Hydrogen Bromide → N-(2-bromoethyl)-alpha-methylbenzylamine hydrobromide

Temperature

0 °C

100 g (605.32 mmole) of N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-α-methylbenzylamine produced in Example 5(1) above was suspended in 515 ml of 48% aqueous hydrobromic acid solution and the resulting suspension was reacted at 126° C. for 30 minutes under refluxing. The reaction solution was then distilled for 2 hours under normal pressure at constant temperature and 465 ml of aqueous hydrobromic acid and water, the reaction by-product, was removed. The residue was dissolved in 550 ml of acetone, and 500 ml of ethyl acetate and 670 ml of ether were added thereto. The reaction solution was stirred for 30 minutes, cooled to 0° C. and then allowed to stand for 3 hours. The resulting solid product was filtered, washed with 400 ml of ethyl acetate and then dried to obtain 97 g of the first crop of the title compound. The filtrate was then concentrated. The residue was dissolved in 450 ml of acetone, diluted with 680 ml of ether and then allowed to stand at 0° C. for 12 hours. The resulting solid product was filtered, collected, and washed with 450 ml of ethyl acetate to obtain 32.5 g of the second crop of the title compound.

1. customthe resulting suspension was reacted at 126° C. for 30 minutes
2. temperatureunder refluxing
3. distillationThe reaction solution was then distilled for 2 hours under normal pressure at constant temperature and 465 ml of aqueous hydrobromic acid and water
4. customthe reaction by-product, was removed
5. dissolutionThe residue was dissolved in 550 ml of acetone
6. addition500 ml of ethyl acetate and 670 ml of ether were added
7. waitto stand for 3 hours
8. filtrationThe resulting solid product was filtered
9. washwashed with 400 ml of ethyl acetate
10. customdried

ORD record

ord-052e36aaaaf64a7a9113502b86685b56

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2001_06

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US06252076B1