Reaction Steps
A solution of 4-fluoro-2-(2-morpholino-2-oxoethoxy)benzonitrile, (500 mg, 1.89 mmol) in warm ethanol (30 mL) and ethyl acetate (30 mL) was mixed with conc.HCl (0.32 mL, 3.78 mmol, 2 eq.). To this was added 10% Pd—C (100 mg; Aldrich), and the mixture was hydrogenated at 1 atm of hydrogen for 20 hrs at room temperature. To this mixture was added an additional amount of 10% Pd—C (50 mg) and stirring continued for another 7 hrs. The mixture was filtered through Celite® and the filtrate concentrated in vacuo to dryness. The residue was triturated with ethyl acetate, then with ethanol to obtain the title compound (168 mg, Yield 29%) as an off-white powder: 1H NMR (CD3OD, 500 MHz) δ ppm: 3.55 (2H, t, J=5 Hz, NCH2), 3.62 (2H, t, J=5 Hz, NCH2), 3.70 (2H, t, J=5 Hz, OCH2), 3.75 (2H, t, J=5 Hz, OCH2), 4.17 (2H, s, NCH2), 5.17 (2H, s, OCH2), 6.82 (1H, dt, J=2.5, 8.5 Hz, Ar—H), 7.05 (1H, dd, J=2.5, 10.5 Hz, Ar—H), 7.43 (1H, dd, J=6.5, 8.5 Hz, Ar—H); 13C NMR (CD3OD, 125.77 Hz) δ ppm: 39.40, 42.49, 44.97, 66.11, 66.46, 66.59, 101.38, 101.59, 108.40, 108.57, 118.40, 132.53, 132.62, 158.43, 158.52, 63.87, 165.83, 168.27. HRMS (ESI) calcd for C13H18N2O3F (M+H) 269.1301, found 269.1301.
