Sulfuric Acid → Methyl 5-amino-4-fluoro-1H-benzimidazole-6-carboxylate

HRID 1665843Notes

Reaction equation

[NH2:1][C:2]1[C:11]([F:12])=[C:10]([NH2:13])[C:9]([NH2:14])=[CH:8][C:3]=1[C:4]([O:6][CH3:7])=[O:5].[CH:15](OCC)(OCC)OCC.OS(O)(=O)=O>C1COCC1>[CH3:7][O:6][C:4]([C:3]1[C:2]([NH2:1])=[C:11]([F:12])[C:10]2[N:13]=[CH:15][NH:14][C:9]=2[CH:8]=1)=[O:5]

Participants

Conditions

Temperature: 60 °C

Procedure

To a stirred solution of methyl 2,4,5-triamino-3-fluorobenzoate (9) (7.58 g, 38.1 mmol) in THF (152 mL, 20 vol) was added triethyl orthoformate (20.3 g, 22.8 mL, 137.0 mmol), followed by dropwise addition of H2SO4 (9.33 g, 18 M, 94.1 mmol). The mixture was then heated at 60° C. for 6 hours, at which point no starting material was detected by HPLC analysis. The solid product was filtered and rinsed with THF (150 mL, 20 vol), then transferred to a reaction vessel, suspended in water (150 mL) and the resulting mixture was neutralized to about pH 7.5 with 2 N NaOH. After stirring for 30 minutes, the suspension was filtered and the solid product was dried in a vacuum oven at 55° C., overnight to provide 6-amino-7-fluoro-3H-benzoimidazole-5-carboxylic acid methyl ester (12) 7.5 g, 94% yield (100% area by HPLC). 1H NMR (400 Hz, d6 DMSO) δ 3.53 (1H, br s, NH), 3.85, (3H, s, OMe), 6.10 (2H, br s, NH2), 7.90 (1H, s, Ar—H), 7.20 (1H, s, Ar—H). MS APCI (+) m/z 210 (M+1) detected with MS APCI (+).

Workup

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Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-328e9d28be5b4f62bdb333be9de4ae23
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2011_10
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US08039637B2

Reaction notes

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