Potassium Carbonate → Ranisen

Participants

Reaction Steps

A mixture of N-(2-chloroethyl)-N'-methyl-2-nitro-1,1-ethenediamine (0.9 g), 5-[(dimethylamino)methyl]-2-furanmethanethiol oxalate (1:1) (1.3 g) and potassium carbonate (2.7 g) in water (10 ml) and tetrahydrofuran (10 ml) was stirred under nitrogen at room temperature for 5 days. The suspension was evaporated in vacuo, the residue mixed with water (40 ml) and the suspension extracted with ether (2×30 ml). The aqueous fraction was evaporated in vacuo and the residue evaporated with ethanol (2×10 ml). Tetrahydrofuran (20 ml), MgSO4 and decolourising charcoal were added and after 1 hour the mixture was filtered. Evaporation of the filtrate gave an oil (1 g) which was chromatographed (silica/methanol: 0.88 ammonia, 79:1). The appropriate eluate was evaporated and the oily residue (0.66 g) extracted with hot isopropyl acetate. The solid which separated was filtered to give the title compound (0.4 g), m.p. 65°-68°, which was not depressed on admixture with a sample prepared according to the method of Example 15 in British Patent No. 1,565,966.

Provenance & Evidence