtain 1,3,2',6'-tetra-~.benzyloxycarbonyl-5-0-methane-
sulfonyl-2"-0-a~etylr3" ,4"-~l,O-c2rbonylgentamicin ~là' ~ ~:
. .
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B. ~
sulfonyl~2"_0-Benzoyl-3_~4"=N,O-CarbonYlsisomicin
Dissolve 2.5 ~m5 . of the product of Example 3C in 15 ml.
of dry pyridine. Cool the solution to 10C and add 4 ml
of methanesul~onyl chloride over a period of 10 minutes,
allow the reaction mixture to stand overnight, then con-
- centrate the reaction mixture undcr vacuum at 25C. Ex-
tract th~ resi & e with 150 ml. of acid-~re~ chloroform. .
Wash the chlor~form extract with water and dry over sodium
sulfate. Evaporate the chloroform to give 2.4 gm. o
1,3,2',6'-tetra-N-benzyloxycarbonyl-5-0-methanesul~onyl-
2"-0-benzoyl-3",4"-~,0-carbonylsisomicin; melting point
84-88 C, LJD + 21.3 (C 0.29) Infrared (IR)-~ max
--1 . . .
(nujol) 3325, 1750, 1540 cm ; P ~ ~(CDC13) 1.32 (4"-C-
CH3), 2.68 (3"-M-CH3)~ 3.04 (5.0-~ ) 5.00( -C~2C6~5).
.~ , . . .
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: Exam~la ~
~ . 5-EPI-AZIDO-5-DEOXY-2"-0-BENZOYL-PER-N-
- . _ ._
BE~ZYhOXYCARBO~LAM ~OGLYCOSIDES
~- A. 1,3,2',6'-tetra-~-benzYloxYcarbonyl-s-epi-azido-5-
deoxv-2"-0-benzoYl-3",4"-N,O-carbonyl~entamicin Cla
Heat 12 gm. 1, 3, 2 ', 6 ' -tetra-~-benzyloxycar~onyl-5-o-
methanesulfonyl-2"-0-benzoyl-3",4"-N,O-carbonylgentamicin
Cla and 2 gm. sodium azide in 30 ml. of dimethylformamide
together at 120 C for 24 hours. Cool the reaction mixture
and remove the sol~ent in vacuo at 60 C~ Dissolve the
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residue in 50 ml. water and 100 ml. chloro~orm. Wash the
organic phase with 2 x 50 ml. water and dry over 25 gm. of
sodium sulfate. Evaporate the solvent to give a white so-
lido Dissolve the solid in a small volume of chloroform
and chromatograph over 200 gm. of silica gel. Elute the
column with CHC13/3% MeOH to give 6 gm. o~ the resultant
1,3,2',6'~tetra-N~benzylOxycarbonyl-5-epi-aZidO-5-deoxy-
2"-0-benzoyl-3",4"-~ carbonylgentamicin Cla. Melting
POint = 195-200C 1]D6 + 88.9 (CHC13) 0
- 10 B. 1,3~2', 6 ~ -Tetra-N-BenZY1OXYCarbOnV1--5-EPi-AZ1dQ-5
Deoxv-2"-O-Benzovl 3',~ O-Carbony~Lsisomicin
! 1) DLssolve 2 gm. of ~he pxoduct of Example4B-in lS ml.
of dry dimethylformamide.. Stir the mixture and add 1.5 gm~
of sodium azide. Keep the reacticn mixture under argon at
.15 120 C overnight. Concentrato the solution under high
: vacuum. Extract ~he residue with 200 ml. of acid-free
chloroform. Wash the chloroform extract. wi~h water and
dry over sodiu~ sulfate. Evaporate the solvent to give
1,3,2',6'-tetra-~-benzyloxycarbonyl-5~epi-azido-5-deoxy-2'`-
0-benzoyl-3",4"-~,0-carbonylsisomicin. Infrared (nujol)
~f max 2100 cm 1
2) In a similar manner subject to ~he foregoing process
an equivalent quantity of a corresponding product to ob~
tain 1,3,2',6'-tetra-~-benzyloxycarbonyl-5-epi-azido-5
~5 deoxy-2"-0-benzoyl-3",4"-~,0-carbonylverdamicin.
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Eæam~le
5-EPI AMI~0-5-DEo ~ I~OGLYCOSIDES
A. 5-epi-amin~-5-deoxvqentamicin C
la .
Hydrogenate over 1 gmO. 3~0 palladium~ca~.bon at 4 atmos--
pheres at room temperature a solution of 6 gm. o~ 1,3,2',-
6'-tetra-~-ben~ylox~arbonyl-5-epi-azido-5-deoxy-2"-0-
. benzoyl-3",4"-~,0-carbonylgentamicin Cla in 50 ml. of
; acetic acid. Remove the solvent and cat~lyst tto obtain
.. . .
a gummy residue) then hea$ the resultant residue i~ 25 ml.
! . . .
2N sodium hydroxide at 100 C for ~ hours. Cool the mixture
and neutr~liza with acetic acid. Filter off the resulting-
..
- . precipitate and concentrate the filtr~te to 10 ml. Pass
the concentrated filtrate through a column oE IRC-50 (H
form) resin. Wash the co~umn wi~h 200.ml. o~ water and
then elute the column with 100 ml. o lN ammonium hydrox- -
. ide. Concentrate ~he eluate to dr~ne~s and lyophilize the
`- re~idue to obtain 1 gm. 5-epi-amino-5-deoxygentamicin Cla.
Melting point 112-116 C [~D ~ 167.0 (H20), PMR (100 M~z~- :
D20 )
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1.21 . (3H,S,C-CH3)
2.00 ~IH, dt, H-2e~)
2.50 ~ (3H, S, ~-CH3)
2.61 (lH,d, J-10 Hz,H-3")
3.39 ~ ~lH, d,~=12 Hz,~-5"ax).
3.8} (lH,q,H-2")
3.82 - (lH,d,J=12 Hz,H-5"eq3
4.94 (lH,d,J=3Hz,H-l')
5.06 : . ~ (IH,d,J=3~5 Hz,H-l")
. ~
B. In a similar.manner, proceed according to the pro- -
cess described in Example 6A and isolata the resultant
. product~ to obtain respectively, 5-epi-amino-5-deoxy- -
gentamic.in Cl, mOp. 95- 98C, taJD6 ~ 150.7 ~ 0.64,H20),
5-epi-amino-5-deo~ygentamiqin C2,
~15 S-epi-amino-5-deoxyge~tamicin C2a,
5-epi-amino-5-deoxygentamicin C2b, . ~ -
-ethyl-5-epi-amino-S-d oxygentamicin C
~ ethyl-5-epi-amino-5-deoxygentamici~ C~
l~N-ethyl~5-epi-amino-5-deoxygentamicin C~, - .
20 1-E-ethyl-5-epi-amino-5-deoxygenta~icin C2a and
l-N-e~hyl-5-epi-amino-5-deoxygentamicin C2b,
:
C, 5-Epi-Amino-5-Deoxvsisomicin
1) Dissolve the product of Example ~5B~l in a mixture
of 10 ml. o~ tetrahydrofuran and 50 ml~ of liquid amm~nia.
