Inventors:
Edward W. Petrillo - Pennington NJ
Donald S. Karanewsky - East Windsor NJ
John K. Thottathil - Lawrenceville NJ
James E. Heikes - East Windsor NJ
John A. Grosso - Princeton Junction NJ
Assignee:
E. R. Squibb & Sons, Inc. - Princeton NJ
International Classification:
C07F 932
Abstract:
A method is provided for preparing phosphinic acid compounds, which are useful in preparing certain angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, which have the formula ##STR1## wherein R. sub. 1 is lower alkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, cycloalkyl or cycloalkylalkyl;
R. sub. 2 is hydrogen, lower alkyl or arylalkyl;
X is hydrogen, lower alkyl or phenyl;
Y is hydrogen, lower alkyl, phenyl or alkoxy, or together X and Y are --(CH. sub. 2). sub. 2 --, --(CH. sub. 2). sub. 3 --, --CH. dbd. CH--, or ##STR2## and n is 0 or 1
including salts thereof and stereoisomers thereof, which method includes the steps of reacting a phosphinic acid ester of the structure ##STR3## wherein R. sub. 3 is a group removable by hydrogenolysis such as benzyl or substituted benzyl, with a halo ester of the structure ##STR4## in the presence of an organic base to form a phosphinic acid ester of the structure ##STR5## hydrogenating the above ester to form a diastereomic mixture of a phosphinic acid of the structure ##STR6## recrystallizing to recover the preferred racemic mixture and resolving same employing a resolving agent, preferably L-cinchonidine, to form the corresponding resolved salt which may be acidified to the corresponding acid. In addition, novel intermediates which are acids and salts as described above are also provided.