Chloromethyl Methyl Ether → (2R, 4R)-(+)-2-(ethoxycarbonyl)-4-(methoxymethoxy)-1-(4-methoxyphenethyl)pyrrolidine

HRID 2304403Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2304403 reaction equation
[CH2:1](Cl)[O:2][CH3:3].C(N(CC)C(C)C)(C)C.[CH2:14]([O:16][C:17]([C@H:19]1[CH2:23][C@@H:22]([OH:24])[CH2:21][N:20]1[CH2:25][CH2:26][C:27]1[CH:32]=[CH:31][C:30]([O:33][CH3:34])=[CH:29][CH:28]=1)=[O:18])[CH3:15]>ClCCl>[CH2:14]([O:16][C:17]([C@H:19]1[CH2:23][C@@H:22]([O:24][CH2:1][O:2][CH3:3])[CH2:21][N:20]1[CH2:25][CH2:26][C:27]1[CH:28]=[CH:29][C:30]([O:33][CH3:34])=[CH:31][CH:32]=1)=[O:18])[CH3:15]

Participants

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Procedure

9.32 ml (123 mmol) of MOMCl was added to a solution of 25 ml (144 mmol) of N,N-diisopropylethylamine and 6.00 g (20.5 mmol) of (2R, 4R)-(+)-2-(ethoxycarbonyl)-4-hydroxy-1-(4-methoxyphenethyl) pyrrolidine in dichloromethane (100 ml) and the mixture was stirred for 14 hours at room temperature. The mixture was washed with saturated aqueous sodium carbonate and saturated aqueous sodium chloride, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by silicagel column chromatography (ethyl acetate : n-hexane=1:1 ) to give 6.20 g of (2R, 4R)-(+)-2-(ethoxycarbonyl)-4-(methoxymethoxy)-1-(4-methoxyphenethyl) pyrrolidine in 89.8% yield.

Workup

  1. washThe mixture was washed with saturated aqueous sodium carbonate and saturated aqueous sodium chloride
  2. dry with materialdried over anhydrous sodium sulfate
  3. concentrationconcentrated in vacuo
  4. customThe residue was purified by silicagel column chromatography (ethyl acetate : n-hexane=1:1 )

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-50fbbf8ca2644ceb8e8325f8e4e6ba73
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2002_08
Patent number
US06436922B1

Reaction notes

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