Iodine → (3R)-3-(4-Bromo-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)-3-cyclopentylpropanenitrile

To a stirred solution of (3R)-3-(4-bromo-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)-3-cyclopentylpropanal ((R)-40, 230.5 mg, 0.85 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (THF, 2.4 mL, 29 mmol) at room temperature was added a solution of 14.3 M of ammonium hydroxide (NH4OH) in water (2.4 mL), followed by iodine (I2, 237 mg, 0.935 mmol, 1.1 equiv). The resulting reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 30 min. When LCMS showed that the reaction was complete, the reaction mixture was quenched with 10% aqueous Na2S2O3 solution (15 mL) and extracted with EtOAc (2×15 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with brine, dried over magnesium sulfate (MgSO4), filtered, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by Combiflash (SiO2) with 0-30% EtOAc/hexane gradient elution to give (3R)-3-(4-bromo-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)-3-cyclopentylpropanenitrile ((R)-41, 180.7 mg, 227.9 mg theoretical, 79.3% yield) as a colorless viscous oil.

1. customThe resulting reaction mixture
2. customthe reaction mixture was quenched with 10% aqueous Na2S2O3 solution (15 mL)
3. extractionextracted with EtOAc (2×15 mL)
4. washThe combined organic layers were washed with brine
5. dry with materialdried over magnesium sulfate (MgSO4)
6. filtrationfiltered
7. concentrationconcentrated under reduced pressure
8. customThe residue was purified by Combiflash (SiO2) with 0-30% EtOAc/hexane gradient elution

ORD record

ord-3d1c165c71c84c67a4b827951e7a47e2

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2015_04

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US09000161B2