Methanol → Methyl 2-amino-4,4-dimethylpentanoate

HRID 1179149Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1179149 reaction equation
[NH2:1][CH:2]([CH2:6][C:7]([CH3:10])([CH3:9])[CH3:8])[C:3]([OH:5])=[O:4].S(Cl)(Cl)=O.[CH3:15]O>>[CH3:15][O:4][C:3](=[O:5])[CH:2]([NH2:1])[CH2:6][C:7]([CH3:10])([CH3:9])[CH3:8]

Participants

4

Procedure

2-Amino-4,4-dimethyl-pentanoic acid (1.00 g, 6.84 mmol) was suspended in 50 mL of methanol and cooled in an ice bath. Thionyl chloride (1.82 g, 15.0 mmol) was added dropwise, at which time all the acid went into solution. The reaction was then removed from the ice bath and heated to reflux for 3.5 h. The reaction mixture was concentrated in vacuo and the resulting solid (1.10 g) was used in the next step without further purification. MS, m/z 159.9=M+1

Workup

  1. temperaturecooled in an ice bath
  2. customThe reaction was then removed from the ice bath
  3. temperatureheated
  4. temperatureto reflux for 3.5 h
  5. concentrationThe reaction mixture was concentrated in vacuo
  6. customthe resulting solid (1.10 g) was used in the next step without further purification

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-a4d5bc2b52a446ce8cac5e039e167f27
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2007_10
Patent number
US07279472B2

Reaction notes

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