Potassium Carbonate → N-[5-[4-(diphenylmethoxy)piperidino]pentyl]phthalimide

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Reaction Steps

3.70 g of potassium phthalimide was dissolved in 20 ml of N,N-dimethylformamide; 5.4 ml of 1,5-dichloropentane was added, followed by stirring at room temperature for 15 hours. Ice water was added to the reaction mixture, followed by extraction with ethyl acetate; the extract was washed with saline and dried with magnesium sulfate. The dry product was concentrated under reduced pressure; the residue was subjected to silica gel column chromatography and eluted with hexane-ethyl acetate (4:1). The desired fraction was collected to yield 4.68 g of N-(5-bromopentyl)phthalimide as an oily substance. 4.68 g of N-(5-bromopentyl)phthalimide and 4.25 g of 4-(diphenylmethoxy)piperidine were dissolved in 30 ml of N,N-dimethylformamide; 2.42 g of potassium carbonate was added, followed by stirring at room temperature for 15 hours. Ice water was added to the reaction mixture, followed by extraction with ethyl acetate; the extract was washed with saline and dried with magnesium sulfate. The dry product was concentrated under reduced pressure; the residue was subjected to silica gel column chromatography and eluted with hexane-ethyl acetate-triethylamine (50:50:1). The desired fraction was collected to yield 6.67 g of N-[5-[4-(diphenylmethoxy)piperidino]pentyl]phthalimide as an oily substance. 6.6 g of N-[5-[4-(diphenylmethoxy)piperidino]pentyl]phthalimide was dissolved in 30 ml of ethanol; 0.694 ml of hydrazine monohydrate was added, followed by thermal refluxing for 3 hours. After cooling, the mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure; ethyl acetate was added to the residue; the crystal precipitated was collected, dissolved in 15 ml of a 1 N aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide and 20 ml of water and extracted with ethyl acetate; the extract was washed with saline and dried with sodium sulfate. The dry product was concentrated under reduced pressure; the crystal obtained was collected to yield 3.29 g of the title compound.

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