Ethanol → Ethyl 6-Aminonicotinate

HRID 1391305Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1391305 reaction equation
[NH2:1][C:2]1[CH:10]=[CH:9][C:5]([C:6]([OH:8])=[O:7])=[CH:4][N:3]=1.[CH2:11](O)[CH3:12].S(Cl)(Cl)=O>CN(C)C=O>[CH2:11]([O:7][C:6](=[O:8])[C:5]1[CH:9]=[CH:10][C:2]([NH2:1])=[N:3][CH:4]=1)[CH3:12]

Participants

5

Conditions

Temperature
80 °C

Procedure

6-Aminonicotinic acid, 40 g (or 6-aminonicotinic acid phosphoric salt, 62 g), was mixed with anhydrous ethanol 500 ml. The mixture was externally cooled by an ice water bath. Thionyl chloride, 50 ml, was slowly added into the mixture. (N,N-Dimethylformamide, 50 ml, may be added to dissolve any still undissolved phosphoric salt.) The reaction mixture was heated to 80° C. for 5 hours and was then evaporated to a syrupy reside which crystallized on addition of acetone. These crystals were separated by filtration and were redissolved in 400 g of ice water. 4N KOH was added to the solution to adjust the pH to 8. The white crystals thus formed were separated again by filtration and were washed with water. The yield of practically pure 6-aminonicotinic acid ethyl ester was 41.8 g. This product had an Rf value of 0.79 on thin-layer chromatogram using a solvent system of benzene:methanol, 1:1.

Workup

  1. temperatureThe mixture was externally cooled by an ice water bath
  2. dissolutionto dissolve any still undissolved phosphoric salt
  3. customwas then evaporated to a syrupy reside which
  4. customcrystallized on addition of acetone
  5. customThese crystals were separated by filtration
  6. dissolutionwere redissolved in 400 g of ice water
  7. addition4N KOH was added to the solution
  8. customThe white crystals thus formed
  9. customwere separated again by filtration
  10. washwere washed with water

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-19c6a42f0588473eb845abb0058bab06
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1979_02
Patent number
US04141977

Reaction notes

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