Water → 1-(1-benzylpyrrolidin-3-yl)-N-methylmethanamine

HRID 2372045Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2372045 reaction equation
[H-].[Al+3].[Li+].[H-].[H-].[H-].[CH3:7][NH:8][C:9]([CH:11]1[CH2:15][C:14](=O)[N:13]([CH2:17][C:18]2[CH:23]=[CH:22][CH:21]=[CH:20][CH:19]=2)[CH2:12]1)=O.O.[OH-].[Na+]>O1CCCC1>[CH3:7][NH:8][CH2:9][CH:11]1[CH2:15][CH2:14][N:13]([CH2:17][C:18]2[CH:19]=[CH:20][CH:21]=[CH:22][CH:23]=2)[CH2:12]1

Participants

6

Reactant 4

HCID 962Water2×HCID 14798Sodium HydroxideHCID 134917941-benzyl-N-methyl-5-oxopyrrolidine-3-carboxamideHCID 21226445Aluminium lithium hydride

Product 1

HCID 46608321-(1-benzylpyrrolidin-3-yl)-N-methylmethanamineYield 88.5%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 8028TetrahydrofuranSolvent

Procedure

To a suspension of 37.4 g (1.00 mole) lithium aluminum hydride in 1000 ml tetrahydrofuran, was added a solution of 88.3 g (0.380 mole) of N-methyl-5-oxo-1-(phenylmethyl)-3-pyrrolidinecarboxamide in tetrafuran dropwise under nitrogen. The reaction was then refluxed overnight. The reaction flask was cooled in an ice bath and 37.4 ml of water 37.4 ml of 15% sodium hydroxide and 112.2 ml of water were added. The precipitated solids were filtered and washed with hot ethanol. The combined filtrates were concentrated, then dissolved in dichloromethane, filtered, dried over magnesium sulfate, and the solvent evaporated under reduced pressure to give 68.7 g of N-methyl-1-(phenylmethyl)-3-pyrrolidinemethanamine as an oil. This material was used without further purification in the step.

Workup

  1. temperatureThe reaction was then refluxed overnight
  2. temperatureThe reaction flask was cooled in an ice bath
  3. filtrationThe precipitated solids were filtered
  4. washwashed with hot ethanol
  5. concentrationThe combined filtrates were concentrated
  6. dissolutiondissolved in dichloromethane
  7. filtrationfiltered
  8. dry with materialdried over magnesium sulfate
  9. customthe solvent evaporated under reduced pressure

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-96167beec6f548499b4c8d2728fed203
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1992_03
Patent number
US05097032

Reaction notes

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