Slowly add 2 gm. of sodium to the stirred mixture and
continue to stir at -40 C for 2 hours~ Allow ~he ammonia
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to evaporate at room temperature overnight. Dissolve the
re.qultant residue in 25 ml~ of water and heat to 100C
overnight. Cool the solution and adsorb on Amberlite
rRC-50 (H ) ~e~in and elute the product with 500 ml. o~
LN ammonium hydroxide. Concentrate the ammonium hydroxiae
eluate under high vacuum to give-an oily product. Chroma~
togr~ph this material on 50 gm. of silica gel using chloxo-
form/methanol/15% ammonium hydroxide (2~1:1? to give 102 mgO
o~ 5-epi-amino-5-deoxysisomicin; melting point = 110-116 C,
lo ~]D6 ~ 185.2 (c 0.32)~
,
2) In a similar manner proceed according ~o the fore-
~ going process and obtain respectively,
::; 5-epi-amino-5-deoxy-Antibiotic G-52,
.~5-epi-amino-S-deoxy-Antibiotic 66-40D,
; 15 5-epi-amino-5-deoxyverdamicin,
5-epi-amino-S-deoxy-~ntibiotic 66-40~, .
l-~-ethyl-5-epi-amino-5.-deoxy-antibioti~ G-52,
l-~-ethyl-S-epi-amino-5.-deoxy~Antibiotic..66-40D, :
~ ethyl-5-epi-amino-5-deoxysisomicin,
1-E-ethyl-5-e~i-amino-5-deoxyverdamicîn,
l-~-ethyl-5-epi-amino-5-deoxy-Antibiotic 66-40B,
l-~-propyl-5-epi-a~ino-5-deoxysi omicin,
1-~-(~-butyl)-5-epi-amino-5-deoxysisQmicin,
l-~-(~-aminobutyl)-5-epi-amino-5-deoxysisom-cin,
1-~ -aminopropyl)-5-epi-amino-5-deoxysisomicin,
l-N-(~-methylpropyl)-5-epi-amino-5-deoxysisomicin,
-pentyl)-5-epi-amino-5-deoxysisomicin,
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l-N~ meth~lbutyl)-5-epi-amino-5-deO~y:3isomicinf
l-N-(~-methylbutyl)-5-epi-amino-5-deoxysisomicin,
l-N~ -dime~hylpropyl)-5-epi-aminO-5-deOXy3isomicin,
l-N (~-ethylbutyl)-5-epi-amino-5-deoxysisomicin,
l-N- ~-oc~yl)-5 epi-amino 5-deoxyQisomicin,
l-N-(~-aminoethyl)-5-epi-amino-5-deoxysisomicin.
.
EXamPle~;~
5-EPI-AZID0-5-DEOXY~MINOG~YCOSIDES
A. 5-EPi-Azido-5-DeoxY~entamicin C
la
Re~lux a solution o~ 1 gm. 1,3,2',6'-tetra-N-benzyloxy-
f carbonyl-5-epi-a~ido-5-deoxy-2"-0-benzoyl-3",~'~N,O-carbonyl-
gentamicin Cla in 25 ml. 1:1 dioxane/water and 25 ml. 1~/~
sodium hydroxide for 24 hours. Evaporate the solution to
dryness, dissolve ~he residue in 10 ml. wa-ter and neutra-
lize with acetic acid. Evaporate thQ solution, take up
the re~idue in 5 ml; water and pas~ throug~ 20 gm. o~ an
Amberlite IRC-50 (H form) resin column, wash the column
with 200 ml. water and then with 100 ml~ mmonium hy-
droxide. Collect the ammonium hydroxide eluate and evapor-- -
ate to a residue. Freeze dry the resiaua, (to produce a
pale brown solid) then chromatograph on a ~S, gm
.
silica gel column, eluting with chloro~orm:methanol-7%
ammonium hydroxide (2:1:1) to obtain 186.4 mg. of 5-epi-
azido-5-deoxy-gentamicin Cla. Melting point = 115-121C
[ID ~ 133.9.
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i~048~
B. In a similax manner, proceed according to the proc-
ess de~cribed in Example 7A and isolate the resultant pro-
ducts to obtain respectively,
5-epi-azido-5-deoxygen~amicin Cl, m.p. 95-98C,[a]
129.5 ~ 0.46, N20),
5-epi-azido-5-deoxygentamicin C2,
S-epi-azido-5-deoxyg~ntamicin C2a,
5-epi-azido-5-deo~yg~ntamicin C2b,
.... . ..
5-epi-azido-5-deoxywAntibiotic G-52,
5-epi-azi.do-5-deoxy-Antibiotic 66-40D,
eth~1-5-epi-azido-5-deoxygentamicin Cla,
l-l~-ethyl-5-epi~azido-5-deoxygentamicin C
-ethyl-5-api-azido-5-deoxyg~ntamicin C2,
:- . l-~-ethyl-5-epi-azido-5-deoxyg~ntamicin C2~,
: .. . .
~ 15 - 1-~-e~hyl-5-epi-azido-5-deoxygentamicin C2b, ~ .
.
: l-N-ethyl-5-~pi-azido-5-deoxy-Antibiotic G-52 and
~ ethyl-5-epi-azido-5-deoxy-Antibiotic 66~40~.
._~ C... 5-Epi-Azido,-5-DaoxYsisomicin '
In a similar manner proceed according to the process de-
scribed in Example 7A and isoiate each o~ the resultant
products to obtain 5-epi-azido-5-deoxysisomicin. M.P. -
165-170 C (dec.) Mass Spectrum (M) m/e 472; Monosaccha--
- - rides m/e 160, 127; 2-Deoxystreptamines m/e 2L6, 198rl88
170; Disaccharides m/e 342, 314, 296 m/e 347, 375,329
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.~ '' ?.
.~3 .

48~
CMR (D20): ~
PPM: 149.2, 102.4,98.0, 97.2, 84.8, 7~.7,73.1,69.9,68.6,
63.9 (2c),48.g,47.7, 47.1,42.9, 37.7,36~2,25.8,~2.4
: 5-epi-azido-S-deoxyverdamicin,
. 1-~ethyl-5-epi-~zido-5-deoxysisomicin,
l-~-ethyl-5-epi-azido-5-deoxy~erdamicin,
l-~-propyl-S-epi-azido-5~deoxysisomicin,
-butyl)-5-epi-azido-5-deoxysisomicin,
aminobutyl)-5-epi-aæido-5-deoxyQisomicinf
1-~ aminopropyl)-5-epi-azido-5-deox~sisomicin,
methylpropyl)-5-epi-azido-5-deoxy~isomicin,
~ g-pentyl)-5-epi-azido-S-deoxysisomicin,
l-~-(~-methylbutyl)-5-epi-azido-5-daoxysisomicin,
j..... .
l-N-(~-methylbutyl)-5-epi-aziclo-5-deoxysisomicin,
1~ -dimethylpropyl~-5-epi-azido-5-aeoxy~isomicin, .
.
: l-E~ ethylbutyl)-5-epi-azido-5-deoxysisomicin,
-octyl)-5-epi-azido-5-d~oxy i~omicin,
l-N~ aminoethyl)-5-epi-azido-5-deoxysisomicin.
.
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10~8~
. Exam~le,~
5-EPIGE~TAMICI~ Cl
A. Add 2 gms. of 1,3,2',6'-tetra~ enzylo~carbonyl-
5-0-methane~ulonyl-2~-0-benzoyl-3!~4~'-N,0-carbonylgenta-
micin CLJto 15 ml. of dimethylformamide, heat at re1ux.
temperature for 18 hours then evaporate the solution to a
re~idue comprising an E-protected-0-protec~ed interm~diate,
Bo Dissolve this re~idue in acetic acid, add 500 mg.
o 3~0 palladium-on-charcoal and hydrogenate at.room tem-
perature u ing.4 atmosphe~es starting hydrogen pres~u~.
Remove the catalyst by filtration.and evaporate the filt~-
: ate to a residue. Dissolve the residue in ~5 ml; o~ 5%
. sodium hydroxide and he~t at 100 C for 4 hours. Cool ~he
solu-tion and pass through an IRC-50 (H form) column, wash
the resin columr.. well with water, then elute the product
with 200 ml. o~ 1 N ammonium hydroxide. Concentrate the
ammonium hydroxide eluate to a re~idue comprising 5-epi-
g~ntamicin Cl. Purify the product by chromatographing
on a silica gel column.elu~ing with the lower pha~e o~ a
chloroform:me~hanol:l5% ammonium hydroxide (2:1:1) solven~
system. Combine the like eluates as determined by thin
layer chromatography and lyophilize to a xesidue -to ob-
tain 5-epigentamicin Cl as a white solid; m.p. 115-120C~
~a~D ~ 136.5 ~0.32 water); Mass Spectrum: (M) m/e 477,
(~ ~ m/e 478:;
Monosaccharides m/e 157 - purpurosamine A ion
m~e 160, 142 -garosamine ion
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~)4~
m/e 191,173,163,145-5-epi-2-
deoxys~reptamine ion.
