Optically active isocarbostyril derivatives and a method of preparing

Abstract

Four different optical isomers of a new compound, 1-[2'-(o-methoxyphenoxy)-1'-methylethylamino]-3-(4'-isocarbostyriloxy)-2-p ropanol are now provided as new substances. These four optical isomers are now named as (2R, 1'S)-1-[2'-(o-methoxyphenoxy)-1'-methylethylamino]-3-(4'-isocarbostyriloxy )-2-propanol, (2S, 1'S)-1-[2'-(o-methoxyphenoxy)-1'-methylethylamino]-3-(4'-isocarbostyriloxy )-2-propanol, (2S, 1'R)-1-[2'-(o-methoxyphenoxy)-1'-methylethylamino]-3-(4'-isocarbostyriloxy )-2-propanol, and (2R, 1'R)-1-[2'-(o-methoxyphenoxy)-1'-methylethylamino]-3-(4'-isocarbostyriloxy )-2-propanol, respectively. These four optical isomers have different activities for their .beta.-adrenergic-blocking effect and .alpha.-adrenergic-blocking effect and are useful as valuable agents for therapeutic treatment of various cardiovascular diseases, as compared to an optically inactive racemic mixture of said isomer compounds. These four optical isomers may be produced and isolated from each other by chromatographing (1'S)- or (1'R)-N-[2'-(o-methoxyphenoxy)-1'-methylethyl]-5-(4'-isocarbostyriloxymeth yl)-2-oxazolidones to isolate either its (5R, 1'S)-isomer and its (5S, 1'S)-isomer, or its (5S, 1'R)-isomer and its (5R, 1'R)-isomer therefrom separately and then hydrolyzing each of these isolated isomers under alkaline conditions to obtain separately (2R, 1'S)-, (2S, 1'S)-, (2S, 1'R)- and (2R, 1'R)-1-[2'-(o-methoxyphenoxy)-1'-methylethylamino]-3-(4'-isocarbostyriloxy )-2-propanols.