1-Bromo-3-chloropropane → (2R)-1-(3-chloropropyl)-2-methylpyrrolidine

Temperature

80 °C

To a solution of (R)-2-methylpyrrolidine (18.0 g) and 1-bromo-3-chloropropane (100.0 g) in acetone (360 mL), aqueous sodium hydroxide (5 M, 50 mL) was added dropwise in an ice bath and the mixture was heated to 80° C., at which it was stirred for 4 hours. The reaction mixture was extracted with diethyl ether, and the organic layer was washed with brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure. The resulting residue was purified by NH-type silica gel column chromatography (eluting solvent: n-hexane:ethyl acetate=4:1 to 1:1) and silica gel column chromatography (eluting solvent: chloroform:methanol=9:1) to give the titled compound (17.8 g, 52%) as a yellow oil.

1. extractionThe reaction mixture was extracted with diethyl ether
2. washthe organic layer was washed with brine
3. dry with materialdried over anhydrous sodium sulfate
4. concentrationconcentrated under reduced pressure
5. customThe resulting residue was purified by NH-type silica gel column chromatography (eluting solvent: n-hexane:ethyl acetate=4:1 to 1:1) and silica gel column chromatography (eluting solvent: chloroform:methanol=9:1)

ORD record

ord-35c84268c4af48b88020fca97b5550bc

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2012_05

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US08183387B2