Cyclopentanol → cyclopentyl (S)-8-chloro-11,12,13,13a-tetrahydro-9-oxo-9H-imidazo[1,5-a]pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzodiazepine-1-carboxylate

Reaction equation

[Cl:1][C:2]1[C:7]2[C:8](=[O:24])[N:9]3[CH2:23][CH2:22][CH2:21][C@H:10]3[C:11]3[N:12]([CH:13]=[N:14][C:15]=3[C:16]([O:18][CH2:19][CH3:20])=[O:17])[C:6]=2[CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.[C-]#N.[K+].[CH:28]1(O)[CH2:32]CC[CH2:29]1>>[Cl:1][C:2]1[C:7]2[C:8](=[O:24])[N:9]3[CH2:23][CH2:22][CH2:21][C@H:10]3[C:11]3[N:12]([CH:13]=[N:14][C:15]=3[C:16]([O:18][CH:19]3[CH2:32][CH2:28][CH2:29][CH2:20]3)=[O:17])[C:6]=2[CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1

Participants

Reactant 3

HCID 7298Cyclopentanol

HCID 9032Potassium Cyanide

HCID 53890667ethyl (S)-8-chloro-11,12,13,13a-tetrahydro-9-oxo-9H-imidazo[1,5-a]pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]-benzodiazepine-1-carboxylate

Product 1

HCID 54221556cyclopentyl (S)-8-chloro-11,12,13,13a-tetrahydro-9-oxo-9H-imidazo[1,5-a]pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzodiazepine-1-carboxylate

Procedure

3.45 g (10 mmol) of ethyl (S)-8-chloro-11,12,13,13a-tetrahydro-9-oxo-9H-imidazo[1,5-a]pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzodiazepine-1-carboxylate and 70 mg of powdered potassium cyanide in 10 ml of cyclopentanol are stirred at the boiling point overnight, the excess cyclopentanol is removed in vacuo, the residue is taken up in chloroform, filtered and evaporated. By recrystallization from ethyl acetate/hexane there is obtained cyclopentyl (S)-8-chloro-11,12,13,13a-tetrahydro-9-oxo-9H-imidazo[1,5-a]pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzodiazepine-1-carboxylate of melting point 210.5°-212°.