Acetic Acid → trans-1-Benzyl-3-hydroxy-4-methoxypyrrolidine

HRID 345781Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 345781 reaction equation
[CH2:1]([N:8]1CC2[CH:10]([O:11]2)[CH2:9]1)[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.[CH3:14][O-].[Na+].[C:17]([OH:20])(=O)[CH3:18]>CO>[CH2:1]([N:8]1[CH2:18][C@@H:17]([O:20][CH3:14])[C@H:10]([OH:11])[CH2:9]1)[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 176Acetic AcidHCID 98153703-Benzyl-6-oxa-3-azabicyclo(3.1.0)hexaneHCID 10942334Sodium Methoxide

Product 1

HCID 15069965trans-1-Benzyl-3-hydroxy-4-methoxypyrrolidine

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 887MethanolSolvent

Procedure

34.9 g (0.2 mol) of 3-benzyl-6-oxa-3-azabicyclo[3.1.0]hexane (U.S. Pat. No. 4,254,135) are heated with 3.6 g (20 mmol) of sodium methylate solution (30% strength) at 120° C. in 200 ml of absolute methanol in an autoclave for 10 hours. After cooling, the mixture is neutralized with 1.2 g (20 mmol) of acetic acid and the solvent is removed on a rotary evaporator. The residue is taken up in tetrahydrofuran and the sodium acetate is filtered off. The filtrate is concentrated and the residue is distilled.

Workup

  1. temperatureAfter cooling
  2. customthe solvent is removed on a rotary evaporator
  3. filtrationthe sodium acetate is filtered off
  4. concentrationThe filtrate is concentrated
  5. distillationthe residue is distilled

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-b601ff63d30340c78c0b43792f50c68b
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1991_10
Patent number
US05059597

Reaction notes

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