反应详情

To a red solution of 2-chloro-6-methyl-isonicotinic acid tert.-butyl ester (2.95 g, 13.0 mmol), Fe(acac)3 (512 mg, 1.45 mmol) and NMP (1.58 g, 16.0 mmol) in THF (400 mL), a solution of ethylmagnesium bromide (1.81 g, 13.6 mmol) in THF is slowly added at −77° C. The brown solution turns green-grey. The suspension is warmed to rt, stirred for 30 min before the yellow solution is again cooled to −70° C. and another portion of the Grignard reagent (1.38 g, 10.4 mmol) is added. The reaction mixture is warmed to rt, stirred for 16 h and then carefully quenched with 1 N aq. HCl (100 mL) and diluted with diethyl ether. The org. layer is separated and the aq. phase is extracted with diethyl ether. The combined org. extracts are dried over MgSO4, filtered and evaporated. The crude product is purified by MPLC on silica gel to give 2-ethyl-6-methyl-isonicotinic acid tert.-butyl ester as a yellow oil which is dissolved in 4 N HCl in dioxane (50 mL). The solution is stirred at 50° C. for 16 h before the solvent is evaporated to give 2-ethyl-6-methylisonicotinic acid hydrochloride as a beige powder; LC-MS: tR=0.28 min; [M+1]+=166.25; 1H NMR (CDCl3): δ 8.19 (s, 2H), 3.12 (q; J=7.6 Hz, 2H), 2.84 (s, 3H), 1.43 (t, J=7.6 Hz, 3H).

1. temperatureis again cooled to −70° C.
2. temperatureThe reaction mixture is warmed to rt
3. stirringstirred for 16 h
4. customcarefully quenched with 1 N aq. HCl (100 mL)
5. additiondiluted with diethyl ether
6. customlayer is separated
7. extractionthe aq. phase is extracted with diethyl ether
8. dry with materialextracts are dried over MgSO4
9. filtrationfiltered
10. customevaporated
11. customThe crude product is purified by MPLC on silica gel