Method for producing a spirooxindole derivative

A method for hydrolyzing a compound or a salt thereof to produce a compound of formula (XV) or a salt thereof provided by condensing the compound of formula (XIV):

• or a salt thereof, with a compound represented by NHR22R23 to produce formula (XV) or a salt thereof:
• wherein
• R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-C6 alkylcarbonyl group optionally having 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from group A below, or a C1-C6 alkoxycarbonyl group optionally having 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from group A below,
• R2 represents a 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl group having, in the ring, 1 to 3 heteroatoms independently selected from the group consisting of a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom and a sulfur atom, a phenyl group, a C3-C6 cycloalkyl group, or a C3-C6 cycloalkenyl group, wherein
• the 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl group, the phenyl group, the C3-C6 cycloalkyl group, and the C3-C6 cycloalkenyl group each optionally have 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from the group consisting of a halogen atom, a vinyl group, an ethynyl group, a cyano group, a hydroxy group, an amino group, a carboxy group, an aminocarbonyl group, a C1-C6 alkyl group optionally having 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from group A below, a C3-C4 cycloalkyl group optionally having 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from group A below, a C1-C6 alkoxy group optionally having 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from group A below, a C3-C4 cycloalkoxy group optionally having 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from group A below, a C1-C6 alkylamino group optionally having 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from group A below, a di-C1-C6 alkylamino group optionally having 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from group A below, a 4- to 7-membered saturated heterocyclic group containing one nitrogen atom in the ring and optionally having 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from group B below, a C1-C6 alkoxycarbonyl group optionally having 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from group A below, a C3-C4 cycloalkoxycarbonyl group optionally having 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from group A below, a C1-C6 alkylaminocarbonyl group optionally having 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from group A below, and a C3-C4 cycloalkylaminocarbonyl group optionally having 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from group A below,
• R3 and R4 each independently represent a C1-C6 alkyl group optionally having 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from group C below, or R3 and R4 optionally together form a C4-C6 cycloalkyl ring, a tetrahydrofuran ring, a tetrahydropyran ring, or a piperidine ring, wherein
• the C4-C6 cycloalkyl ring, the tetrahydrofuran ring, the tetrahydropyran ring, and the piperidine ring each optionally have 1 to 8 substituents independently selected from a halogen atom and a C1-C6 alkyl group optionally having 1 to 3 halogen atoms;
• ring Z represents a benzene ring optionally having 1 to 4 substituents independently selected from a halogen atom, a hydroxy group, a vinyl group, an ethynyl group, a cyano group, a C1-C6 alkoxy group, an aminocarbonyl group, and a C1-C6 alkyl group optionally having 1 to 3 halogen atoms;
• a pyridine ring optionally having 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from a halogen atom, a hydroxy group, a vinyl group, an ethynyl group, a cyano group, a C1-C6 alkoxy group, an aminocarbonyl group, and a C1-C6 alkyl group optionally having 1 to 3 halogen atoms;
• or a pyrimidine ring optionally having 1 or 2 substituents independently selected from a halogen atom, a hydroxy group, a vinyl group, an ethynyl group, a cyano group, a C1-C6 alkoxy group, an aminocarbonyl group, and a C1-C6 alkyl group optionally having 1 to 3 halogen atoms;
• and
• R22 and R23 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a C1-C6 alkyl group optionally having 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from group I below, a C1-C6 alkylsulfonyl group optionally having 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from group I below, a C3-C6 cycloalkyl group optionally having 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from group I below, a 3- to 6-membered saturated heterocyclic group having, in the ring, one heteroatom independently selected from the group consisting of a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom and a sulfur atom and optionally having 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from group I below, a phenyl group optionally having 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from group I below, or a 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl group having, in the ring, 1 to 3 heteroatoms independently selected from the group consisting of a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom and a sulfur atom and optionally having 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from group I below, or R22 and R23 optionally together form a piperazine ring optionally having 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from group I below:
• group A:
• a halogen atom, a hydroxy group, a C1-C6 alkyl group, an amino group, and a phenyl group;
• group B:
• a C1-C6 alkyl group and a hydroxy group;
• group I:
• a halogen atom, a hydroxy group, an oxo group, a carboxy group, a formyl group, an amino group, an aminocarbonyl group, a cyano group, a C1-C6 alkylamino group, a C1-C6 alkylsulfonyl group, a C1-C6 alkylsulfonylamide group, a C1-C6 alkyl group optionally having 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from group J below, a C1-C6 alkoxy group optionally having 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from group J below, a C1-C6 alkylcarbonyl group optionally having 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from group J below, a C3-C6 cycloalkylcarbonyl group optionally having 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from group J below, a C4-C6 cycloalkyl group optionally having 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from group J below, a C1-C6 alkoxycarbonyl group optionally having 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from group J below, a piperidinyl group optionally having 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from group J below, a pyrrolidinyl group optionally having 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from group J below, a piperazinyl group optionally having 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from group J below, a phenyl group optionally having 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from group J below, a tetrazolyl group, an azetidinyl group optionally having 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from group J below, a morpholino group optionally having 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from group J below, a dihydropyrazolyl group optionally having 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from group J below, and an oxadiazolyl group;
• and
• group J:
• a halogen atom, a hydroxy group, an amino group, a carboxy group, an aminocarbonyl group, a phenyl group, a C1-C6 alkyl group, a C1-C6 alkylamino group, a di-C1-C6 alkylamino group, a C1-C6 alkylcarbonyl group, a C3-C6 cycloalkyl group, a C1-C6 alkylsulfonyl group, and a C1-C6 alkylsulfonylamide group.

A method for reacting a compound represented by formula (XVI):

• a compound represented by formula (XVII):
• and a compound represented b formula (XVIII):
• in a solvent using an asymmetric catalyst prepared from a Lewis acid selected from the group consisting of a Cu(I) Lewis acid and a Cu(II) Lewis acid and a chiral ligand selected from the following group:
• to stereoselectively produce a compound of formula (XIX) or a salt thereof:
• wherein
• M is N or CH;
• L is a single bond, an oxygen atom, CH2, or C(CH3)2;
• and
• R53 represents a C1-C6 alkyl group.

A method for reacting a compound represented by formula (XVI):

• and a compound represented by formula (XX):
• in a solvent using an asymmetric catalyst prepared from a Lewis acid selected from the group consisting of a Cu(I) Lewis acid and a Cu(II) Lewis acid and a chiral ligand selected from the following group:
• to stereoselectively produce a compound represented by formula (XIX) or a salt thereof:
• wherein
• M, L, and R53 are as defined in claim 19.