Chloroacetonitrile → 5-tert-Butyl-2-(chloromethyl)-1,3-oxazole

HRID 1637242Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1637242 reaction equation
B(F)(F)F.CCOCC.[N+:10](=[CH:12][C:13](=[O:18])[C:14]([CH3:17])([CH3:16])[CH3:15])=[N-].C(=O)(O)[O-].[Na+].[Cl:24][CH2:25][C:26]#N>>[Cl:24][CH2:25][C:26]1[O:18][C:13]([C:14]([CH3:17])([CH3:16])[CH3:15])=[CH:12][N:10]=1

Participants

5

Reactant 4

HCID 7856Chloroacetonitrile2×HCID 8000Boron trifluoride etherateHCID 516892Sodium BicarbonateHCID 217927841-Diazonio-3,3-dimethylbut-1-en-2-olate

Product 1

HCID 129689745-tert-Butyl-2-(chloromethyl)-1,3-oxazole

Conditions

Temperature
0 °C

Procedure

To a solution of 2 mL (2.3 g, 16 mmol) of boron trifluoride etherate in 20 mL of chloroacetonitrile at 0° C. was added a solution of 1.33 g (10 mmol) of 1-diazo-3,3-dimethyl-2-butanone in 5 mL of chloroacetonitrile dropwise. The resulting solution was stirred at 0° C. for 0.5 h. The reaction mixture was added to saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution to neutralize the acid and the product was extracted three times with dichloromethane. The combined extracts was dried (sodium sulfate), concentrated and purified by flash column chromatography (Merck silic a, 25×200 mm, dichloromethane) to give 1.1 g of 2-(chloromethyl)-5-t-butyloxazole as a yellow liquid (6.4 mmol, 64% overall from the acid chloride). 1H NMR δ (CDCl3): 1.30 (s, 9 H), 4.58 (s, 2 H), 6.68 (s, 1 H); MS 174 (M+H)+ ; TLC: Rf (silica gel, dichloromethane)=0.33;

Workup

  1. extractionthe product was extracted three times with dichloromethane
  2. dry with materialThe combined extracts was dried (sodium sulfate)
  3. concentrationconcentrated
  4. custompurified by flash column chromatography (Merck silic a, 25×200 mm, dichloromethane)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-6f2935a5bbef4f7e98166bd61f753e15
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2000_03
Patent number
US06040321

Reaction notes

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