Water → Methyl[(naphthalen-2-yl)methyl]amine

HRID 225882

Reaction equation

HRID 225882 reaction equation
[CH3:1][NH2:2].O.Br[CH2:5][C:6]1[CH:15]=[CH:14][C:13]2[C:8](=[CH:9][CH:10]=[CH:11][CH:12]=2)[CH:7]=1>C1COCC1>[CH3:1][NH:2][CH2:5][C:6]1[CH:15]=[CH:14][C:13]2[C:8](=[CH:9][CH:10]=[CH:11][CH:12]=2)[CH:7]=1

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 962WaterHCID 6329MethylamineHCID 703202-Bromomethylnaphthalene

Product 1

HCID 541935Methyl[(naphthalen-2-yl)methyl]amineYield 54%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 8028TetrahydrofuranSolvent

Procedure

To a stirred solution of 40 wt % methylamine in H2O (50 mL, 581 mmole) in THF (50 mL) at 0° C. was added 2-(bromomethyl)naphthalene (10 g, 43 mmole) in one portion. The reaction was allowed to warm to RT and stirred for 16 hr, then was then concentrated under vacuum. The residue was taken up in Et2O and washed with 1.0 N NaOH then with brine, dried (Na2SO4), and concentrated to dryness. Purification by flash chromatography on silica gel (98:2 to 9:1 CHCl3/methanol containing 5% NH4OH) gave the tide compound (3.95 g, 54%) as a clear oil: 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.85 (m, 3 H), 7.79 (s, 1 H), 7.49 (m, 3 H), 3.94 (s, 2 H), 2.53 (s, 3 H).

Workup

  1. concentrationwas then concentrated under vacuum
  2. washwashed with 1.0 N NaOH
  3. dry with materialwith brine, dried (Na2SO4)
  4. concentrationconcentrated to dryness
  5. customPurification by flash chromatography on silica gel (98:2 to 9:1 CHCl3/methanol containing 5% NH4OH)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-4b4211a4ff314f0db042e5e2bdad6622
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2009_07
Patent number
US07557125B2

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