Acetamidomalonic acid diethyl ester → Diethyl acetamido[(pyridin-3-yl)methyl]propanedioate

HRID 411263

Reaction equation

HRID 411263 reaction equation
[Na].[C:2]([NH:5][CH:6]([C:12]([O:14][CH2:15][CH3:16])=[O:13])[C:7]([O:9][CH2:10][CH3:11])=[O:8])(=[O:4])[CH3:3].Cl.[N:18]1[CH:23]=[CH:22][CH:21]=[C:20]([CH2:24]Cl)[CH:19]=1>CCO>[N:18]1[CH:23]=[CH:22][CH:21]=[C:20]([CH2:24][C:6]([NH:5][C:2](=[O:4])[CH3:3])([C:12]([O:14][CH2:15][CH3:16])=[O:13])[C:7]([O:9][CH2:10][CH3:11])=[O:8])[CH:19]=1

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 14041Acetamidomalonic acid diethyl esterHCID 233943-(Chloromethyl)pyridine hydrochlorideHCID 5360545Sodium

Product 1

HCID 13817914Diethyl acetamido[(pyridin-3-yl)methyl]propanedioateYield 30.2%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 702EthanolSolvent

Procedure

Sodium metal (1.40 g, 61 mmol) was dissolved in EtOH (100 mL) containing diethyl acetamidomalonate (6.62 g, 30.5 mmol) and 3-picolyl chloride hydrochloride (5.00 g, 30.5 mmol) were added. The mixture was heated to reflux for 6 hr, and then cooled and filtered to remove NaCl (washed with EtOH). The solvent was removed in vacuo and the mixture was taken up into saturated aqueous NaHCO3 (100 mL) and extracted with EtOAc (3×100 mL). The solvent was removed and the residue purified by silica gel flash chromatography (95:5 CH2Cl2/MeOH) to give diethyl 2-(3-pyridylmethyl)-2-acetamidomalonate (2.84 g, 30%). Diethyl 2-(3-pyridylmethyl)-2-acetamidomalonate was dissolved in 6N HCl (30 mL) and heated to reflux for 19 hr whereupon it was cooled to room temperature and the HCl solution was removed by evaporation in vacuo. The intermediate amino acid dihydrochloride salt was taken up into MeOH (30 mL) saturated with HCl gas and stirred for 3.5 hr. The MeOH/HCl was removed by evaporation in vacuo to give β-(3-pyridyl)alanine methyl ester dihydrochloride (2.235 g, 100%).

Workup

  1. additionwere added
  2. temperatureThe mixture was heated
  3. temperatureto reflux for 6 hr
  4. temperaturecooled
  5. filtrationfiltered
  6. customto remove NaCl (washed with EtOH)
  7. customThe solvent was removed in vacuo
  8. extractionextracted with EtOAc (3×100 mL)
  9. customThe solvent was removed
  10. customthe residue purified by silica gel flash chromatography (95:5 CH2Cl2/MeOH)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-5f7184d6a88e49faa76974ff0fc92f84
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2003_05
Patent number
US06559127B1

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