Tetrahydrofuran → 5-Butylthiopyrrole-3-carboxylic acid
Reaction equation
[NH:1]1[CH:5]=[CH:4][C:3]([C:6]([OH:8])=O)=[CH:2]1.C([S:13]Cl)CCC.O1[CH2:19][CH2:18][CH2:17][CH2:16]1>>[CH2:16]([C:5]1[NH:1][CH:2]=[C:3]([C:6]([OH:8])=[S:13])[CH:4]=1)[CH2:17][CH2:18][CH3:19]Participants
Procedure
Under nitrogen, pyrrole 3-carboxylic acid (4.44 g., 40 mmoles) was dissolved in 50 ml. of tetrahydrofuran and the solution cooled in an ice-water bath. A solution of butylsulfenyl chloride (Example 46, estimated to contain 4.96 g., 40 mmoles) was added dropwise. The bath was removed and stirring continued or 1 hour at room temperature. An equal volume of ether was added, the mixture was filtered, and the filtrate evaporated to an oil (8.3 g.). The oil was chromatographed on 250 g. silica gel, with 100 ml. fractions of the ethyl acetate-1/toluene-5/5% acetic acid eluant collected. Fraction 9 was evaporated and triturated with carbon tetrachloride to yield crystalline 5-butylthiopyrrole-3-carboxylic acid (185 mg., m/e 199). Fractions 7-8 and 9-10 were combined, evaporated to gums, and rechromatographed in smaller columns, collecting 8 ml. fractions of the ethyl acetate-1/heptane-2 eluant. An additional 114 mg. of 5-butylthiopyrrole-3-carboxylic acid resulted.
Workup
- customThe bath was removed
- additionAn equal volume of ether was added
- filtrationthe mixture was filtered
- customthe filtrate evaporated to an oil (8.3 g.)
- customThe oil was chromatographed on 250 g
- customfractions of the ethyl acetate-1/toluene-5/5% acetic acid eluant collected
- customFraction 9 was evaporated
- customtriturated with carbon tetrachloride
Sources & evidence
- ORD record
- ord-5ebcdf8b4f5648b5b29cdadb7b9a2b56
- Source dataset
- uspto-grants-1982_09
- Patent number
- US04351843
Reaction notes
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