o-Phenylenebis(dimethylsilane) → Methyl 4-((dimethylamino)methyl)benzoate
Reaction equation
C[SiH](C)C1C=CC=CC=1[SiH](C)C.[CH3:13][N:14]([CH3:27])[C:15](=O)[C:16]1[CH:21]=[CH:20][C:19]([C:22]([O:24][CH3:25])=[O:23])=[CH:18][CH:17]=1>C1(C)C=CC=CC=1>[CH3:27][N:14]([CH2:15][C:16]1[CH:21]=[CH:20][C:19]([C:22]([O:24][CH3:25])=[O:23])=[CH:18][CH:17]=1)[CH3:13]Participants
4
Reactant 2
Product 1
Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1
Conditions
- Temperature
- 100 °C
Procedure
A 20-mL eggplant flask equipped with a three-way cock and a magnetic stirrer was heat dried while pumping to a vacuum of 5 Pa before its interior was purged with argon atmosphere. Into the flask, iron complex A (1.0 mg, 0.002 mmol) was admitted as catalyst and dissolved in toluene (0.5 mL). To the solution, 1,2-bis(dimethylsilyl)benzene (475 μL) was added through a syringe, and N,N-dimethyl-4-methoxycarbonylbenzamide (207 mg, 1.0 mmol) was added. The solution was stirred at 100° C. for 30 minutes. Toluene was distilled off in vacuum. The crude product was purified by silica gel-packed column chromatography using hexane/ethyl acetate (10/1) as developing solvent, obtaining N,N-dimethyl-4-methoxycarbonylbenzylamine (162 mg, 0.84 mmol, 84%). The results are shown as Entry 3 in Table 5. The resulting amine was identified for geometry by 1H and 13C-NMR spectroscopy and IR spectroscopy.