4-(Diethylboranyl)pyridine → 2-Fluoro-N,N-dimethyl-4-(pyridin-4-yl)aniline

HRID 240225Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 240225 reaction equation
Br[C:2]1[CH:10]=[CH:9][C:5]([N:6]([CH3:8])[CH3:7])=[C:4]([F:11])[CH:3]=1.C(B(CC)[C:15]1[CH:20]=[CH:19][N:18]=[CH:17][CH:16]=1)C>>[F:11][C:4]1[CH:3]=[C:2]([C:15]2[CH:20]=[CH:19][N:18]=[CH:17][CH:16]=2)[CH:10]=[CH:9][C:5]=1[N:6]([CH3:8])[CH3:7]

Participants

3

Procedure

4-Bromo-2-fluoroaniline was methylated by treating it with dimethylsulphate to give a 26% yield of 4-Bromo-2-fluoro-N,N-dimethylaniline (XI) as a red oil. The resultant 4-Bromo-2-fluoro-N,N-dimethylaniline was coupled to diethyl (4-pyridyl)borane (I) using a tetrakis triphenyl phosphine palladium (0) catalyst to give 2-Fluoro-N,N-dimethyl-4-(pyridin-4-yl)aniline (XII) in a 44% yield. This was methylated by refluxing it in acetonitrile in the presence of methyl iodide and the product 4-(4-(dimethylamino)-3-fluorophenyl)-1-methylpyridinium iodide (XIII) IDT330 was obtained in a 21% yield.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-51ff97f82ddc4919b7847c31280b24ef
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2014_02
Patent number
US08647827B2

Reaction notes

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