Reaction Steps
A stirred mixture of (3R)-3-(7-amino-1-oxoisoindolin-2-yl)-3-(3-ethoxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-N,N-dimethylpropanamide (400 mg, 1 mmol) and acetyl chloride (0.1 mL, 1.4 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (5 mL) was heated to reflux for 2 h. To the mixture was added 50% sodium hydrogen carbonate (40 mL) and ethyl acetate (50 mL). The organic layer was washed with sodium hydrogen carbonate (sat, 20 mL), brine (20 mL), and dried over magnesium sulfate. The solvent was removed in vacuo to give an oil. The oil was purified by column chromatography (Silica Gel, 1.5:1 ethyl acetate:methylene chloride) to give (3R)-3-[7-(acetylamino)-1-oxoisoindolin-2-yl]-3-(3-ethoxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-N,N-dimethylpropanamide as a white solid (0.25 g, 57% yield); mp, 88-90° C.; 1H NMR (CDCl3)˜1.43 (t, J=6.9 Hz, 3H, CH3), 2.22 (s, 3H, CH3), 2.90 (s, 3H, CH3), 3.04 (dd, J=5.5, 16 Hz, 1H, CHH), 3.09 (s, 3H, CH3), 3.52 (dd, J=9.5, 15 Hz, 1H, CHH), 3.84 (s, 3H, CH3), 4.07 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H, CH2), 4.26 (d, J=17 Hz, 1H, CHH), 4.44 (d, J=17 Hz, 1H, CHH), 5.58 (dd, J=5.5, 9.4 Hz, 1H, NCH), 6.81-6.84 (m, 1H, Ar), 6.92-7.01 (m, 3H, Ar), 7.41 (t, J=7.8 Hz, 1H, Ar), 8.41 (d, J=8.3 Hz, 1H, Ar), 10.37 (s, 1H, NH); 13C NMR (CDCl3)˜14.65, 24.84, 35.47, 36.16, 37.31, 48.71, 53.54, 55.85, 64.44, 111.35, 112.44, 116.83, 117.40, 117.97, 119.10, 131.72, 132.84, 137.65, 141.53, 148.46, 149.06, 168.98, 169.41, 169.57; Anal Calcd for C24H29N3O5+0.7H2O: C, 63.76; H, 6.78; N, 9.29; H2O, 2.79. Found: C, 63.89; H, 6.64; N, 9.14; H2O, 2.70.
