Tris(hydroxymethyl)nitromethane → 3-Hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-2-nitropropyl (2S)-2-(6-methoxy(2-naphthyl))propanoate

HRID 1374055

Reaction equation

HRID 1374055 reaction equation
[CH3:1][O:2][C:3]1[CH:4]=[C:5]2[C:10](=[CH:11][CH:12]=1)[CH:9]=[C:8]([C@H:13]([CH3:17])[C:14]([OH:16])=[O:15])[CH:7]=[CH:6]2.[OH:18][CH2:19][C:20]([N+:25]([O-:27])=[O:26])([CH2:23]O)[CH2:21][OH:22].Cl.CN(C)CCCN=C=NCC.N(C(C)C)(C(C)C)CC>CC(C)=O>[CH3:1][O:2][C:3]1[CH:4]=[C:5]2[C:10](=[CH:11][CH:12]=1)[CH:9]=[C:8]([C@H:13]([CH3:17])[C:14]([O:16][CH2:23][C:20]([CH2:21][OH:22])([N+:25]([O-:27])=[O:26])[CH2:19][OH:18])=[O:15])[CH:7]=[CH:6]2

Participants

6

Reactant 4

HCID 31337Tris(hydroxymethyl)nitromethaneHCID 81531DiisopropylethylamineHCID 156391NaproxenHCID 27239391,3-Propanediamine, N'-(ethylcarbonimidoyl)-N,N-dimethyl-, monohydrochloride

Product 1

HCID 210759623-Hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-2-nitropropyl (2S)-2-(6-methoxy(2-naphthyl))propanoateYield 39%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 180AcetoneSolvent

Procedure

A solution of (2S)-2-(6-methoxy(2-naphthyl))propanoic acid (naproxen, 4.27 g, 18.5 mmol), 2-hydroxymethyl-2-nitro-1,3-propanediol (2.89 g, 19.1 mmol), N,N-dimethylaminopyridine (DMAP, 0.88 g, 7.2 mmol), 1-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-3-ethylcarbodiimide hydrochloride (4.86 g, 25.4 mmol) and NEt(i-Pr)2 (11 mL, 63.2 mmol) in acetone (100 mL) was stirred at ambient temperature overnight. The reaction mixture was evaporated to dryness and the residue was partitioned between 3N HCl (100 mL) and CH2Cl2 (200 mL×2). The combined organic layer was back washed with water and brine, dried over Na2SO4, filtered, concentrated and dried under vacuum. The product was separated by silica gel column chromatography eluting with ethyl acetate/hexane (gradient from 1:2 to 1:1, Rf=0.1 in 1:2) to give the title compound as a white solid (2.48 g, 39% yield). Mp 124–126° C. 1H NMR (300 MHz, 10% CD3OD/CDCl3) δ 7.73–7.64 (m, 3H), 7.37–7.33 (m, 1H), 7.17–7.12 (m, 2H), 4.44 (d, J=2.6 Hz, 2H), 3.92 (s, 3H), 3.9–3.7 (m, 5H), 3.4 (br, 2H), 1.58 (d, J=7.2 Hz, 3H). 13C NMR (75 MHz, 10% CD3OD/CDCl3) δ 174.1, 157.4, 134.5, 133.5, 129.0, 128.6, 127.0, 125.7, 118.8, 105.4, 92.4, 61.2, 60.1, 55.0, 45.0, 17.7.

Workup

  1. customThe reaction mixture was evaporated to dryness
  2. customthe residue was partitioned between 3N HCl (100 mL) and CH2Cl2 (200 mL×2)
  3. washThe combined organic layer was back washed with water and brine
  4. dry with materialdried over Na2SO4
  5. filtrationfiltered
  6. concentrationconcentrated
  7. customdried under vacuum
  8. customThe product was separated by silica gel column chromatography
  9. washeluting with ethyl acetate/hexane (gradient from 1:2 to 1:1, Rf=0.1 in 1:2)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-367b661de45646ceab0255cfa15f9a93
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2007_01
Patent number
US07163958B2

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