Dimethylformamide → 4-(4-Bromo-2-butyl-5-formyl-imidazol-1-ylmethyl)-2,3-difluorobenzoic acid methyl ester

HRID 341378Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 341378 reaction equation
[CH3:1][O:2][C:3](=[O:14])[C:4]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][C:7]([CH2:10]Br)=[C:6]([F:12])[C:5]=1[F:13].[Br:15][C:16]1[N:20]=[C:19]([CH2:21][CH2:22][CH2:23][CH3:24])[NH:18][C:17]=1[CH:25]=[O:26].C(=O)([O-])[O-].[K+].[K+].CN(C=O)C>O>[CH3:1][O:2][C:3](=[O:14])[C:4]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][C:7]([CH2:10][N:18]2[C:17]([CH:25]=[O:26])=[C:16]([Br:15])[N:20]=[C:19]2[CH2:21][CH2:22][CH2:23][CH3:24])=[C:6]([F:12])[C:5]=1[F:13]

Participants

6

Reactant 4

HCID 6228DimethylformamideHCID 11430Potassium CarbonateHCID 57435562Methyl 4-(bromomethyl)-2,3-difluorobenzoateHCID 178441570HCID 178441570, compound

Product 1

HCID 866243614-(4-Bromo-2-butyl-5-formyl-imidazol-1-ylmethyl)-2,3-difluorobenzoic acid methyl esterYield 75.9%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 962WaterSolvent

Procedure

4-bromomethyl-2,3-difluorobenzoic acid methyl ester (3.5 g, 13.2 mmol), 5-bromo-2-butyl-3H-imidazole-4-carbaldehyde (3.1 g, 13.2 mmol) and potassium carbonate (1.8 g, 13.2 mmol) were combined and dissolved in DMF (20 mL, 300 mmol). The mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight. The mixture was then diluted with water and extracted with EtOAc. The organic layer was washed with saturated aqueous NaCl, dried over MgSO4, filtered, and concentrated. The crude reaction was purified by silica gel chromatography (0-50% EtOAc:hexanes) to obtain 4.16 g of intermediate (8a) as a yellow solid. MS m/z: [M+H+] calcd for C17H7BrF2N2O3, 416.23; found 417.1. 1H-NMR (CDCl3): 9.68 (1H, s), 7.64 (1H, t), 6.55 (1H, t), 5.64 (2H, s), 3.95 (3H, s), 2.63 (2H, t), 1.69 (2H, m), 1.36 (2H, m) 0.90 (3H, t).

Workup

  1. extractionextracted with EtOAc
  2. washThe organic layer was washed with saturated aqueous NaCl
  3. dry with materialdried over MgSO4
  4. filtrationfiltered
  5. concentrationconcentrated
  6. customThe crude reaction
  7. customwas purified by silica gel chromatography (0-50% EtOAc:hexanes)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-9ccba0b554794e4c8d87a6b9f2380b77
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2014_11
Patent number
US08895755B2

Reaction notes

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