Triethylamine → 1-(4-bromo-3-methylphenyl)pyrrolidin-2-one

HRID 1870894Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1870894 reaction equation
[Br:1][C:2]1[CH:8]=[CH:7][C:5]([NH2:6])=[CH:4][C:3]=1[CH3:9].C(N(CC)CC)C.Cl[CH2:18][CH2:19][CH2:20][C:21](Cl)=[O:22].CC(C)([O-])C.[K+].C([O-])([O-])=O.[Na+].[Na+]>O>[Br:1][C:2]1[CH:8]=[CH:7][C:5]([N:6]2[CH2:18][CH2:19][CH2:20][C:21]2=[O:22])=[CH:4][C:3]=1[CH3:9]

Participants

7

Conditions

Temperature
2.5 °C

Procedure

A stirred solution of 4-bromo-3-methylaniline (50.3 g, 0.27 mole) and triethylamine (41.1 ml, 0.30 mole) in THE (250 ml) at 0° C. under argon was treated dropwise with 4-chlorobutyryl chloride (33.4 ml, 0.30 mole). The mixture was stirred for 1 hour at 0-5° C., then potassium t-butoxide (82.5 g, 0.74 mole) was added portionwise over 20 minutes, maintaining temperature below 25° C. The reaction mixture was stirred at 25° C. for a further 2.5 hrs, then treated with water (100 ml), followed after 0.25 hrs with 10% aqueous Na2CO3 solution and then extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was washed with water, 5M HCl acid, then brine, dried (Na2SO4) and concentrated in vacuo to afford the title compound as a pale yellow solid (61.6 g, 89%).

Workup

  1. temperaturemaintaining temperature below 25° C
  2. stirringThe reaction mixture was stirred at 25° C. for a further 2.5 hrs
  3. extractionextracted with ethyl acetate
  4. washThe extract was washed with water, 5M HCl acid
  5. dry with materialbrine, dried (Na2SO4)
  6. concentrationconcentrated in vacuo

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-355acfbd772e4d3ab98584800100e01f
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2000_08
Patent number
US06100272

Reaction notes

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