Triethylamine → N,N'-Dicyclohexylurea

HRID 277732Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 277732 reaction equation
[O:1]1CCC(C(O)=O)C1.[CH:9]1([N:15]=[C:16]=[N:17][CH:18]2[CH2:23][CH2:22][CH2:21][CH2:20][CH2:19]2)[CH2:14][CH2:13][CH2:12][CH2:11][CH2:10]1.C(N(CC)CC)C>ClCCl>[CH:18]1([NH:17][C:16](=[O:1])[NH:15][CH:9]2[CH2:10][CH2:11][CH2:12][CH2:13][CH2:14]2)[CH2:23][CH2:22][CH2:21][CH2:20][CH2:19]1

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 8471TriethylamineHCID 10868DicyclohexylcarbodiimideHCID 4661317(R)-Tetrahydro-3-furoic acid

Product 1

HCID 4277N,N'-DicyclohexylureaYield 10%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 6344DichloromethaneSolvent2×

Procedure

To a solution of 3.16 g of tetrahydro-3-furoic acid (27 mmol; 1 equiv.) in 25 mL anhydrous dichloromethane was added 7.85 g of dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (38 mmol; 1.4 equiv.) and 4.54 mL triethylamine (32.6 mmol; 1.2 equiv.). N-methyl-methanolamine hydrochloride was then added, followed by 60 mg of DMAP (4-dimethylamino)pyridine. An exothermic reaction ensued and a further 25 mL of dichloromethane were added. The mixture was stirred at ambient temperature overnight, then filtered through diatomaceous earth and concentrated. The residue was treated with ether and the white solid filtered off and removed. The solvent was removed from the mother liquor and the residue purified by column chromatography on SiO2 using 15-25% EtOAc in hexanes as eluent mixtures to provide the desired amide as a colorless oil (55% of theoretical yield) that still contained 10% of dicyclohexyl urea. This was used without further purification in the next reaction.

Workup

  1. customAn exothermic reaction
  2. filtrationfiltered through diatomaceous earth
  3. concentrationconcentrated
  4. additionThe residue was treated with ether
  5. filtrationthe white solid filtered off
  6. customremoved
  7. customThe solvent was removed from the mother liquor
  8. customthe residue purified by column chromatography on SiO2 using 15-25% EtOAc in hexanes as eluent mixtures
  9. customto provide

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-1a6d930e862b41deb33e11a67e2b3672
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2002_03
Patent number
US06358945B1

Reaction notes

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