Reaction Steps
A mixture of 4-cyano-2-[1-(3-ethoxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-2-methylsulfonyl-ethyl]isoindoline-1,3-dione (0.5 g, 1.17 mmol) and 10% Pd/C (0.15 g) in 4 N hydrochloric acid (1 mL) and methanol (40 mL) was hydrogenated in Parr Shaker apparatus under 50 psi of hydrogen overnight. To the resulting slurry was added water (2 mL) to dissolve the product. The reaction mixture was then filtered through Celite and the filtrate was concentrated in vacuo. The residue was slurried in ethyl acetate (10 mL) to afford 0.52 g of the crude product. The product was reslurried in hot ethanol (15 mL) to afford 4-(aminomethyl)-2-[1-(3-ethoxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-2-methylsulfonylethyl]isoindoline-1,3-dione hydrochloride (0.44 g, 80% yield): mp 237-239° C.; 1H NMR (DMSO-d6) δ 8.79 (s, 3H, Ar), 8.04-7.89 (m, 3H, Ar), 7.11-6.91 (m, 3H, Ar), 5.83-5.77 (dd, J=4.2, 10.1 Hz, 1H, NCH), 4.49-4.47 (m, 2H, CH2), 4.41-4.31 (m, 1H, CHH), 4.21-4.13 (m, 1H, CHH), 4.04 (q, J=6.8 Hz, 2H, CH2), 3.73 (s. 3H, CH3), 3.64 (s, 3H, CH3), 1.32 (t, J=6.8 Hz, 3H, CH3); 13C NMR (DMSO-d6) δ 167.48, 166.93, 148.95, 147.87, 135.39, 134.71, 132.82, 131.32, 129.50, 128.30, 123.34, 119.89, 112.55, 111.79, 63.87, 55.52, 53.07, 47.46, 41.08, 36.84, 14.66; Anal. Calcd for C21H25N2O6SCl: C, 53.79; H, 5.37; N, 5.97; S, 6.84; Cl, 7.56. Found: C, 53.49, H, 5.47; N, 5.75; S, 6.61; Cl, 7.51.
