Lithium hydroxide, monohydrate → 1-(4-Cyanobenzyl)-5-hydroxymethyl-1H-imidazole

HRID 2289140Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2289140 reaction equation
Br.[C:2]([C:4]1[CH:20]=[CH:19][C:7]([CH2:8][N:9]2[C:13]([CH2:14][O:15]C(=O)C)=[CH:12][N:11]=[CH:10]2)=[CH:6][CH:5]=1)#[N:3].O.[OH-].[Li+]>C1COCC1.O>[C:2]([C:4]1[CH:20]=[CH:19][C:7]([CH2:8][N:9]2[C:13]([CH2:14][OH:15])=[CH:12][N:11]=[CH:10]2)=[CH:6][CH:5]=1)#[N:3]

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 168937Lithium hydroxide, monohydrateHCID 574275591-(4-Cyanobenzyl)-5-(acetoxymethyl)imidazole hydrobromide

Product 1

HCID 101982471-(4-Cyanobenzyl)-5-hydroxymethyl-1H-imidazoleYield 82%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 21881883Oxolane--water (1/1)Solvent

Procedure

To a solution of the acetate 4 (50.4 g) in 1.5 L of 3:1 THF/water at 0° C. was added lithium hydroxide monohydrate (18.9 g). After one hour, the reaction was concentrated in vacuo, diluted with EtOAc (3 L), and washed with water, sat. aq. NaHCO3 and brine. The solution was then dried (Na2SO4), filtered, and concentrated in vacuo to provide the crude product (26.2 g) as a pale yellow fluffy solid which was sufficiently pure for use in the next step without further purification.

Workup

  1. concentrationthe reaction was concentrated in vacuo
  2. additiondiluted with EtOAc (3 L)
  3. washwashed with water, sat. aq. NaHCO3 and brine
  4. dry with materialThe solution was then dried (Na2SO4)
  5. filtrationfiltered
  6. concentrationconcentrated in vacuo

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-8a630dd09fe64999a0bf5834b43c6ed3
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2000_07
Patent number
US06090948

Reaction notes

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