Water → (4R,5S)-(+)-4-Methyl-5-phenyl-2-oxazolidinone

HRID 1741914Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1741914 reaction equation
[H-].[Al+3].[Li+].[H-].[H-].[H-].[CH3:7][C@@H:8]1[C@H:12]([C:13]2[CH:18]=[CH:17][CH:16]=[CH:15][CH:14]=2)[O:11][C:10](=[O:19])[N:9]1C(=O)[C@H](C)CC(F)(F)F.O.[OH-].[Na+]>C(OCC)C>[CH3:7][C@@H:8]1[C@H:12]([C:13]2[CH:18]=[CH:17][CH:16]=[CH:15][CH:14]=2)[O:11][C:10](=[O:19])[NH:9]1

Participants

6

Reactant 4

HCID 962Water2×HCID 14798Sodium HydroxideHCID 10087044(4R,5S)-4-methyl-3-((2R)-2-methyl-4,4,4-trifluorobutyryl)-5-phenyl-2-oxazolidinoneHCID 21226445Aluminium lithium hydride

Product 1

HCID 2733812(4R,5S)-(+)-4-Methyl-5-phenyl-2-oxazolidinone

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 3283Diethyl EtherSolvent

Conditions

Temperature
0 °C

Procedure

Lithium aluminum hydride (10.26 g) was added to a stirred solution of (4R,5S)-4-methyl-3-((2R)-2-methyl-4,4,4-trifluorobutyryl)-5-phenyl-2-oxazolidinone (28 g) in dry diethyl ether (200 mL) at -20° C. under an inert atmosphere, then the mixture was warmed to 0° C. After 2 h at 0° C., water (10.27 mL), 10% w/v sodium hydroxide(10.27 mL) and water (31 mL) were added, and the mixture was stirred 20 min. The salts were filtered and washed with distilled diethyl ether. The diethyl ether solution was dried (K2CO3) and diluted with pentane. This resulted in precipitation of recovered (4R,5S)-(+)-4-methyl-5-phenyl-2-oxazolidinone which was isolated by filtration. Concentration of the filtrate by distillation afforded several fractions. The first fractions (bath temperature to 60° C.) were pentane and diethyl ether; a second set of fractions (bath temperature 60° C. to 100° C.) was 12 g of a oil that was a 40:60 mixture of (R)-2-methyl-4,4,4-trifluorobutan-1-ol (calculated as 4.8 g alcohol) and diethyl ether by NMR. Warming the remaining tarry residue (bath temperature 85° C.) under vacuum (13,330 Pa) afforded an additional 7.2 g of (R)-2-methyl-4,4,4-trifluorobutan-1-ol (total yield, 12.0 g, 94%); partial NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3 -D2O shake): 1.06 (d, 3H, CH3), 1.41 (br t, 1H, OH), 1.86-2.07 (m, 2H, CH(CH3) plus one CF3CH2), 2.31-2.42 (m, 1H, one CF3CH2), 3.49 (dd, 1H, one CH2OH), 3.58 (dd, 1H, one CH2OH).

Workup

  1. additionwere added
  2. filtrationThe salts were filtered
  3. washwashed with distilled diethyl ether
  4. dry with materialThe diethyl ether solution was dried (K2CO3)
  5. additiondiluted with pentane

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-bf3fc3aa78a2456c80f5036b4d20af3b
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1994_08
Patent number
US05334765

Reaction notes

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