Sulfuric Acid → O-Methyl-L-tyrosine methyl ester

HRID 333409Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 333409 reaction equation
C(OC([NH:8][C@@H:9]([CH2:13][C:14]1[CH:19]=[CH:18][C:17]([O:20][CH3:21])=[CH:16][CH:15]=1)[C:10]([OH:12])=[O:11])=O)(C)(C)C.S(=O)(=O)(O)O.[OH-].[Na+].[C:29](=O)([O-])O.[Na+]>CO>[NH2:8][C@@H:9]([CH2:13][C:14]1[CH:19]=[CH:18][C:17]([O:20][CH3:21])=[CH:16][CH:15]=1)[C:10]([O:12][CH3:29])=[O:11]

Participants

6

Reactant 4

HCID 1118Sulfuric AcidHCID 14798Sodium HydroxideHCID 516892Sodium BicarbonateHCID 2762280Boc-O-methyl-L-tyrosine

Product 1

HCID 10856719O-Methyl-L-tyrosine methyl esterYield 90%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 887MethanolSolvent

Procedure

To 10 g (33.8 mmol) of (S)-2-tert-butoxycarbonylamino-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)propionic acid are added 75 mL of methanol and then 10 mL of sulfuric acid dropwise over 30 minutes. After 30 hours, the reaction medium is basified to pH 8-9 by adding aqueous 10N sodium hydroxide solution followed by saturated sodium hydrogen carbonate solution. The organic products are extracted with dichloromethane. The organic phase is dried over magnesium sulfate and then filtered, and the solvents are evaporated off. 6.36 g of methyl (S)-2-amino-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)propionate in the form of a brown oil are obtained in a yield of 90%.

Workup

  1. extractionThe organic products are extracted with dichloromethane
  2. dry with materialThe organic phase is dried over magnesium sulfate
  3. filtrationfiltered
  4. customthe solvents are evaporated off

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-9ef3a30e3ce74f41bacb55991e91c5f9
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2014_11
Patent number
US08877968B2

Reaction notes

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