Chlorodifluoromethane → 4-(Difluoromethoxy)-1-piperidinecarboxaldehyde

4-hydroxypiperidine-1-carbaldehyde (10.8 g, 83.62 mmol) was dissolved in tetrahydrofuran (150 mL). To this was added sodium hydride (5.22 g, 108.70 mmol) and the reaction was stirred for 30 minutes. 15-crown-5 (9.21 g, 41.81 mmol) was added and the reaction was stirred for a further 30 minutes before the slow addition of chlorodifluoromethane (8.68 g, 100.34 mmol), after the addition the reaction was stirred for 30 minutes. The reaction mixture was quenched with saturated brine (75 mL), extracted with diethyl ether (3×100 mL), the organic layer was dried over MgSO4, filtered and evaporated to afford a yellow liquid. The crude product was purified by distillation at 0.8 mBar, collecting fractions that distilled at 80° C. to afford the desired material as a colourless liquid (2.70 g, 18.02%); 1H NMR (400.132 MHz, CDCl3) δ 1.93-1.70 (4H, m), 3.32-3.26 (1H, m), 3.60-3.47 (2H, m), 3.74-3.67 (1H, m), 4.50 (1H, septet), 6.28 (1H, t), 8.03 (1H, s).

1. additionafter the addition the reaction
2. stirringwas stirred for 30 minutes
3. customThe reaction mixture was quenched with saturated brine (75 mL)
4. extractionextracted with diethyl ether (3×100 mL)
5. dry with materialthe organic layer was dried over MgSO4
6. filtrationfiltered
7. customevaporated
8. customto afford a yellow liquid
9. distillationThe crude product was purified by distillation at 0.8 mBar
10. customcollecting fractions
11. distillationthat distilled at 80° C.

ORD record

ord-c4e966c67cc447f8acd2d00cac0a407e

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2012_03

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US08129380B2