Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide → (2R)-2-hydroxy-3-(phenylmethoxy)propyl (2S)-2-(6-methoxy(2-naphthyl))propanoate

HRID 2355651Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2355651 reaction equation
[CH3:1][O:2][C:3]1[CH:4]=[C:5]2[C:10](=[CH:11][CH:12]=1)[CH:9]=[C:8]([C@H:13]([CH3:17])[C:14]([OH:16])=[O:15])[CH:7]=[CH:6]2.[CH2:18]([O:25][CH2:26][C@H:27]([OH:30])[CH2:28]O)[C:19]1[CH:24]=[CH:23][CH:22]=[CH:21][CH:20]=1.C1(N=C=NC2CCCCC2)CCCCC1>C(Cl)Cl>[CH3:1][O:2][C:3]1[CH:4]=[C:5]2[C:10](=[CH:11][CH:12]=1)[CH:9]=[C:8]([C@H:13]([CH3:17])[C:14]([O:16][CH2:28][C@H:27]([OH:30])[CH2:26][O:25][CH2:18][C:19]1[CH:24]=[CH:23][CH:22]=[CH:21][CH:20]=1)=[O:15])[CH:7]=[CH:6]2

Participants

5

Procedure

A solution of (2S)-2-(6-methoxy(2-naphthyl))propanoic acid (naproxen, 3.70 g, 16.1 mmol), (R)-(+)-3-benzyloxy-1,2-propanediol (2.92 g, 19.0 mmol), N,N-dimethylaminopyridine (DMAP, 0.40 g, 3.3 mmol) and 1,3-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (3.61 g, 17.5 mmol) in CH2Cl2 (120 mL) was stirred at ambient temperature overnight. The byproduct, dicyclohexyl urea, was removed by filtration. The reaction mixture was partitioned between HCl (3N, 50 mL) and CH2Cl2 (50 mL×2). The combined organic extracts were back washed with water, brine, dried over Na2SO4, filtered, concentrated and dried under vacuum. The product was separated by silica gel column chromatography eluting with EtOAc:hexane (1:2, Rf=0.23) to give a mixture of the 1- and 2-glycerol ester isomers (88:12, 3.87 g). 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.69-7.64 (m, 3H), 7.40-7.03 (m, 8H), 5.34 (s, 2H), 4.17-4.14 (m, 2H), 3.88 (s, 3H), 3.9-3.85 (m, 2H), 3.33-3.28 (m, 2H), 2.45 (br. d, 1H), 1.56 (d, J=7.2 Hz, 3H). 13C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3) δ 174.6, 157.6, 137.6, 135.4, 133.6, 129.6, 129.2, 128.8, 128.3, 127.7, 127.61, 127.55, 127.1, 126.1, 125.9, 119.0, 105.5, 73.3, 70.6, 68.8, 65.5, 62.2, 55.2, 45.3, 18.3. Mass spectrum (API-TIS) m/z 412 (M+NH4)+.

Workup

  1. customThe byproduct, dicyclohexyl urea, was removed by filtration
  2. customThe reaction mixture was partitioned between HCl (3N, 50 mL) and CH2Cl2 (50 mL×2)
  3. washThe combined organic extracts were back washed with water, brine
  4. dry with materialdried over Na2SO4
  5. filtrationfiltered
  6. concentrationconcentrated
  7. customdried under vacuum
  8. customThe product was separated by silica gel column chromatography
  9. washeluting with EtOAc:hexane (1:2, Rf=0.23)
  10. customto give

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-3ef1871fcd3345b28f60faeba4350482
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2010_07
Patent number
US07754772B2

Reaction notes

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