Disaccharides 350, 322, 304,
347, 319, 301
~ d~ (100 ~Z, D20)
5.08, d, J=3.8Hzl
. ~ H'-l' and ~-1"
4.9g, d, J-3 HzJ
4.39, broad singlet E-5
3.93 d, ~=12~5Hz H-5" eq
3.77, dd, ~=ll,J=~ 3.6Hz H-2"
3.30, d, J=12.5Hz H-S" ax
2.66 d, ~=10.5 Hz H-3"
2.53, singlet ~-CH3(3")
2.33, singlet ~-CH3(6')
- 2.05, m . H-2 eq :
1.23, s C-CH3 ~4")
1.04, d, J-7Hz C~-CH3~6')
C. : Alternatively, the ~pro~ecting and 0-protecting
group~ in ~he in~ermediate~ prepared in Example gi are re
moved by heating the intermediate with 1 to 2 ~ sodium
hydroxide at 100 C until thin layer chromatographic analy-
sis of aliquotg!-of the reaction mixture indicate the pro-
tecting groups have been removed (usua~ly 24 to 48 hours~.
Isolate and purify the resultant product in a manner simi-
lax to that described in Example 8-B.
.
~,
.. ~ .
~.,~p ..... , .

J
~o~o~o
D. Alternatively, the ~-protecting and O-protecting
groups may be removed ~rom the intermediate prepared as
de cxibed in Example 8-A~ in the ~ollowing manner. Dissolve
the product of E~ample-8Ain a mixture of 10 ml. of tetra-
hydrofuran and 50 ml. of liquid ammonia. Slowly add 2 gm~.
of sodium to the stirred mixtur~e and continue to ~tir for
2 hours. Allow the ammonia to evaporate by warming to
room temperatur~ overnight. Dis~olve the resultant resi-
due in 10 ml. of 5% sodium hydroxide and heat at 100C for
4 hours. Cool and pass the solution through IR~-50 (E )
resin. Wash the resin well with water and elute the
product with 100 ml. of 1 ~ ammonium hydroxide. Concentr-
ate-the ammonium hydroxide eluate to a residue and purify
this residue in a manner similar to that described in
Example :8Bto obtain 5-epigentamicin Cl.
' ' . -~ ' ' -:
OT~ER 5-EPI-4,6-DI-o- 1AMI~OGLYCOSY~) -
2-DEoXYSTR~PTAMI~ES
A, 1 In a manner similar to that described in Exampley
8A and 8s treat each o~ the ~ollowing aminoglycoside deri-
vatives with dimethylformamide at reflux temperature,
thence h~drogenate each of the resulting 0-protected-~-
protected intermediates ~hereby formed in acetic acid in
the presence of palladium on-charcoal, and finally treat
each of the resulting 2"-0-benzoyl-3",4"-~,0-carbonyl-5-
epiaminoglycosides with sodium hydroxide at 100C:
o~~ - 68 -

~ ~. .
:~4~0ZO
1) 1,3,2',6'-tetr~-N-benz~loxycarbonyl-5-0-methane-
- sul~onyl-2"-0-benzoyl-3",4"-~,0-~arbonylgentamicin
Cla '
2) 1,3,2',6'-tetra-~-benzyloxycarbonyl-5-O-methane-
~5 sulfonyl-2U.-O-benzoyl-3~4~ ,O-carbonylgentamicin
C2,
3) 1,3,2',6'-tetra-~-benzyloxycarbonyl-5-0-methane-
sulfonyl-2"-0-benzoyl-3'i,4'!-N-O-carbonylgentamicin
~2a'
4) 1,3,2',6'-tetra-N-ben2yloxycarbon~1-5-O-methane- :
sulfonyl~2"-0-benzoyl-3",4'`-~,0-carbonylgentamicin- .
C2b ' ' .,
Isolate and-purify each of the resulting products in a
manner similar to that described in Example~g to obtain,
respectively, 5-epigentamicin Cla,~-epigentamicin C2, 5-
epigentamicin C2a, and 5-epigent~micin ~2b.
2. Alternativel~,after treatment of each o~ ~e star~-
ing material~ of Example 9A. with dimethylformamide at
re~lux temperature the protecting groups in each o the
intermediates thereby formed may be removed b~ treatment
with sodium hydroxide according to th~ procedure of Example
BC or by reduction with sodium in ammonia followed by
treatment wi.th sodium hydroxide in the manner of Example
8D~
69 =
,' J

B. In a manner similar to that described in ~.xample~;~A
and 8~ treat each of ~he following aminoglycoside deriva-
tive~ wi~h dimethyl~ormamide at re~lux temperature, then
treat ~h~ resulting ~-protected-0-protected intermediatQ
with sodium ln li~uid a.mmonia.followed.by treatment wi~h
sodium hydxoxide at..100C: -
1) 1,3,2',6'-tetra-~-benzyloxycarbonyl-5-0-methane-*
sulfonyl-2"-0-benzoyl-3",4"-N,0-carbonylsisomicin,
2) 1,3,2',6'-~etra-~-benzyloxycarbonyl-5-0-methane-
sulfonyl-2"-0-benzoyl-3",4"-N,0-carbonylveraamicin,
3) 1,3,2',6'-tetra-N~benzyloxycarbonyl-5-0-methane-
sulfonyl-2"-0-benzoyl-3",4"-~,0-carbonyl-Antibio~ic
G-52
4) 1,3,2',6'-tetra-~-benzyloxycarbonyl-5-0-methane-
sulfonyl-2"-0-benzoyl~3",4"-N,0-carbonyl~Antibioti.
66-40D,
5) 1,3,2',5',3"-p~nta-~-benz~loxycarbonyl-5-0-methane~
sulfonyl-2",4"-di-0-benzoyl-Antibiotic 66-40B,
Isolate and puri-fy each of the resultant products in a
manner similar to that described in Example 8B to obtain,
~espectively,
5-episisomicin m.p. 135-138C tdec,)
5-epiverdamicin m.n. =110-113C, [~3 ~ ~ 159.7 (H20)
5-epi-Antibiotic G-52,
5-epi~Antibiotic 66-40D,
5-epi-Antibiotic 66-40B.
~ .
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~L~48020
2. Alternatively, ater treatment with dimethyl~ormami-
de at re~lux tempexature the protecting groups in each of
the intermediates thereby formed may be removed by treat-
m~nt with sodium hydroxide in the mann~r o~ Example 8C to
~ o~tain the corresponding 5-epiaminoglyco3id~,
C. In a similar manner obtain
-5-epi-Antibiotic JI-20B, NMR: (D20 ext. ~MS): 5.17 (d.J=4~z,
. -~ 1"-M); 5.13 (d.J=3Hz, l'-H),
2 6? (~-Me); 1.20 ~d. J-Hz,
C "-CH3), 1.20 ~ tC4, CH3)
CMR: (D2U, diox, ref.): 102 (Cl,);
96.4 (Cl"); 85.8 and 80.5 ppm
~: ' '' ~ ) ' '
- Exam ~el~
5-EPISISOMICI~ A~D l-N-ALKY~L-5-EPISIS~Q~
~ ~ A. 5 EPisisomicin
- 1. Add 1.2 gm. o~ 1,3,2',6'-tetra-~-benzylo~ycarbonyl-
5-0-methanesulfonyl-2"-0-benzoyl-3" ,4ll-N~o-carbonylsisomicin
- and 1.0 gm. of tetra-n-butylammonium acetate to 10 ml. of
dimethylformamide. Heat at 120 C for 16 hours, evaporate
: to a residue and extract the residue with chloro~orm. Wa~h
the chloroform solution with water, dry over sodium sulfate,
- then evaporate in vacuo to a residue comprising 1,3,2',6-
tetra-N-benzyloxycarbonyl-5-epi-0-acetyl-2"-0-benzoyl-3",-
4"-N,O-carbonylsisomicin.
.
2 . Dissolve the residue obtained in above Example lQA~l)
in 10 ml. o~ dime-thylsulfoxide Add a solution o~ 2 gm.
`b
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~ 480Z~3
o po~a~siu~ hydroxide in 4 ml o~ water and heat at loo&
for 24 hours. Cool the ~eaction mixture, add 80 ml
of A~berlite IRC-50 (~), stir the mixture ~or ~ hour,
then separate the resin, wash with water, then elute
: 5 with 10 ~ ammonium.hydroxideO Concentrate the comb~ned
ammonium hydxoxide-eluates in ~ ana chr~matog~aph
the resultant residu~ over 25 gm o~ silica gel eluting
with ~he low~r phas~:of a 2:1:1 chlorofor~:~e~hanol-:10
ammoniu~ hydro~ide solvent system. Combine the like .
