Sodium hydride → Sdz pco 400

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Reaction Steps

10.1 g of 1,3-cyclopentadione are dissolved in 1000 ml of tetrahydrofuran under a protective gas, and 2.7 g of sodium hydride (80%) are slowly added. After half an hour, 18.5 g copper(I)bromide.dimethylsulphide complex were added to this mixture. To this reaction solution are added in drops 12.1 g of 3,4-epoxy-3,4-dihydro-2,2-dimethyl-2H-1-benzopyran-6-carbonitrile (J. M. Evans et al., J. Med. Chem. 26, 1582 [1983]) in 100 ml of tetrahydrofuran. After 67 hours, the reaction is quenched with water, and the reaction solution is subsequently partitioned between dichloromethane and water. Drying of the organic phase over sodium sulphate, filtration and concentration on a rotary evaporator yields a yellowish mass, which is purified by flash-chromatography (dichlormethane, 1% methanol). Recrystallisation from dichloromethane/ethanol yields white crystals having a m.p. of 199°-201° C.

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