2-Mercaptoethanol → 2-[(2-Pyridin-4-ylethyl)thio]ethanol

Under a nitrogen atmosphere, sodium methoxide (1.62 g., 0.03 mole) was dissolved in 36 ml. of stirring absolute ethanol and the solution cooled in an ice bath. 2-Mercaptoethanol (2.34 g., 0.03 mole) in 6 ml. of absolute ethanol was added over approximately 5 minutes. Finally, 4-vinylpyridine (3.22 g., 0.03 mole) in approximately 20 ml. of absolute ethanol was added over 15 minutes. The reaction mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature and stirred for 23 hours. The reaction mixture was concentrated to a thick oil (7.28 g.). The oil was diluted with a small amount of chloroform (a strong exotherm occurred, leading to refluxing of the chloroform) and chromatographed on silica gel, with large volumes of chloroform and finally chloroform/1% methanol as eluant. Product containing fractions (from the latter eluant) were combined and evaporated to yield the free base of 4-[2-(2-hydroxyethylthio)ethyl]pyridine [2.49 g.; oil; m/e calcd.: 183, found: 183; ir (film): 3.10, 3.45, 3.52, 6.23, 7.07, 9.40, 9.57, 9.98 and 12.44μ; pnmr/CDCl3 /TMS/δ: 8.53 (m, 2H), 7.17 (m, 2H), 3.77 (t, 2H), 3.57 (s, 1H, exchanges with D2O), 2.85 (m, 4H) and 2.73 ppm (t, 2H)].

1. temperaturethe solution cooled in an ice bath
2. concentrationThe reaction mixture was concentrated to a thick oil (7.28 g.)
3. additionThe oil was diluted with a small amount of chloroform (a strong exotherm
4. temperatureto refluxing of the chloroform) and
5. customchromatographed on silica gel, with large volumes of chloroform and finally chloroform/1% methanol as eluant
6. additionProduct containing fractions (from the latter eluant)
7. customevaporated

ORD record

ord-13b70061753f4a89be0102c5618fb7c9

Source dataset

uspto-grants-1981_01

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US04246263