Iodoethane → 1-ethyl-1H-imidazole-2-carbaldehyde

HRID 1467603Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1467603 reaction equation
[NH:1]1[CH:5]=[CH:4][N:3]=[C:2]1[CH:6]=[O:7].C(=O)([O-])[O-].[K+].[K+].I[CH2:15][CH3:16]>CN(C)C=O>[CH2:15]([N:1]1[CH:5]=[CH:4][N:3]=[C:2]1[CH:6]=[O:7])[CH3:16]

Participants

5

Conditions

Temperature
50 °C

Procedure

To a suspension of 1H-imidazole-2-carbaldehyde (480 mg, 5 mmol) and potassium carbonate (936 mg, 6 mmol) in N,N-dimethylformamide (7 mL) was added iodoethane (829 mg, 6 mmol) and the mixture was heated at 50° C. for 5 hrs. Solvent was removed under reduced pressure. The residue was partitioned between water (30 mL) and ethyl acetate (30 mL). The aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate (20 mL×3). The combined organic layers were washed with brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, and concentrated to give 1-ethyl-1H-imidazole-2-carbaldehyde as light yellow oil (520 mg, yield 84%). 1HNMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 1.42-1.46 (t, J=7.2 Hz, 3H), 4.42-4.47 (q, 2H), 7.19 (s, 1H), 7.29 (s, 1H), 9.82 (s, 1H). LC-MS (ESI) m/z: 125 (M+1)+.

Workup

  1. customSolvent was removed under reduced pressure
  2. customThe residue was partitioned between water (30 mL) and ethyl acetate (30 mL)
  3. extractionThe aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate (20 mL×3)
  4. washThe combined organic layers were washed with brine
  5. dry with materialdried over anhydrous sodium sulfate
  6. concentrationconcentrated

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-b2a9c3cbddc6443e801ffca3623a7225
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2015_04
Patent number
US08999987B2

Reaction notes

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