2-Bromo-3'-chloroacetophenone → 2-(4-chlorophenyl)-4-(3-chlorophenyl)-1-[4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]-1H-imidazole

HRID 1166321Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1166321 reaction equation
[Cl:1][C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][C:5]([C:8](=[NH:20])[NH:9][C:10]2[CH:15]=[CH:14][C:13]([S:16]([CH3:19])(=[O:18])=[O:17])=[CH:12][CH:11]=2)=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.C(=O)(O)[O-].[Na+].[Cl:26][C:27]1[CH:28]=[C:29]([CH:34]=[CH:35][CH:36]=1)[C:30](=O)[CH2:31]Br>C(O)(C)C>[Cl:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[CH:4][C:5]([C:8]2[N:9]([C:10]3[CH:15]=[CH:14][C:13]([S:16]([CH3:19])(=[O:17])=[O:18])=[CH:12][CH:11]=3)[CH:31]=[C:30]([C:29]3[CH:34]=[CH:35][CH:36]=[C:27]([Cl:26])[CH:28]=3)[N:20]=2)=[CH:6][CH:7]=1

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 387382-Bromo-3'-chloroacetophenoneHCID 516892Sodium BicarbonateHCID 1785047964-chloro-N-[4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]benzenecarboximidamide

Product 1

HCID 221489602-(4-chlorophenyl)-4-(3-chlorophenyl)-1-[4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]-1H-imidazoleYield 53%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 3776IsopropanolSolvent

Conditions

Temperature
82.5 °C

Procedure

To a mixture of 4-chloro-N-[4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]benzenecarboximidamide (Example 1, Step 1) (700 mg, 2.24 mmol) and sodium bicarbonate (376 mg, 4.48 mmol) in isopropanol (35 mL), 3-chlorophenacyl bromide (1.05 g, 4.48 mmol) was added. After heating the reaction mixture at 80-85° C. for 18 hours, the solvent was removed. The residue was redissolved in methylene chloride and washed with aqueous sodium bicarbonate and water. The organic fractions were combined, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The crude product was purified by chromatography (silica gel, hexane/ethyl acetate, 6/4) to give 2-(4-chlorophenyl)-4-(3-chlorophenyl)-1-[4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]-1H-imidazole (525 mg, 53%) as a pale yellow solid: mp 156-159° C. Anal Calc'd. for C22H16N2SO2Cl2: C, 59.60, H, 3.69, N, 6.32, S, 7.23. Found: C, 59.43, H, 3.59, N, 6.15, S, 7.16.

Workup

  1. additionwas added
  2. customthe solvent was removed
  3. dissolutionThe residue was redissolved in methylene chloride
  4. washwashed with aqueous sodium bicarbonate and water
  5. dry with materialdried over sodium sulfate
  6. filtrationfiltered
  7. concentrationconcentrated in vacuo
  8. customThe crude product was purified by chromatography (silica gel, hexane/ethyl acetate, 6/4)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-e817d27cf6fe4f1c94581976a735f04a
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2003_09
Patent number
US06613789B2

Reaction notes

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