Dimethylformamide → 2-Methyl-5-phenylbenzylisocyanate

HRID 1883635Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1883635 reaction equation
[CH3:1][C:2]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][C:7]([C:10]2[CH:15]=[CH:14][CH:13]=[CH:12][CH:11]=2)=[CH:6][C:3]=1[CH2:4]Br.[C-]#N.[Na+].C[N:20](C)[CH:21]=[O:22]>>[CH3:1][C:2]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][C:7]([C:10]2[CH:15]=[CH:14][CH:13]=[CH:12][CH:11]=2)=[CH:6][C:3]=1[CH2:4][N:20]=[C:21]=[O:22]

Participants

4

Conditions

Temperature
100 °C

Procedure

3.0 g (11.6 mmol) of 2-methyl-5-phenylbenzyl bromide (produced in the same manner as in Reference Production Example 1 (5)) was dissolved in 5 ml of anhydrous N,N-dimethylformamide, and to this solution was added 1.13 g (17.3 mmol) of sodium cyanide, and the mixture was stirred for 3 hours at 100° C., to obtain a 2-methyl-5-phenylbenzyl isocyanate solution. To this solution was added 5 ml of toluene, then, the solution was cooled to 0° C., and to this was slowly dropped 550 mg (11.9 mmol) of methylhydrazine. Further, the mixture was stirred for 3 hours at room temperature, and to this reaction mixture was added water, and the mixture was extracted with chloroform. The organic layer was washed with saturated saline, then, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and concentrated. The residue was subjected to silica gel column chromatography (eluant: ethyl acetate/methanol=9/1 (v/v)), to obtain 1.24 g of 2-methyl-4-(2-methyl-5-phenylbenzyl) semicarbazide.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-6a3e9fe07cbe4fddb39ada7aa18f6e35
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2004_07
Patent number
US06762197B2

Reaction notes

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