Sodium borohydride → Tert-butyl (1-(3-ethoxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-3-hydroxybutyl)carbamate

HRID 1661746Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1661746 reaction equation
[C:1]([O:5][C:6]([NH:8][CH:9]([C:14]1[CH:19]=[CH:18][C:17]([O:20][CH3:21])=[C:16]([O:22][CH2:23][CH3:24])[CH:15]=1)[CH2:10][C:11](=[O:13])[CH3:12])=[O:7])([CH3:4])([CH3:3])[CH3:2].[BH4-].[Na+]>CO.O1CCCC1.C(OCC)(=O)C>[C:1]([O:5][C:6]([NH:8][CH:9]([C:14]1[CH:19]=[CH:18][C:17]([O:20][CH3:21])=[C:16]([O:22][CH2:23][CH3:24])[CH:15]=1)[CH2:10][CH:11]([OH:13])[CH3:12])=[O:7])([CH3:3])([CH3:4])[CH3:2]

Participants

6

Conditions

Temperature
-15 °C

Procedure

A mixture of (tert-butoxy)-N-[1-(3-ethoxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-3-oxobutyl]carboxamide (2.0 g, 5.92 mmol) and sodium borohydride (0.4 g, 12.0 mmol) in methanol (40 mL) and tetrahydrofuran (10 mL) was stirred at −10 to −20° C. for 4 hours. The mixture was quenched with water (10 mL) and then concentrated in vacuo to afford an oil. The oil was dissolved in ethyl acetate and washed with water, brine, dried, and concentrated in vacuo to afford an oil. The oil was purified by chromatography (silica gel, methylene chloride:ethyl acetate 8:2) to give the two diasteromers of (tert-butoxy)-N-[1-(3-ethoxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-3-hydroxybutyl)carboxamide:

Workup

  1. customThe mixture was quenched with water (10 mL)
  2. concentrationconcentrated in vacuo
  3. customto afford an oil
  4. washwashed with water, brine
  5. customdried
  6. concentrationconcentrated in vacuo
  7. customto afford an oil
  8. customThe oil was purified by chromatography (silica gel, methylene chloride:ethyl acetate 8:2)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-b0447d441af740cb9b0a2b623cf9a64a
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2011_10
Patent number
US08030343B2

Reaction notes

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