10 eluates containing 5-episisomicin as determined by thin
layer chromatograp~yand evaporate the c~mbined eluates
to a residue of 5-episisomicin. ~.P. 135 - 138 C
(dec.); ~a]D ~ 187,3 (D20); Mass Spectrum ~M)
mfe 447, (M ~ 1) m/e 448~
Monosaçchariaes m/e 160,- 127. -
2-Deoxy-S-epistrèptamines m/e 191,173, 163, 145.
.. .. .
. ~ m/e 317, 289, 271
~/e 350, 322, 304
PMR (Cf ? D20: -
5.1~ . - d~ J=2.5 H2 1'~
5~07 a, J=4.0 Hz li~
4.89 broad single~ 4'-~
4.37 broad singlet 5-~
3~94 d, J~12.5 Hz 5"e~
3.77 q' 2"-E
3O39 d, J=12.0 Hz S"a-H
3.21 ~2~) broad singlet 6'-~
2.65 d, J=ll Hz 3"-H
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~8020
2.S2 singlet 3"-N-CH3
l.Z3 singlet . 4"-C-C~3
CMR (D20):
PP~: ~ 150~3, 10~.6, 97.1 (2C), 85.8, 80.~, 73.3,
70.3, 6907 68.5, 64.0, 48.1, 4702, 47.1, 43.2,
37.7, 3604, 25-.6, 2~.40
B. I ~ :
. (1) The xeguisi~e intermediate, i~e. l~N-ethyl-1,3,2',6~-
tetra-~-benzyloxy~arbonyl-5-O~me~hanesul~onyl-2"-0_ :
benzoyl-3",4"iN~0-carbonylsisomicin is prepared by
reactLng l-~-eth~lsis icin according to the procedures
of Examples I to 4.
In a mann~r similar to that de~,cribed in Example ~Q~.
trea~ eth~1-1,3,2",6'-tetra~N~benzyloxy~arbonyl-5~
0-methanesulfonyl-2"-0-benzoyl 3",4"~,Q-car~o~ylsisomi~ln
dimethyl~or~amiae in the presence o~ tetra-n~butylw
ammonium acetate at 120 & for l6 hours. Isolate the
re~lting 5-epi ~ cetate aeri~ative i~ tha manner
described in Example L0~ , then treat this derivative
:~ 20 with agueous potassium hyd~oxide in the ma~ner of Example
lb~(2) followed by purification via chromatographic
techniqueslas described to obtain l~Nethyl-5~episiso-
micin., M.P~ 118-12~ C (dec.); Mass Spectrum (M)+
m/e 475, (M + 1)~ mJe 4760
Monosaccharide~ m~e 160~ 127.
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~04~ ZO
l-N-ethyl-2-deoxy-5-epistreptamines . m/e 219, 201, 191, 173.
D~.sacc!laride~ m/e- 345, 317, 299~
m/e -378, 350, 322.
P~lR (J~) D20: , , ,
5.14 . d, J=2.5 Hz 1'-~
5000 d, ~34.1 Hz l"-H
.9 broad singlet 4'-H
4.38 broad s.inglet 5-H -
3,93 ~, J=12.5 Hz 5"e-H
3078 q. : 2"-~
3.38 ~, J-12.5 Ez 5"~-H
3.21 (lH) broad singlet . 6'-H
2.6s. . d, J=ll.O Hæ 3"-~
2.52 singlet 3"~-CH3
1. 22 singlet ~"-C-CH3
1.07 - triplet 1-~-CH2~CH3
CMR 1D2):
PPM: ~ 149.8, 102.9, 97.4t 9700, 83.9, 80.5, 73.2,
- 70.1, 69.6~ 6~5, ~3.g, 54.5, 47~1, 47.0, 43.1
~0.8~ 37.:5,. 33.0, 25.6, 22.4, 14.6.
.. ..
C. Other l-N-Al~;vl-5-Epi2mino~lycos~ Deriv~tives,
(1) In a manner similar to that aescribed in Example lQ-A
obtain via the corresponding 5-epi-O~acet~l dexivative,
respectively,
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~ .
~, - -- .

~1~4~ZO
propyl-5-epi~isamici~,
(n-butyl)-5-episis~micin,
a~inobutyl) 5-apisis~icin,
~ r-amLnopropyl)-5-episisomicin,
1~ ~methylpropyl)-5-episisomici~,
l-N-(n-pentyl)-5~episisomicin,
l-N-(~r-methylbutyl)-5-epi~is~micin,
methylbutyl)-S-episis~micLn,
dimethylpropyl) -5 -episisomicin,
-10 1~ ethylbutyl3-S-episisonicin,
l ~ w(n-octyl)-~5-episiscmicin,
~mLnoethyl)-5-episisomicin,
l-N-ethyl-5-epigentamicin Cla,
N-e~hyl-5-epigentamicin Cl,
1-N-ethyl-5-epigentamicin C2,
l-N-ethy -S-epigentamicin C2a,
. l-~-ethyl-5-epigentamicin C2b,
l-_-eth~l-S-epi-~n~i~iotic G-52,
~ ethyl-5-epiverdamicin~
l~-ethyl 5-epii~ntibiotic 66-4OD,
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C

~9L8(~ZU
. . -- .
S~ DIA ~CIN Cla_
~ la~
To a solutio~ of 1.2 g~s of 1,3~2',6'-tetra~benz~loxy-
~arbonyl 2"~0-benzoyl d "~4"~N,~-carbonylgentami~in Cla'
in 5 ml of aceton~ at ~0C add over a 20 minute period
Jones ~eagent prepared from 1 gm of chr~mium trioxi~e
. in l ml of concentrated sul~uric acid and 1 ml o~ water.'
10 , Continue stirring the solution at room temperature ~or
16 hours khen extract with chlorofonm, wash the chloro-
~orm extract with water, dry over sodium sulfate, and
, . evapoxate the solution to a residue (0.619 g) c~mprising
1,3,2',6'~te~ra-~benzyloxycarbonyl~2"-0-benzoyl-3"~4"-
E~0-car~onyl 5-dehydrogentamicin-Cla.
' ~.
B . 1 2 3,2',6'-tetra~N ~anz~loxv~arbon~1-2"-0-benzoyl-
3",4"~ c,a,rbony~ 5-eDi~en amicin ~ a-
Dissolve ~he ~-protected-0-protected-5-aehydro~enta~i~in
,Cla prepared in Example 11~ in 10 ml of metha~ol,
Add 100 mg~ o~ sodium borohydride and warm the mixture
at ~oC or 4 hours. Cool the solution, remove the
solvent ln va~uo and extract the resultant residue with
chloro~oxm. Wash the combined chloro~orm extracts wi~h
water, ~r~ over sodium sulfate and evaporate the solven~
to a residue compri.sing 1,3,2',6'-tetra~N~benzyloxy~ar-
bonyl 2"-0 benzoyl 3",4"-N,0-carban~1-5-epigentamicin Cla.
~"`3 - 76 -

8(~Z0
C. 2"~ benzovl-3" ! 41~ -N,0-car}:lony~_,-,epi~e~tamicin.,,cla_
Di~solve the product obtained in Example li-~3 in 15 ml o:
acetic acid and h~ ogenate over 200 mg o:E 30~0- palladium-~
~n-charcoal at rowa ternperatu:re for 18 hours at 4 atm~
S phere~ starting pressure. Fil~er arld evaporat~ th~2 -
:Eiltrat~ in vacuo to a residues corQpris~g :2"-_-benzoyl--
3" ,4" ~,0-carhonyl -5-~epigentaF~icin Cla.
