Potassium Carbonate → 5-(((R)-oxiran-2-yl)methoxy)-2-methylbenzo[d]thiazole

HRID 1827875Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1827875 reaction equation
[CH3:1][C:2]1[S:3][C:4]2[CH:10]=[CH:9][C:8]([OH:11])=[CH:7][C:5]=2[N:6]=1.[CH2:12]([C@H:14]1[O:16][CH2:15]1)Cl.C(=O)([O-])[O-].[K+].[K+]>CC(C)=O>[O:16]1[CH2:15][C@@H:14]1[CH2:12][O:11][C:8]1[CH:9]=[CH:10][C:4]2[S:3][C:2]([CH3:1])=[N:6][C:5]=2[CH:7]=1

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 11430Potassium CarbonateHCID 149428(+)-EpichlorohydrinHCID 6997992-Methyl-1,3-benzothiazol-5-ol

Product 1

HCID 210236065-(((R)-oxiran-2-yl)methoxy)-2-methylbenzo[d]thiazole

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 180AcetoneSolvent

Procedure

A mixture of 2-methylbenzothiazol-5-ol, a compound of formula (1) (6.0 g, 36 mmol), (S)-(+)-epichlorohydrin, a compound of formula (2) (20 ml, 182 mmol), and potassium carbonate (20 g, 144 mmol) in acetone (100 ml), was heated to reflux and allowed to stir overnight. The solution was allowed to cool and filtered through Celite 512. The filtrate was evaporated (in vacuo), to yield an oil. The oil was chromatographed on silica gel, eluting with 20% ethyl acetate/hexanes, to yield 5-[((2R)oxiran-2-yl)methoxy]-2-methylbenzothiazole as a white solid (6.2 g, 28 mmol).

Workup

  1. temperatureto reflux
  2. temperatureto cool
  3. filtrationfiltered through Celite 512
  4. customThe filtrate was evaporated (in vacuo)
  5. customto yield an oil
  6. customThe oil was chromatographed on silica gel
  7. washeluting with 20% ethyl acetate/hexanes

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-78ba0feda4514545a7fff035a9a10b22
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2006_06
Patent number
US07056924B2

Reaction notes

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