Tris(hydroxymethyl)nitromethane → 3-Hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-2-nitropropyl (2S)-2-(6-methoxy(2-naphthyl))propanoate

HRID 414934

Reaction equation

HRID 414934 reaction equation
[CH3:1][O:2][C:3]1[CH:4]=[C:5]2[C:10](=[CH:11][CH:12]=1)[CH:9]=[C:8]([C@H:13]([CH3:17])[C:14]([OH:16])=[O:15])[CH:7]=[CH:6]2.[OH:18][CH2:19][C:20]([N+:25]([O-:27])=[O:26])([CH2:23]O)[CH2:21][OH:22].Cl.CN(C)CCCN=C=NCC.N(C(C)C)(C(C)C)CC>CN(C1C=CN=CC=1)C.CC(C)=O>[CH3:1][O:2][C:3]1[CH:4]=[C:5]2[C:10](=[CH:11][CH:12]=1)[CH:9]=[C:8]([C@H:13]([CH3:17])[C:14]([O:16][CH2:23][C:20]([CH2:21][OH:22])([N+:25]([O-:27])=[O:26])[CH2:19][OH:18])=[O:15])[CH:7]=[CH:6]2

Participants

7

Procedure

A solution of (2S)-2-(6-methoxy(2-naphthyl))propanoic acid (naproxen, 4.27 g, 18.5 mmol), 2-hydroxymethyl-2-nitro-1,3-propanediol (2.89 g, 19.1 mmol), N,N-dimethylaminopyridine (DMAP, 0.88 g, 7.2 mmol), 1-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-3-ethylcarbodiimide hydrochloride (4.86 g, 25.4 mmol) and NEt(i-Pr)2 (11 mL, 63.2 mmol) in acetone (100 mL) was stirred at ambient temperature overnight. The reaction mixture was evaporated to dryness and the residue was partitioned between 3N HCl (100 mL) and CH2Cl2 (200 mL×2). The combined organic layer was back washed with water and brine, dried over Na2SO4, filtered, concentrated and dried under vacuum. The product was separated by silica gel column chromatography eluting with ethyl acetate/hexane (gradient from 1:2 to 1:1, Rf=0.1 in 1:2) to give the title compound as a white solid (2.48 g, 39% yield). Mp 124-126° C. 1H NMR (300 MHz, 10% CD3OD/CDCl3) δ 7.73-7.64 (m, 3H), 7.37-7.33 (m, 1H), 7.17-7.12 (m, 2H), 4.44 (d, J=2.6 Hz, 2H), 3.92 (s, 3H), 3.9-3.7 (m, 5H), 3.4 (br, 2H), 1.58 (d, J=7.2 Hz, 3H), 13C NMR (75 MHz, 10% CD3OD/CDCl3) δ 174.1, 157.4, 134.5, 133.5, 129.0, 128.6, 127.0, 125.7, 118.8, 105.4, 92.4, 61.2, 60.1, 55.0, 45.0, 17.7.

Workup

  1. customThe reaction mixture was evaporated to dryness
  2. customthe residue was partitioned between 3N HCl (100 mL) and CH2Cl2 (200 mL×2)
  3. washThe combined organic layer was back washed with water and brine
  4. dry with materialdried over Na2SO4
  5. filtrationfiltered
  6. concentrationconcentrated
  7. customdried under vacuum
  8. customThe product was separated by silica gel column chromatography
  9. washeluting with ethyl acetate/hexane (gradient from 1:2 to 1:1, Rf=0.1 in 1:2)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-cafb183cfe114494a12a49cc726c2c66
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2012_01
Patent number
US08088762B2

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