D. ~Q~SLI~la-- -
Dissolve the product of Example 11~ :Ln 10 ml c-~ 5%
sodium hydroxide and heat at 100 C for 4 hours, cool
and pa~s the solution through IRC-S0 (E ) resin~ wash
- - the resin well with-water, then elute the prodNct wit}~
- 100 ml o:E 1 N a~noniu3~ hydroxicle. Evaporate the
a$u;lonium hydroxide eluate- to a residu~ comprising 5- -
epigen~am;ci~ Cla. Puri~y by chromato~raphing on a
silica gel column eluting with th~ lower pha~3 o;E a
chloroform:methanol:l5% amwoniu~ hydroxide t2~ ) solv~n~
sy~tam. C~m~ine ~he like eluates a~ determined b~ thi~
lay2r chrcma~ograp~yand evaporate the com~ined eluate~ to
a resiaue comprising 5-epigentamicin Cla. M.P. 145-152 & ,
~a]D ~ 149C (c~ 0~55~ ~2~
E. 1,3~2',6',3"~Penta-N-~en2yloxyca~bonyl-2"-o-acet
5-dehy~roq~tamicin C~a--
To a solution of lQ gms of 1,3,2',6',3"-penta-~benzyloxy-
carbonyl-2"-0-acet~lgentamicin Cla in 600 ml of methylene
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~ 4 ~ 2
chloride under an abmosphere of argo~ add 11~2 gm~ o~
chromium trîoxide-pyridine complex. Heat the resulting
slurry at re~1ux tempera~ure. Aad 1201 ~ms 0~ addi-
tional ~hromium txioxide-pyridine complex a~ter 22 hours
and 11~2 gm~ of additional chromium trioxide~p~ridine
co~plex a te~ 25 hours. When the.reaction is compl~te~
a~ indicated by ~hi~ layer chrcmatography(usually about
28 hour~) evaporate about 500 ml.of the solvent ~n vacuo
add 600 ml o~ eth~r~`to the resulting solution, decant
the ethereal solution ~rcm the resulting tarry . pre--
cipitate and wash the precipitate with 200 ml o~ et~er.
Wash the ~om~ined ethereal solutions with saturated
I sodium bicar~onate solution-~ t~mes) with 1 ~ h~dro_
~hloric acid (3 times) and then wi.th water (2 times).
: 15 Dry over sodium sulfate and evaporate in vacuo to a
residue (8.2 gma) comprisin~ 1,3,2',6',3"-pentaiW-
benzyloxy~arbon~l-2"-0-acetyl-5-dehyd~ogentamici~ Cla,
Further puri~y by chromatographin~ on a 700 gm silica
gel "dry" column. Develop the column with 60~o ethy
acetate/40~0 chloroform, then elute tha produ~t with
ethyl ace~ate and evaporate the c~mb~ned eluates to
a residue (4.6 gms) comprisi~g the 1,3,2'~6'l3"-penta-~-
benzylox~car~onyl~ acetyl-5-dehydrogentamicin Cla;
NMR: (CDC13-CD30D, (3:1)); dr 2.93 (N-C~3), 1~90 (CH3C0~),
1.0:4 (C-C~3) PP~, CMR: (CDC13-CD30~ (3:1)); 201 PPM
(C=O) ,.
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104~3()Z0
In a manne~ simil~r ~o that descxibed hereinabove, ~reat
l~3~2~6~-tetra-N-benz~loxy~arbonyl-2"-o-acetyl-3"~
N,0-carbonyl-~antamicin-Cla with chromium trioxide-pyridLne.
complex. Isolate and purify the resultant pr~ducts in
a manner sL~ilar to that describ~d to obtain 1,3,2'96'-
te~ra~N~benzylo~y~arbonyl-2"~0-acetyl-3",4"-~,O~carbonyl--
5-dehyarog~ntamicin C
. . . .
F. To a solution of 2.1 gms o~ 1,3,2'~',3"-pentai~-
benz~loxy~a~bon~l-2"-Oqace~yl-5-dehydrogentami~in Cla
lb in 40 ml o dry te~rahydro~uran under an atmosphere o~
argon add 8 ml of 1 M "L-Selectride" tlithium tri-sec-
bu~yl boroh~ride in tetrahydro~uran). Stir ~he mix~ura
under an abmosphere o nitrogen at room temperature for
20 hours, pour intG 400 ml o~ aqueous sodium chlori~e
and extract with 3 x 80 ml portion~ of ethyl acetate.
Wash ~he cambined eth~l aceta~e ex~ract 3 t~me~ with water
tcontaining some soaium chloride). Dry over sodium
sul~ate and ~vaporake in va~uo to a residue (2.2 gm~)
~ampri5ing a 1,3,2'D6'-tetraiY-benzyloxycarbonyl-3",4"-
N,0-carbonyl derivative o gentamicin Cla, whîch is
used without further puriication in th~ proce~ure of
Example 11-&. Alternatively, the above procedure
may ~e carried out on 1~3,2',6'-tetra-W-benzylo~carbon~l-
2"-O-acetyl-3"~4"-w~o-carbonyl-5-deh~drogentamicin Cla
to ob~ain ~he same product obtained in the p~ragraph
above~
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~80~
G~ 3-1 4"~ 0-carhon~1-5-e i entamicin C
la-
Dissolve the pxoduct (2.2 gms) obtained in the ~irst
paragraph o above Example ll-F in 2Q ml of dry tetra-
h~drofuran, cool the solution ~o -75 to -85C and
condensa 300 ~1. o ammonia into the reaction vessel~
Add 2.2 gms o~ sodium metal and stir the reaction:
mixtura vigorously ~or 2.5 hours. Slowly add 20 ml.
o water to the mix~uxe and allow the ammonia ~o evapo--
rate with warmLng ~o ro~m tc~perature. A~sorb the
residual solution ~ a BioRex 70 cation exchange resin
(100 ml, ~ fon~).... Wash the neutral impuri~ie~ o~
wi~h water t4Q0 ml) then elu~e the product wi~h 1.5 ~
ammonium hydroxide. Combine.the like am~onium hy ~ oxids
. eluate~ as determined by thin layer chromat~graphy .
and evaporate in vacuo to a residue.comprising 3",~
N,0-car~onyl-5-epige~amicin C~a, which is used without
further purification in the procedure o Example~
'-
DissolYe 143 m~s of 3",4"-~,0-carbonyl-5-epigenta~icin
Cla prepared as aescr~bed in Example ll-G in 20 ml. of
2 ~ sodiu~ hydroxide. Heat the solution at reflux
~emperature for 4 hours then cool to room temperature
and place on a BioRex 70 cation exchange resin column
(100 ml, H~ form). Wash off the neutral salts with
25 - 200_ml of water, then elute with 200 ml of 1~5 N
ammonium hydroxide~ Concentrate the combined ammonium
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3L048~2~
hy~roxide eluate in vacuo to a re~idu~ comprising 5-epi-
~gentamicin Cla, yield 139 mg. Puri~y by chromato_
graphing on a 33 gm silica gel column elu ing with ~he
lowar pha~e of a d loro~orm:methanol:concen~rated
ammonium hydroxide solvent system (1:1:1). Combine .
the like fraction~ a~ determLned by thin layer chroma_
~ography and evapora~e in vacuo to give puri~ied 5-
epigenta~ici~ Cla~. ~ass Spectrum: m~e 450 (M ~ H)~;
32~, 304, 16~, 129~
'
EXAMPLE 12
': ' . .
. In a manner similar to that de~cr~bed in pre~l~us~-Examples
: 15 trea~ l~N-acetyl-r-epi-amino-S-deoXygen~amiein Cl or
l~N-acet~l-5-epigentamicin Cl with diborane in tetra-
h~dro~uran~ Isolat~ and purif~ the resultant produc~s
in a ma~ner similar to that describea inprev~ous.~x~mples
to obtain l~ th~1-5-epi-amino-5-deo~ygentamicin Cl ~r
. 2fl 1-E-e~hyl-5-epigentamicin Cl.
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(2) In the manner similar to that desc.ribed obtain,
respectively, l-N-e~hyl-5-epi-amino-5-deoXygentamiCin Cla,
l-N-ethyl-5-epi-amino-5-deoxygentamicin C2, l-N ethyl-5-
epi-amino-5-deoxygentamicin C2a, 1-N-ethyl-5-epi-amino-
5-deoxygentamicin C2b, 1-N-ethyl-5-e~i-amino-5-deoxy-
Antibiotic JI-20A, l-N~ethyl-5 epi-amino-5 deoxy-Antibiotic
JI-20B, l-N-ethyl 5-epigentamicin Cla, l-N-ethyl-5-epi-
gentamicin C2, 1-N-ethyl-5-epigentamicin C2a, l-N-ethyl-
5-epigentamicin C2b, 1-N-ethyl-5-epi-Antibiotic JI-20A,
1-N-ethyl-5-epi-~ntibiotic JI-20~.
(3) l~N-Ethyl-5-e~ mino-5-Deo~ysisomicin
Suspend 1 gm o~ l~NQace~yl-5~epi-amino-5 deoxy~isomicin.
