tert-Butyl N-[3-(cyanomethyl)benzyl]-N-methylcarbamate → tert-Butyl N-[3-(2-aminoethyl)benzyl]-N-methylcarbamate

HRID 2228729Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2228729 reaction equation
[C:1]([O:5][C:6](=[O:19])[N:7]([CH2:9][C:10]1[CH:15]=[CH:14][CH:13]=[C:12]([CH2:16][C:17]#[N:18])[CH:11]=1)[CH3:8])([CH3:4])([CH3:3])[CH3:2]>C(O)C.N.[Ni]>[NH2:18][CH2:17][CH2:16][C:12]1[CH:11]=[C:10]([CH:15]=[CH:14][CH:13]=1)[CH2:9][N:7]([CH3:8])[C:6](=[O:19])[O:5][C:1]([CH3:2])([CH3:3])[CH3:4]

Participants

5

Reactant 1

HCID 18470858tert-Butyl N-[3-(cyanomethyl)benzyl]-N-methylcarbamate

Product 1

HCID 18470795tert-Butyl N-[3-(2-aminoethyl)benzyl]-N-methylcarbamateYield 78%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 3

HCID 935NickelCatalystHCID 222AmmoniaSolventHCID 702EthanolSolvent

Procedure

tert-Butyl-N-[3-(cyanomethyl)benzyl]-N-methylcarbamate (preparation 14) (3 g, 11.5 mmol, slightly impure) was dissolved in ethanol saturated with NH3 (300 ml), a treated with Raney® Nickel (500 mg) and stirred under a hydrogen atmosphere (60 psi, room temperature, 18 hr). The catalyst was removed by filtration under nitrogen, the solvent evaporated to dryness and the resultant crude product purified by chromatography (SiO2, gradient elution with 100% CH2Cl2; 95:5 CH2Cl2:MeOH; 90:10 CH2Cl2:MeOH) to give the desired product (2.40 g, 78%). 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 1.20 (s, 2H), 1.50 (s, 9H), 2.70-2.90 (m, 5H), 3.00 (s, 2H), 4.20 (s, br, 2H), 7.05 (s, br, 3H), 7.25 (s, br, 1H). LRMS m/z=265.1 (M+1)+.

Workup

  1. customThe catalyst was removed by filtration under nitrogen
  2. customthe solvent evaporated to dryness
  3. customthe resultant crude product purified by chromatography (SiO2, gradient elution with 100% CH2Cl2; 95:5 CH2Cl2:MeOH; 90:10 CH2Cl2:MeOH)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-1847b5f14222421e9f368c77f58a1d3b
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2002_07
Patent number
US06417203B1

Reaction notes

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