Vinyl Acetate → (1R,2R)-2-(4-bromophenoxy)cyclohexyl acetate

HRID 2360336Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2360336 reaction equation
[Br:1][C:2]1[CH:15]=[CH:14][C:5]([O:6][C@@H:7]2[CH2:12][CH2:11][CH2:10][CH2:9][C@H:8]2[OH:13])=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.[C:16](OC=C)(=[O:18])[CH3:17]>C(OCC)(=O)C>[C:16]([O:13][C@@H:8]1[CH2:9][CH2:10][CH2:11][CH2:12][C@H:7]1[O:6][C:5]1[CH:14]=[CH:15][C:2]([Br:1])=[CH:3][CH:4]=1)(=[O:18])[CH3:17]

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 7904Vinyl AcetateHCID 67195202trans-2-(4-Bromophenoxy)cyclohexanol

Product 1

HCID 67197945(1R,2R)-2-(4-bromophenoxy)cyclohexyl acetate

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 8857Ethyl AcetateSolvent

Procedure

trans-2-(4-Bromophenoxy)cyclohexanol (5.305 g, 19.56 mmol) was dissolved in ethyl acetate (196 mL) and treated with vinyl acetate (3.37 g, 39.1 mmol), followed by lipase enzyme from Candida antarctica (Novozyme 435, Sigma L4777, lipase immobilized on acrylic resin, 5.3 g). The reaction was capped and stirred for 18 hours, then filtered through Celite® and rinsed with ethyl acetate (500 mL). Concentration of the filtrate in vacuo provided a pale yellow oil, which was purified via silica gel chromatography (Gradient: 0% to 10% ethyl acetate in heptane) to afford (1R,2R)-2-(4-bromophenoxy)cyclohexyl acetate, the less polar product, as a colorless oil. Yield: 2.047 g, 6.54 mmol, 33%. Data for (1R,2R)-2-(4-bromophenoxy)cyclohexyl acetate: 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 1.32-1.59 (m, 4H), 1.71-1.80 (m, 2H), 1.95 (s, 3H), 2.02-2.14 (m, 2H), 4.17 (ddd, J=9.6, 8.1, 4.4 Hz, 1H), 4.96 (m, 1H), 6.84 (d, J=9.0 Hz, 2H), 7.36 (d, J=9.1 Hz, 2H). Enantiomeric alcohol (1S,2S)-2-(4-bromophenoxy)cyclohexanol, the more polar product, was obtained as a white solid (3.57 g). Data for (1S,2S)-2-(4-bromophenoxy)cyclohexanol: 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 1.26-1.46 (m, 4H), 1.74-1.79 (m, 2H), 2.08-2.15 (m, 2H), 2.50 (br s, 1H), 3.72 (ddd, J=10.6, 8.5, 4.6 Hz, 1H), 3.96 (m, 1H), 6.84 (d, J=9.0 Hz, 2H), 7.38 (d, J=9.0 Hz, 2H). The absolute configurations of these compounds were assigned on the basis of an X-ray crystal structure of the enantiomer of N-[(1S,2R)-2-(4-bromophenoxy)cyclohexyl]propane-2-sulfonamide (see step 7 below).

Workup

  1. customThe reaction was capped
  2. filtrationfiltered through Celite®
  3. washrinsed with ethyl acetate (500 mL)
  4. customConcentration of the filtrate in vacuo provided a pale yellow oil, which
  5. customwas purified via silica gel chromatography (Gradient: 0% to 10% ethyl acetate in heptane)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-9ac654359b9c4250978ea5737beb895d
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2014_04
Patent number
US08686043B2

Reaction notes

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