- . in loO ml of tetrahy~rofuranO. Add 1 gm of lithium
aluminum hydxide, then stir ~he re~ul~ant suspension
15 . at re~lux temperature for 24 hours under an atmosphere ~.
o~ nitrogen. Cool and decompose the excess hydrid~
by ca~e~ul addi~ion of e~hyl acetate. Evapora~e the
- reac~ion mix~ure to a small volumQ and dilu~e with
water. Separate ths insoluble solid by ~iltration
20 - an~ wash well wi~h acetic acid~ Evaporate the c~mbined
filtrate and washings and dissolve thQ resultan~.residue
in water. Adjust the p~ of the aqueous solution to
about 7 by addition o am~onium hydroxide. Pass the
solution ~hrough a column o~ IRC-50 resin in the a~moniu~
cy~le and wash the column well wi~h wQterO Elute with
0.5 ~ ammonium hydroxiae ~ evaporate the eluate, and
chromatograph khe resultant residue over 20 ym of silica
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~ 04~020
gel eluting ~ th the low~r phase o a 2:1:1 chloroform:
methanol:concentrated ammoniu~ h~droxide ~olvent system.
Combine and evaporate the like fractions as determined
b~ thin layer chrcmatographyto obtain l-~-e~hyl-5-epi-
amino-S-deoxy~isomicin.
(4) In ~he mannsr ae~cribed in the procedurQ o~ ~xample
12-A(3) obtain, respec~ively, 1~-ethyl-5~epi_amino-
5-aeo~yverdamic~n, 1~-ethyl-5-epi~amino-5-deoxy- .
An~ibiotic 66-40B, l~N-ethyl-5-epi-amino-5-deoxy-
Antibiotic 66~AOD, l~N~-ethyl-5-epi-amino-5-deoxy .
Anti~ioti.c G-S2, li~-ethyl-5q2piverdamici~, .1~-
ethyl-5-epi~-~ntibiotic 66-40B, li~-ethyl-5-epii~nki-
biotic 66-40D, li~-ethyl-5-epi~ntibiotic G-52.
'
A, l~N-Eth~1-5-ePiverdamicin
To a solution o~ 5 gm o~ 5-epi~erdamicin in 250 ml o~
- water add l N sulfuric acid until the p~ o~ the solution
is adju~ted to about 5. To tho solution of 5-epiverda
micin sulfuric acid addition salt thereby formed, add
2 ml o~ acetald~hyde, stir for 10 m~nute~, then a~d
0.85 $m of sodiu~ cyanoborohydride~ Continue stixring
at room temperature ~or 15 minutes, then concentrate
the solutio~ in vacuo t~ a vo~ume o~ about 100 ml,
treat the solution with a basic ion exchange resLn
--25 ~e.g. Amberlite IRA ~OlS (0~ )), then lyvphilize to a
resi~ue comprising l-N-ethyl-5-epivexdamicin~
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~o~oz~
Puri~y by chr~ma~ographing on 200 sm of silica gel,
eluting with lower phas~ o~ a chloroform:methanol:7%
aqueous ammonium hydroxide ~2:1Ol) system. Combine the
like eluate~ as de~ermined by thin layer chroma~ogr~phy
an~ concentra~ the cc~bined eluate3 o~ ~he major ccm- -
pcnent i vacuo to a residue comprising 1~N~ethyl-5-
epiveraamicLn~ Further purify by again chramato~raphing
on 100 g~.of silica gel eluting wi~h a chloroform:~e~hao
nol:3~5% ~m~onium hydsoxide (~:2:1) sy~te~ Pa~3 th~ .
combined~ lik~ eluates-(as determined by thin layer
chromatography) through a column o basic ion exch~nge
resin and lyophilize the eluate to obtain l~ thyl-5-
epiverdamicin
:- B. In the ~rocedure o~ Example. 1-3~ substitu~
equivalen~ guantitie~ of other 5-epi-~inoglycosides
and 5~epi_aziao (and 5-epi-amino)-5~deo ~ aminoglyco~ide~
to ob~ain, respectively, l~N-athyl S-epi-amino-5- :
deox~gentamicin CI~, l~N~etXyl-5-epi~amino-5-deoxy- -
: ~ ~ gentamicin C~ N-ethyl~5~epi-2mino-5-deoxygentamicin
C2, li~-ethyl-5-epi-amino-5~deox~gentamicin C2a, 1-~-
ethyi-5-api-amino-5-~eoxygen~a~icin C~b~ l~Nqethyl-5- :
epi-amino S-aeo~ysisomicin, ~-N-eth~1-5-epi-amino-S- . .
deoxy~ntïbioti~ G-52, li~qethyl-5-epi-amino-5~deox~-
':- Antibiotic 66-40D, l-N~e~hyl~5-epi~amino-5~deoxyver-
2~ dami~in, l~N-e~hyl-5-epi-amino-5-aeoxy-~ntibiotic 66-40B,
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l-N-ethyl-5-epiamino-5-deoxy-Antibiotic JI-20A, l-N-ethyl-
5-epi-amino-5-deoxy-Antibiotic JI-20B, l-N-ethyl-5-epi-
azido-5-deoxygentamicin Cla, l-N-ethyl-5-epi-azido-5-
deoxygentamicin Cl, l-~l-ethyl-5-epi-azido-5-deoxygentamicin
~5 C2, 1-N-ethyl-5-epi-azido-5-deoxygentamicin C2a, l-N-ethyl-
5-epi-a~ido-5-deoxygentamicin C2b, 1-N-ethyl-5-epi-azido-
5-deoxysisomicin, 1-N-ethyl-5-epi-azido-5-deoxy-Antibiotic
G-52, 1-N-ethyl-5-epi-azido-5-deoxy-Antibiotic 66-40~
l-N-ethyl-5-epi-azido-5-deoxyverda~icin, 1-N-ethyl-5-epi-
azido-5-deoxy-Antibiotic 66-40B, l-N-ethyl-5-epi-azido-5-
deoxy-Antibiotic JI-20A, l-N-ethyl-5-epi-azido-5-deoxy-
- Antibiotic JI-2OB, l-N-ethyl-5-epigentamicin Cl, l-N-ethyl-
- 5-epigentamicin C2, 1-N-ethyl-5-epigentamicin C2a, l-N-
1-~ ethyl-5-epigentamicin C2b, 1-N-ethyl-5-epi-Antibiotic G-52,
1-N-ethyl-5-epi-Antibiotic 66-40D, l-N-ethyl-5-epi-Anti-
~iotic JI-20A, l-N-ethyl~5-epi-Antibiotic JI-20B.
- .
C. In the procedure of Exam~les 13q~ and B by substi- -
tuting for acetaldehyde equivalent quantities o~ other .
aldehydes, e.g. propena~, butanal and fi-acetamidobutanal,
~o there are obtained the corresponding l-N-propyl, l~N-
butyl and l-N-~ -acet2midobutyl derivatives o the 5-
epiamin~glycosides~. 5-epi~amino-5-deoxy- and 5-epi-
azido-5-deoxy aminoglycoside~ listed therein. Treat-
ment of the l~N-( ~ -acetamidobutyl) derivatives with
base yields the corresponding 1~ aminobuty~ deriva-
tives.
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A, ? ', 3 ~ 6 ' ~rri ~-~u~oxycarbon~l -3 " v4" ~, Q-carbon~
epiver~damici,n
- Dissolve 25. 5 gm o~ 5-epiverdamicin and 13 gm o:i~ sodium
~ carbonate in 625 ml of distilled water. Add 100 ml o~
car~sbe~zo~ychloride to the stirred solution at 25C
and stir the mix~ure for sixteen hours. Filter of~ the
soli~, w~sh thoroughly with water, d~y in vacuo,, and
then w~sh with hexane to o~tain pentai~car~obenzox~-5-
1~ epiveraamicin as à colorless amorphous solidDis-
solve 51 gm thexe~f in 50 ml o~ dimethylformamide, add
: 250 mg of sodiu~h~ide to the s~irred solutàon, and
stir the reac~ion mixt~re-under argon at xoom temperatuxe
~ ~or t~o hours. Filter and aad glacial acetic acia
15~ ~2ml) to the filtrate which i5 then concentrat~d in
acuo. Ext~act-the residue with chloroorm (200 ml,
previously passad through ~a~ic alum~na), Wa5~ thQ
extract:with water and ~ over sodiumsulfate. The
solution is evaporated to give ~etraiN-carbobenzoxy~ -
3" ,4"i~,Q-carbonyl--5--epiverdamicin as an amorphous
powder.
: . .
