Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide → Methyl 4-(bromomethyl)-3-nitrobenzoate

HRID 390585

Reaction equation

HRID 390585 reaction equation
[CH:1]1(N=C=NC2CCCCC2)CCCCC1.[Br:16][CH2:17][C:18]1[CH:26]=[CH:25][C:21]([C:22]([OH:24])=[O:23])=[CH:20][C:19]=1[N+:27]([O-:29])=[O:28].CN(CC1C=CN=CC=1)C>ClCCl.ClCCl.CO>[CH3:1][O:23][C:22](=[O:24])[C:21]1[CH:25]=[CH:26][C:18]([CH2:17][Br:16])=[C:19]([N+:27]([O-:29])=[O:28])[CH:20]=1

Participants

6

Reactant 3

HCID 10868DicyclohexylcarbodiimideHCID 1323864-Bromomethyl-3-nitrobenzoic acidHCID 2649464-pyridinemethanamine, N,N-dimethyl-

Product 1

HCID 13399987Methyl 4-(bromomethyl)-3-nitrobenzoate

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 6344DichloromethaneSolventHCID 21226129Dichloromethane methanolSolvent

Procedure

A solution of dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCC, 0.95 g, 4.61 mmol, 1.2 equiv) in 10 mL of dichloromethane (DCM) was added dropwise to a stirred mixture of 4-bromomethyl-3-nitro-benzoic acid 1 (1.0 g, 3.84 mmol, 1.0 equiv) and 4-dimethylaminomethyl pyridine (DMAP) (0.020 g, 0.19 mmol, 0.05 equiv) in 10 mL of dichloromethane-methanol (10%) at room temperature. The mixture was stirred for 6 hours to obtain 4-bromomethyl-3-nitro-benzoic acid methyl ester 2. Dicyclohexyl urea (DCU) thus obtained was removed by filtration and the solvent in the filtered solution was removed under vacuum. The residue was purified by column chromatography using hexane-ethyl acetate (15%) as an eluant to give ester 2 as a light yellow oil.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-ed0281c5bc0e43838b727eaf5f033ed9
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2013_02
Patent number
US08383662B2

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