Potassium Bromide → (S)-tert-butyl 3-formylpyrrolidine-1-carboxylate

Temperature

0 °C

A solution of (S)-3-hydroxymethylpyrrolidine-1-carboxylic acid t-butyl ester (25.0 g, 124 mmol) in DCM (200 mL) was cooled with stirring to 0° C. A solution of potassium bromide (1.5 g, 12.4 mmol) and sodium bicarbonate (1.5 g, 17.4 mmol) dissolved in water (100 mL) was added. After 15 minutes of stirring at 0° C. 2,2,6,6,-tetramethylpiperidin-1-oxyl (195.3 mg, 1.2 mmol) was added, followed by the slow addition of sodium hypochlorite (77.3 mL, 136.6 mmol) dropwise keeping the internal temperature in the 6-8° C. range. The mixture was placed in an ice bath until the layers separated and the layers were back extracted with DCM (200 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with 1M NaCl in water (200 mL), dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated to yield crude (S)-3-formylpyrrolidine-1-carboxylic acid t-butyl ester (21.5 g).

1. additionwas added
2. stirringAfter 15 minutes of stirring at 0° C
3. customin the 6-8° C. range
4. customThe mixture was placed in an ice bath until the layers
5. customseparated
6. extractionthe layers were back extracted with DCM (200 mL)
7. washThe combined organic layers were washed with 1M NaCl in water (200 mL)
8. dry with materialdried over Na2SO4
9. filtrationfiltered
10. concentrationconcentrated

ORD record

ord-c38130c34be74a25927d0275275c2cb7

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2012_09

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US08273786B2