Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 58826316, compound

Temperature

76 °C

Zinc metal (0.558 g, 10 micron dust, 8.5 mmol) was stirred in THF (2.5 ml) and methane sulphonic acid (0.04 mmol) was added and refluxed at 76° C. for 10 minutes. To this was added 3,3-difluoro-cyclobutanecarbonitrile (500 mg, 4.3 mmol, prepared according to Elend et al. Synth Comm, 2005, 35, 657) and the reaction mixture was heated for a further 10 minutes. Ethyl bromoacetate (0.751 ml, 6.8 mmol) dissolved in THF (0.5 mL) was then injected over a 2 hour period with the aid of a syringe pump and after the addition the mixture was stirred for a further 30 minutes. Aqueous HCl (3 ml of 3 M solution) was added drop-wise at 0° C. and the reaction mixture was then stirred for 17 hours between 0 and 20° C. The reaction mixture was analyzed by MS and TLC which showed the formation of the product and the consumption of the starting material and the reaction was worked up with (2×20 ml) water and (2×20 ml) ethyl acetate, the organic portion was then dried (Na2SO4) and reduced in vacuo. The product was isolated and purified using flash chromatography (AcOEt 7:93 heptane) and 3-(3,3-difluoro-cyclobutyl)-3-oxo-propionic acid ethyl ester (599 mg, 68% yield) was obtained as a colourless liquid. MS (ESI+): 207.1 ([M+H]+).

1. temperaturethe reaction mixture was heated for a further 10 minutes
2. additionpump and after the addition the mixture
3. stirringthe reaction mixture was then stirred for 17 hours between 0 and 20° C
4. customthe consumption of the starting material
5. dry with materialthe organic portion was then dried (Na2SO4)
6. customThe product was isolated
7. custompurified

ORD record

ord-ff1c773720b648368647f11d0dba75f1

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2010_01

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US07652057B2