2-Nitroimidazole → 2-nitro-1-(2-trimethylsilanyl-ethoxymethyl)-1H-imidazole

HRID 2391775Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2391775 reaction equation
[N+:1]([C:4]1[NH:5][CH:6]=[CH:7][N:8]=1)([O-:3])=[O:2].[H-].[Na+].[CH3:11][Si:12]([CH3:19])([CH3:18])[CH2:13][CH2:14][O:15][CH2:16]Cl>C1COCC1>[N+:1]([C:4]1[N:5]([CH2:16][O:15][CH2:14][CH2:13][Si:12]([CH3:19])([CH3:18])[CH3:11])[CH:6]=[CH:7][N:8]=1)([O-:3])=[O:2]

Participants

5

Conditions

Temperature
5 °C

Procedure

A suspension of 2-nitroimidazole (0.885 g, 7.8 mmol) and sodium hydride (60% dispersion in mineral oil, 0.440 g, 11.0 mmol, 1.4 equiv) in THF (20 mL) was stirred for 1.5 h at 5° C., under an argon atmosphere. 2-(Trimethylsilyl)ethoxymethyl chloride (1.5 mL, 8.6 mmol, 1.1 equiv) was then added. The reaction mixture was stirred for 2.5 h at 5° C., quenched by addition of a saturated aqueous solution of NH4Cl, and extracted with EtOAc. The combined organic phase was washed with H2O and brine, dried (sodium sulfate), filtered and concentrated. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (Hex/EtOAc, 3:1) to afford 1.76 g of the title compound as a yellow oil: ES-MS: 244.1 [M+H]+; tR=4.63 min (System 1); TLC: Rf=0.19 (Hex/EtOAc, 3:1).

Workup

  1. stirringThe reaction mixture was stirred for 2.5 h at 5° C.
  2. customquenched by addition of a saturated aqueous solution of NH4Cl
  3. extractionextracted with EtOAc
  4. washThe combined organic phase was washed with H2O and brine
  5. dry with materialdried (sodium sulfate)
  6. filtrationfiltered
  7. concentrationconcentrated
  8. customThe residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (Hex/EtOAc, 3:1)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-bbde0051097d4a42b8d4968d92bf5622
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2012_09
Patent number
US08273882B2

Reaction notes

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