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To a . -. solution of 1,3,~',6'-tetra~ enzyloxy~ ..
carbonyl 3",4"~jO-carbonyl-5-epive~damicin (10.2 gm).
in tetrahy~rofuran ~00 ml) add 1 litr~ o~ liquia ammoni~
(redistilled fr~m sodium). To the stirred solution
add 6 gm o~ sodium in small pieces~ After stixring
for 3 hours de-~troy the excess sodium by addition of
ammonium chlorideO Allow the solvents to evaporate
under a stream of ni~rogen. Dissolve the residue in
water and pass through a medium of Amberlite IRC-50
resin (E~ form) and wQsh the resin well with wat~r-
then elute the product with 2N ammonium hydroxide
solution. Evaporate the ammonia elua~e in vacuo to
gi~e 3",4"-~,0-carbonyl-5-epiverdamicin.
' ' '
Dissolve 3"~ ,0-carbo~yl-5-~pivexdamicin ~1~4 gm) in
10 ml of 5~/~ a~ueous me~hanol ~ontaining triethylamin~
(3.5 mmole~)c With sti~ri~g~ ad~ t~bu~oxycarbonyl
azide (3.5 mmoles) dropwise. Stir the mixture for tw~
days at ra~m tempera~ure. Add 5 ml of AmberLite. IRA-i.
401S (0~ ) ion exchange resin along with 5 ml methanol
and stir for 1/2 hours. ~emove the resin by filtra-
tion and wash with methanol. Concentrate the *iltra~e
and chromatograph the residue on a col~mn of silica
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104l302~)
gel (60-1~0 mesh, 2000 gm) using chloro~orm:methanol:am-
monium hydroxide ~30:10:0.4) as the solvent sy3tem.
..- Pool the homoyen~ou~ ~ractions containing the title.
material ana remove the solvent.by evaporation in vacuo
Dissolve the residue in methanol and precipita~e wi~h
excess ether. Isolate the solid produc~:hy filtration
,
and dry.
B. ~ 2~0~=~=5S~Y~ 5l~
(1) Dissolve 3',4"~N9~-carbonyl-2',3,6'-tri~N~t~butox~-
10 carbonyl-5-epiverdamicLn.(0.77 gm) in te~rahydrofuran
(20 ml) and cool in an ice~bath. Add ethyl fluoro- .
. sulphonate (0.14 gm) and allow to warm tc room temper-
- ature. R~move the solvent and dissolve the residue in
tri~luoroacetic acid. After :Eive minutes at ro~m
temperature remove the triEluoroacetic acid in vacuo
and treat the residue with lO~o potassium hydroxide
solution at 100 & ~or 5 hours.
.
Pass the cooled solution down a colu~n o~ Amberli~e
I~C-50 (~+) ion-exchange re~in and elut~ with 2~
aqueous ammonium hydroxi~e. Concen~rate~the eluant
.
and lyophilize to obtaIn the crude title product-..
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, .~'~ ,

- lQ4~ ZO
Chro~a~ograph the crude ma~erial on silica gel in the
low~r phase o~ a chloroform:~ethanol:7% ammonium hy-
~roxiae (2~1:1) solv~nt mixture to o~tain l-~-ethyl-
5~epiv~rdamicin.
(2) Trea~ 2~3~6~-rriiN-t~bu~oxycarbon~l-3~4~-E~o-
carbonyl-S-epi~erdamicin (0.77 g~) in T~E (25 ml) wq~h
,~- m~hyla~ine (lOl ~g) and tri1uoromethylsulphonic an-
hyaride ~290mg) at 0 C for l8 hour-~. Reduce the
solution to ~r~nes~ an~ dissolve the residue in DMF
. ~10 ml) and sti~ with ethyl iodide (330 mg) and potassium
car~onate (130 mg) for a fur~her 18 hours. Remove th~
solvent by evaporation and treat the residue with 10%
aqueou pota~siu~ hydroxide at 100 C for 1~ hou~s~ Pass
the caoled ~olu~ion through a column of Am~erlite IRC So
(~ ) ion exchange resin. The crude produc is elute~ -
with 2 ~ aqueous ammonium h~roxide. ~he comb~ned
; eluant is reduced to dr~nes~ in vacuo and the residue
chr~matograph~d on silica gel (200 gm) in the low~r phas~
o~ a chlorofon~:me~hanol:7~0 ammonium hydroxide (2
solvent syste~ to give 1-~-ethyl-5-epiverdamicin.
(3) Dissolve 2',3,6'JTri-_-t-butox~car~onyl-3",4"~,0-
carbonyl-5~epiverdamicin (0.77 gm) in dichlor~methane
tlOO ml) with acrylonitrile to.24 gm) and leave at roam
temperatu~e ~or 24 hoursO Remove the solvent in vacuo
.
to leave a residue which is aissolYed in dImethylforma~ide
and treat with e~hyl iodid t2~0 mg) at 50C for 12 hour~
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. ~4802~
Remove the solven~, and treat the residua with lO~o
aqueous potassium hydroxide at 100 fo~ 8 hours. The
cooled solution is pas3ed down a column o~ Amberlite
IRC-50 (~ 3 ion exchange resin and th~ crude product is
eluted with 2~ aqueous ammonium hy*roxide~ The combined
eluant is reduced to a~yne_s Ln vac~o ana ~he re.Qidue
~hromatographed on siIica ge} (200 gm) in the lower phaso
o~ a chlorofo~:~e~hanol:7% ammonium ~ydroxide (2 1 1?
solvent system to give l~W-ethyl-5-epiveraamicin.
'10 EX~MP~E. 15
rc~h
A. 5ulfate Salts (sulfuric acid addition salts)
.
: Dissolve 5.0 gm of 5-epigenta~cin Cl or 5-epi-amino
5Ddeoxygentamici~ Cl in 25 ml o~ water and adjus~ the
i5 p~ o~ the solu~ion to 4.5 wi~h 1 N~sul~uric acid~ -
Pour Lnto about 300 ml o~ methanol w~th ~igorou~ agita- -
tion, contin~e the agitation ~ox about 10-20 minutes
and filter. Wash the precipitate with me~hanol and
dry at about 60 & in vacuo to obtain 5-epigen~amicin C
. 20 sul~ate or 5-epi~amino-5-deoxygen~amicin Cl sulfate.
.
B. Hydrochloride Salts
Dissolve 5.0 gm of 5-epigentamicin Cla or S~epi~nino-
5-deox~gentamicin Cla in 25 ml of water. Aciaify with
2 N hyarochloric acid to p~ 5. Lyophilize to obtain 5-
epigentamicin Cla hydrochloride or 5-epi-amino-5_deoxy-
gentamicin Cla hydrochloride~
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~he compound~ o~ this invention and the non-~oxic,
pharmaceutically acceptable acid addi~ion salts there-
of are broad spectrum antibacterial agents which,
advantageously, exhibit activity against many organisms
~ which are resistant to their 5~hydrox~ precursors~
Thus, the compounds o~ this invention can be used
alone or in combination with other antibiotic agents
to prevent the growth or reduce the nu~ber o~ bacteria
in various environments. They may be used, for
example, to disin~ect laboratory glassware, dental
and medical equipment contaminated with 93~.~Y~a~3y~
aureus or other ~acteria inhibitcd by the aminoglyco
sides o~ this invention. The activit~ of the compounds
of this invention against gram negative bacteria renders
~ them useful for combating in~ections caused by gram
negative organisms, e.g. species o~ Proteus and
PseudomonasO The compounds, e~g. 5-epi-azido- or
.
5-~pi-amino-S-deoxysisomicin, 5-epi-azido- or 5-epi-
amino-S-deoxyverdamicin, 5-epigentamicin Cl and S-epi-
gentamicin Cla have veterinary applications~particularlyin the treatment of mastitis in cattle an~ Salmonella
induced diarrhea in domestic animals such as the dog
and the cat.
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~04~
The improved spectrum o the compounds o~ this invention
consists o~ enhanced potency against many or~anisms
resistant to the parent campound~ Thus, ~or example,
compounds o~ this invention, e.g. 5-epi-4-0-~inoglyco-
syl-6-0-garosaminyl-2-deoxystrepamines, or 5-~pi~amino-
4~0-aminoglycosyl-6-0-garosaminyl-2,5 dideoxystreptamines~
are more active against many organisms which inactivate
the paren~ antibiotics by acetylation of the 3-amino
group and/or by adenylylation o~ the 2"-hydroxyl group.
