Veratrole → N-Boc-(2,3-dimethoxyphenyl)-4-piperidinylmethanone

HRID 51274

Reaction equation

HRID 51274 reaction equation
[C:1]1([O:9][CH3:10])[C:2](=[CH:5][CH:6]=[CH:7][CH:8]=1)[O:3][CH3:4].C([Li])CCC.COCN[C:20]([CH:22]1[CH2:27][CH2:26][N:25]([C:28]([O:30][C:31]([CH3:34])([CH3:33])[CH3:32])=[O:29])[CH2:24][CH2:23]1)=[O:21]>O1CCCC1>[CH3:4][O:3][C:2]1[C:1]([O:9][CH3:10])=[CH:8][CH:7]=[CH:6][C:5]=1[C:20]([CH:22]1[CH2:27][CH2:26][N:25]([C:28]([O:30][C:31]([CH3:34])([CH3:33])[CH3:32])=[O:29])[CH2:24][CH2:23]1)=[O:21]

Participants

5

Conditions

Temperature
0 °C

Procedure

A suitable reactor maintained under nitrogen is charged with veratrole (12.5 kg, 90.0 mol) and about 87 kg of tetrahydrofuran. The solution is cooled and maintained below −10° C. while adding n-butyl lithium (22.9 kg, 83.3 mol, 23.3% solution in hexane). The mixture is warmed to about 0° C. for 1 hour, then to about 25° C. for at least 2 hours. In a separate reactor maintained under nitrogen is charged with 4-[(methoxymethylamino)carbonyl]-1-piperidinecarboxylic acid, 1,1-dimethylethyl ester (15) as a heptanes wet cake (15.6 kg, 57.3 mol, dry weight basis) and about 66 kg of tetrahydrofuran. The mixture is cooled below −10° C.1 and the lithiated veratrole solution is added at such a rate to maintain the temperature below −10° C. The mixture is warmed to about 25° C. for at least 6 hours.2 When complete, the title compound may be utilized in Scheme H, step a, Example 108 as the reaction solution.

Workup

  1. temperatureA suitable reactor maintained under nitrogen
  2. temperatureThe solution is cooled
  3. temperaturemaintained below −10° C.
  4. waitto about 25° C. for at least 2 hours
  5. temperatureIn a separate reactor maintained under nitrogen
  6. temperatureThe mixture is cooled below −10° C
  7. temperatureto maintain the temperature below −10° C
  8. temperatureThe mixture is warmed to about 25° C. for at least 6 hours

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-8c2dc7abec23425880c06c4a583ab511
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2004_03
Patent number
US06713627B2

Linked notes

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