Sodium borohydride → 3-Benzyloxy-4-methyl-phenylamine

HRID 427609

Reaction equation

HRID 427609 reaction equation
[CH2:1]([O:8][C:9]1[CH:10]=[C:11]([N+:16]([O-])=O)[CH:12]=[CH:13][C:14]=1[CH3:15])[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.[BH4-].[Na+]>O1CCCC1.CO.O.O.O.O.C([O-])(=O)C.[Ni+2].C([O-])(=O)C>[CH2:1]([O:8][C:9]1[CH:10]=[C:11]([CH:12]=[CH:13][C:14]=1[CH3:15])[NH2:16])[C:2]1[CH:3]=[CH:4][CH:5]=[CH:6][CH:7]=1

Participants

6

Reactant 2

HCID 4311764Sodium borohydrideHCID 181745022-Benzyloxy-1-methyl-4-nitro-benzene

Product 1

HCID 27946253-Benzyloxy-4-methyl-phenylamineYield 97%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 3

HCID 62601Nickel acetate tetrahydrateCatalystHCID 887MethanolSolventHCID 8028TetrahydrofuranSolvent

Conditions

Temperature
0 °C

Procedure

To a stirred solution of 3-benzyloxy-4-methylnitrobenzene (1.1 g, 4.4 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (25 mL) and methanol (50 mL) was added nickel acetate tetrahydrate (2.2 g, 8.7 mmol). The solution was cooled to 0° C. and sodium borohydride (0.66 g, 17.4 mmol) was added in small portions. After gas evolution had ceased, the solvents were removed in vacuo and the residue was partitioned between ethyl acetate and concentrated ammonium hydroxide. The layers were separated and the organic phase was washed with ammonium hydroxide followed by saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution, dried (magnesium sulfate), filtered, and concentrated In vacuo to give 0.9 g (97%) of the title product as an off-white solid.

Workup

  1. customthe solvents were removed in vacuo
  2. customthe residue was partitioned between ethyl acetate and concentrated ammonium hydroxide
  3. customThe layers were separated
  4. washthe organic phase was washed with ammonium hydroxide
  5. dry with materialdried (magnesium sulfate)
  6. filtrationfiltered
  7. concentrationconcentrated In vacuo

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-8c3d28d6a97640429c7e8a64d414bdb4
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2001_11
Patent number
US06313122B1

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