Of these, some also exhibit anti-proto20al, anti-amoebic
and anthe~mintic properties~ The l~-alkyl derivatives
o~ this invention, particularly the l-~-ethyl-S-epi-
4-O~aminogly~osyl-6~0-garosaminyl-2-deoxystreptamines
and the l-~-ethyl-S-epi~amino-4-O_amin~lycosyl-6-o-
garosami~yl-2,5-dideoxystreptamines also exhibit Im--
pro~ed spectru~against Pseuaamonas as compared to their
l-~-unsubstituted precursors having the normal con~ig-
~uration at ~-5.
- ' : - ' ,
Particularly valuable ~ompounds o~ this invention are
S-epi~4-O-aminoglycosyl-6-_-garosaminyl-2-deoxys~re~pta-
mines, particularl~ the S-epi- derivatives o~ gentami-
cin Cl, gentamicin Cla, gentamicin C2, gentamicin C2a,
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gentamicin C2b, verdamicin, Antibiotic G-52, and Antibiotic
66-40D; and 5-epi_amino-and 5-epi-azido-4-_-aminoglycosyl-
` 6-0-garosaminyl-2,5-dideoxystreptamines, particularly the
derivati~es o ~entamicin Cl7 gentamicin Cla, gentamicin
C2~ gentamicin ~2ar gentamicin C2b, sisomicin, verdamici~,
Antibiotic G-52 and An~ibiotic 66-40D. These compounds
are broad spectrum antibacterial agents, being active
against gram positive bac~eria (e.g StaPh~lococcuQ 3~
and gram negative bacteria (e~g. ~39~e ~ .coli~and
: 10 Pseudomonas aeruqinosa)as determined ~y standard ~ilution
tests, including bacteria resistant to the paren~ compounds~
Additionally, the 1~ ethyl derivatives of the foregoing
amînoglycosides possess im~roved potency against Pseudomonas
, . .. . .
~n general, the dosage administered o the derivatives o~
the 4,6-di-0~-taminoglyc.~syl)-2.-deoxystreptamines will be
dependent upon the age and weight of the animal species
being treated, the mode of administration, and the t~pe
and severity o~ bacterial infection ~aing prevented or re-
auced. In general~ the dosage of the derivati~es o~ the
4,6-di-0-~aminoglycosyl)-2~deox~streptamines employed to
combat a given bacterial infection will be similar to the
dosage requirements of the corresponding 4~6-di-o-(amin
glycosyl)-2-desxystreptamines.
., ' . .
The derivatives o~ the 4,6-di-0-~aminoglycosyl)-2-deox~-
streptamines and the pharmaceutically acceptable acid
addition salts thereo~ may be a & inistered orally. The~
~ .. . . . . . . .... .. . . . . .. . . ..
may also be applied topically in the ~orm o~ ointments,
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both hydrophilic and hydrophobic, in the form of lotions
which may be aqueous, non-aqueous or of the emulsion t~pe
or in the ~orm o~ creams~ Pharmaceutical carriers useful
in the preparation of-such formulations will include, for -
example, such substances as water, oils, greases, poly-
esters, polyols and the like. - --
For oral a&~inistration the compounds of this invention
may be c~mpounded in the form o~ tablets, capsules, elixi~s
or the like or may even be admixed with animal ~eed. It
is in these dosage forms that the antibacteriaIs are mos~
effective for treating bacterial infections of the gastro-
intestinal tract, which in~ections cause diarrhea.
~,, . , . ~ .
In genaral~ the topical preparations will contain ~rom
about 0.1 to about 3.0 gms. of active ~ redient per 100 gms.
of ointment, creams or lotio~. ~he topical preparations
are usually applied gently to lesions ~om a~out 2 tQ about
5 times a day.
~ .
The antibacterials o this invention ma~ be utilized in
li~uid fonm such as solutions, suspensions and the like
20~ for otic and optic use and may also be administered parent-
erally via intramuscular injection. The injectable solu~-
ion or 6uspension will usually be a~miniskered at ~rom
about 1 m~. to about 10 mgs. of antibacterial per kilogra~
of body wei~ht per day divided into about 2 to about 4
doses. The precise dose depends on the stage and severit~
of the infection, the susceptibilit~ of the infecting
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organism ko the antibactarial and the individual charac~
teristics o~ the animal species being treated.
~he following formulations are to exempli~ some of the
aosage fonm~ in which ~he antibacterial agents o~ this
inven~ion may be employed:
. . Formulàtion 1,
Tablet. 10 mq.Tab~ 2S m~.Tab.~ 100 ~T~b~
5-epigentamicin Cl: 10.5* mg.26.25* mg.105.0* mg.
~ Lac~ose, ~mpalpable197.50 mg~ 171~25 mg~ 126.00 ms.
powder
Corn Starch25.00 mg.~25.00 mg. 35.00 mg.
Polyvinylpyrrolidon~ 7.50 mg. 7.50 ~g. 7~50 mg.
: Magnesium Stearate 2.50 mg. 2.5Q mgO 3.50 mg.
*5% excess ~ : .
15. In the above fonmulation the active ingredient may ~e re-
placed hy the same amount of S-epi-amino-5-deoxygen~amicin
la'
:
Procedure
Prepare a slurry consisting of the 5-epigentamicin Cl (or
5-epi_amino-5-deoxysentamicin Cla) lactose and polyviny~- -
p~rrolidone~ Spray dry the slurry~ Add the corn starch.
and magnesium s~earate. Mix and compress into tablets,
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Formulation 2
Ointment
5-eplgentamicin Cla 1.9 gm
Methylparaben U.S.P, O.S gm
Propyl paraben U.. S,P. 0.1 ~tm
Petrolatum to 1000 gm
.
Pxoceaure . :
(1) ~elt the petrolatumO
(2) Mix the 5-epigentamicin Cla, methylparaben and propyl-
. 10 . paraben with about 1~/~ o~ the molten pe~rolatum, -
(3) Pass the mixture through a colloid mill~ .
(4) Ada the remainder o~ the petrolatum with agitation and
cool the mixture until it becomes semi-solid. A~
this stage the proauct may be put into suitable con-
lS tainers.
.
Ointments of other compounds of this invention are pr~-
pared by substi utLng an equivalant quantity o such
compoundO e~g. 5-epi~azido-5-deoxygentamicin Cla,~or
5-epigentamicin Cla in the ~oregoing example
and by following substantially the procedure o the
exampleO
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Formulation 3
!3~3_ a~LlY~ Per 2,.o ml.,vial Per 50 Liters
5-epigentamicin Cl sulfate 84 * mgs 2100* gms
Methylparab~n, U.S.P.3.6 mgs. 90.0 gm5
Propyl paraben, U.S.P.094 mgs10.0 gm5
Sodium bi~ul~ite, U.S.P.6~4 mg~16000 gms
Disodium Ethylenediamine
tetraacetate dihydrate, R~a. 0.2 mgs - 5,0 gms
Water~ U.S~P. q~s. ~ 2.0 ml50.0 ~it~r
* Includes a 5% manu~acturing overcharge
Procedure: For a 50 0 liter batch
Charge approximately-3~ liters of wQter for injection to a
: :- suitable stainless steel jacke~ed vessel and heat to about
70 &. Charge the methyl paraben and propyl paraben to
. the heated water for injection and dissolve wi~h agitation,
When the para~ens are completely dissolved, cool the con
tents of the tank to 25-30C by circulatin~ cold wa~er
through the tank jacket. Sparge tha solution with nitro
; . gen gas for at least 10 mi~ute~ and keep covered with
nitrogen during subsequent processing. Charge and dis-
solve the disodium EDTA and sodium bi5ulfite. Charge and
dissolve the 5-epigentamicin Cl sulfate. Bring the
batch volume up to 50.0 liters wikh water for in~ec~ion
- and agitate until homogeneous.
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Under sterile conditions~ filter the solution through a .
suitable bacteria retentive ~ilter collecting the filtrate
in a filling tank~
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Fill the filtrate aseptîcally into sterile pyrogen-free
multiple dose vials, stopper and seal.
In like manner, injectable solutions o other compounds
o~ this inventi~n and especially acid addi~ion salts of
such compounds may be prepared by substituting an equiva-~
lent quantity o~.such compounds, e.g. 5-epi-amino-5-deoxyr-
gentamicin Cla sulfate, for 5-epigentamicLn Cla sul~a~e .
- and by following the procedure set forth above.
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