Methane → 2-Imidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidin-7-yl-propan-2-ol

Temperature

24 °C

A 3 l round-bottomed flask equipped with a mechanical stirrer, thermocouple and nitrogen inlet adaptor was charged with 2-aminoimidazole hemisulfate (84.6 g, 641 mmol) and absolute EtOH (900 ml). The resulting slurry was stirred at 24° C. and solid NaOMe (69.2 g, 1.28 mol) was added in two portions over 15 min. After the addition was complete the reaction temperature was 46° C. The mixture was warmed to 60° C. and stirred for 45 min. The mixture was then cooled to 50° C. A solution of crude 4-acetoxy-1,1-diethoxy-4-methyl-3-butanone (253.5 g of 57 wt % material, 611 mmol) and absolute EtOH (150 ml) was added over 1 h maintaining a reaction temperature of about 45° C. After the addition, the reaction was maintained at 60° C. for 3 h and then cooled to 20° C. The pH was adjusted to 5.9 by addition of aqueous HCl (5N, 130 ml) in 10 ml portions. Darco G-60 (9.0 g) was added and the slurry was stirred for 30 min. The solids were removed by filtration through a pad of Solka-floc and the cake was rinsed with EtOH (200 ml). The filtrate was concentrated to about 200 ml by rotary evaporation, then 300 ml of EtOAc was added and the mixture was concentrated to about 300 ml. This was repeated three times with crystals forming during the process. The final slurry was diluted to 600 ml with EtOAc and then cooled to 5° C. with stirring. The solids were collected on a frit, rinsed with cold EtOAc (50 ml) and dried overnight under vacuum at 22° C. to provide 2-(imidazo[1,2-α]pyrimidin-7-yl)propan-2-ol (79 g) as a crystalline solid: 1H NMR (MeOH-d4, 400 MHz) δ 8.80 (1H, d, J 7.2), 7.77 (1H, d, J 1.6), 7.66 (1H, d, J 1.6), 7.39 (1H, d, J 7.2), 1.60 (6H, s); 13C NMR (MeOH-d4, 100.61 MHz) δ 169.7, 147.8, 134.7, 132.8, 111.1, 105.4, 72.8, 28.4.

1. customA 3 l round-bottomed flask equipped with a mechanical stirrer
2. additionAfter the addition
3. customwas 46° C
4. temperatureThe mixture was warmed to 60° C.
5. stirringstirred for 45 min
6. temperatureThe mixture was then cooled to 50° C
7. temperaturemaintaining a reaction temperature of about 45° C
8. additionAfter the addition
9. temperaturethe reaction was maintained at 60° C. for 3 h
10. temperaturecooled to 20° C
11. addition(9.0 g) was added
12. stirringthe slurry was stirred for 30 min
13. customThe solids were removed by filtration through a pad of Solka-floc
14. washthe cake was rinsed with EtOH (200 ml)
15. concentrationThe filtrate was concentrated to about 200 ml by rotary evaporation
16. addition300 ml of EtOAc was added
17. concentrationthe mixture was concentrated to about 300 ml
18. customforming during the process
19. temperaturecooled to 5° C.
20. stirringwith stirring
21. customThe solids were collected on a frit
22. washrinsed with cold EtOAc (50 ml)
23. customdried overnight under vacuum at 22° C.

ORD record

ord-c86e3fe465084ae8a30d4f456fc8ff06

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2005_05

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US06900215B2