Lawesson's reagent → Methyl 1-benzyl-5-thioxo-2-pyrrolidinecarboxylate

HRID 1246699Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1246699 reaction equation
[CH2:1]([N:8]1[C:12](=O)[CH2:11][CH2:10][CH:9]1[C:14]([O:16][CH3:17])=[O:15])[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.COC1C=CC(P2(SP(C3C=CC(OC)=CC=3)(=S)S2)=[S:27])=CC=1>O1CCCC1>[CH2:1]([N:8]1[C:12](=[S:27])[CH2:11][CH2:10][CH:9]1[C:14]([O:16][CH3:17])=[O:15])[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1

Participants

4

Procedure

Methyl 1-benzyl-5-oxo-2-pyrrolidinecarboxylate (18.15 g, 77.8 mmol) and Lawesson's reagent (31.5 g, 77.9 mmol) were combined in dry tetrahydrofuran (100 mL) and stirred overnight at room temperature. The mixture was filtered, the filter cake was rinsed with tetrahydrofuran, and the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was dissolved in ethyl acetate and washed with saturated sodium bicarbonate solution. The organic phase was concentrated under reduced pressure and the residue was purified by chromatography on silica gel (3:1, hexanes:ethyl acetate) to provide the title compound. MS (ESI) m/z: 250 (M+H)+; 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 2.17 (m, 1H), 2.27 (m, 1H), 3.15 (m, 2H), 3.69 (s, 3H), 4.30 (dd, 1H), 4.37 (d, 1H), 5.73 (d, 1H), 7.32 (m, 5H).

Workup

  1. filtrationThe mixture was filtered
  2. washthe filter cake was rinsed with tetrahydrofuran
  3. concentrationthe filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure
  4. dissolutionThe residue was dissolved in ethyl acetate
  5. washwashed with saturated sodium bicarbonate solution
  6. concentrationThe organic phase was concentrated under reduced pressure
  7. customthe residue was purified by chromatography on silica gel (3:1, hexanes:ethyl acetate)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-7ce1823af5d1458a989ee67746ba90e2
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2006_10
Patent number
US07129235B2

Reaction notes

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