Thymine → ThyPropOate

HRID 2227705Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2227705 reaction equation
[NH:1]1[CH:9]=[C:7]([CH3:8])[C:5](=[O:6])[NH:4][C:2]1=[O:3].[C:10]([O:14][CH3:15])(=[O:13])[CH:11]=[CH2:12].[OH-].[Na+]>CO>[CH3:15][O:14][C:10](=[O:13])[CH2:11][CH2:12][N:1]1[CH:9]=[C:7]([CH3:8])[C:5](=[O:6])[NH:4][C:2]1=[O:3]

Participants

5

Procedure

Thymine (14 g, 0.11 mol) was suspended in methanol. Methyl acrylate (39.6 mL, 0.44 mol) was added, along with catalytic amounts of sodium hydroxide. The solution was refluxed in the dark for 45 h, evaporated to dryness in vacua, and the residue dissolved in methanol (8 mL) with heating. After cooling in an ice bath, the product was precipitated by addition of ether (20 mL), isolated by filtration, washed with ether (3×15 mL), and dried over sicapent, in vacuo. Yield: 11.23 g (48%). M.p. 112-119° C. Anal. for C9H12N2O4, found (calc.) C: 51.14 (50.94) H: 5.78 (5.70) N: 11.52 (13.20). The compound showed satisfactory 1H and 13C-NMR spectra.

Workup

  1. temperatureThe solution was refluxed in the dark for 45 h
  2. customevaporated to dryness in vacua
  3. dissolutionthe residue dissolved in methanol (8 mL)
  4. temperaturewith heating
  5. temperatureAfter cooling in an ice bath
  6. customthe product was precipitated by addition of ether (20 mL)
  7. customisolated by filtration
  8. washwashed with ether (3×15 mL)
  9. customdried over sicapent, in vacuo

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-d2816ed8cec94bad86163182095a9174
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2002_07
Patent number
US06414112B1

Reaction notes

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