Methylamine → 2-(4-fluorophenyl)-N-methylpent-4-enamide

2-(4-Fluorophenyl)pent-4-enoic acid (Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2000, 1893; 4.20 g, 21.6 mmol) was dissolved in CH2Cl2 (75 mL) and to the resultant solution was added TBTU (7.29 g, 22.7 mmol). The mixture was stirred at RT for 15 min and then methylamine (11.9 mL of 2M THF solution, 23.8 mmol) and DIPEA (11.2 g, 86.5 mmol) were added. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 3 h, subsequently diluted with CH2Cl2 (50 mL) and then washed several times with water. The solvent was removed by evaporation and the residue flash chromatographed on silica gel (heptane-ethyl acetate, 1:1). There was obtained 3.5 g (78%) of 2-(4-fluorophenyl)-N-methylpent-4-enamide as an oil, which shortly after crystallized. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): 2.5 (qn, 1H), 2.7 (d, 3H), 2.9 (qn, 1H), 3.4 (t, 1H), 4.9-5.1 (m, 2H), 5.6-5.8 (m, 1H), 6.0-6.2 (b, 1H), 7.0 (m, 2H), 7.3 (m, 2H).

1. stirringThe reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 3 h
2. washwashed several times with water
3. customThe solvent was removed by evaporation
4. customthe residue flash chromatographed on silica gel (heptane-ethyl acetate, 1:1)

ORD record

ord-007169fc74734a77aee59a9efc90c533

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2008_07

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US07402581B2