Hydrochloric Acid → 3-(Dimethylamino)-1-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)propan-1-one

HRID 1599484Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1599484 reaction equation
[CH3:1][C:2]([C:4]1[CH:9]=[C:8]([O:10][CH3:11])[C:7]([O:12][CH3:13])=[C:6]([O:14][CH3:15])[CH:5]=1)=[O:3].[CH2:16]=O.Cl.[CH3:19][NH:20][CH3:21].Cl>C(O)C.O>[CH3:19][N:20]([CH2:16][CH2:1][C:2]([C:4]1[CH:5]=[C:6]([O:14][CH3:15])[C:7]([O:12][CH3:13])=[C:8]([O:10][CH3:11])[CH:9]=1)=[O:3])[CH3:21]

Participants

7

Procedure

3,4,5-Trimethoxyacetophenone (50 g, 237.8 mmole), paraformaldehyde (9.75 g, 304.7 mmole), dimethylamine hydrochloride (26.42 g, 324.0 mmole) and 5 mL conc. HCl were dissolved in 200 mL absolute ethanol and refluxed for 10 hours. Additional dimethylamine hydrochloride (13.21 g, 162.0 mmole) and paraformaldehyde (9.75 g, 304.7 mmole) were added and the solution returned to reflux. After 54 hours (total reaction time), 80 mL of 10% HCl and 500 mL of water were added and the solution was extracted with ethyl ether. The acidic aqueous layer was adjusted to pH 10 with 10% NaOH. The basic solution was extracted with ethyl acetate, dried over MgSO4, filtered and evaporated in vacuo to provide 57.5 g of a yellow oil (92%). 1H NMR (CDCl3): δ2.30 (s, 6H); 2,74 (t, 2H); 3.11 (t, 3H); 3.91 (s, 9H); 7.23 (s, 1H); 7.32 (s, 1H).

Workup

  1. temperaturerefluxed for 10 hours
  2. temperatureto reflux
  3. extractionthe solution was extracted with ethyl ether
  4. extractionThe basic solution was extracted with ethyl acetate
  5. dry with materialdried over MgSO4
  6. filtrationfiltered
  7. customevaporated in vacuo

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-178a1f24af6147f989cd77c37f383222
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1998_04
Patent number
US05741809

Reaction notes

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