Benzaldehyde → (S)-2-benzylamino-3-phenyl-1-propanol

HRID 1356603Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1356603 reaction equation
[NH2:1][C@H:2]([CH2:10][OH:11])[CH2:3][C:4]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=1.[CH:12](=O)[C:13]1[CH:18]=[CH:17][CH:16]=[CH:15][CH:14]=1.[H][H]>C(O)C.[Pt]>[CH2:12]([NH:1][C@H:2]([CH2:10][OH:11])[CH2:3][C:4]1[CH:5]=[CH:6][CH:7]=[CH:8][CH:9]=1)[C:13]1[CH:18]=[CH:17][CH:16]=[CH:15][CH:14]=1

Participants

6

Conditions

Temperature
600 °C

Procedure

L-Phenylalaninol (5 g, 33 mmoles) and 3.59 g (33.83 mmoles) of benzaldehyde were dissolved in 55 mL of 3A ethanol under inert atmosphere in a Parr shaker and the mixture was warmed to 600° C. for 2.7 hours. The mixture was cooled to approximately 250° C. and 0.99 g of 5% platinum on carbon was added and the mixture was hydrogenated at 60 psi of hydrogen and 400° C. for 10 hours. The catalyst was filtered off, the product was concentrated under reduced pressure and the crude solid product was recrystallized from 150 mL of heptane to give 3.83 g(48% yield) of N-benzyl-L-phenylalaninol as a white solid.

Workup

  1. temperatureThe mixture was cooled to approximately 250° C.
  2. filtrationThe catalyst was filtered off
  3. concentrationthe product was concentrated under reduced pressure
  4. customthe crude solid product was recrystallized from 150 mL of heptane

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-2fc63454b13a40fb8e3de4365d782d55
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2003_07
Patent number
US06586627B1

Reaction notes

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