Diisopropylamine → (4R,5R)-4,5-Dimethyl-(R)-3-(toluene-4-sulfinylamino)-octanoic Acid tert-butyl Ester

Temperature

-78 °C

Butyl lithium (26.3 mL, 42.04 mmol) was added to a solution of diisopropylamine (4.6 g, 45.6 mmol) in dry THF (40 mL) under nitrogen at 0° C. and stirred for 20 minutes. The solution was cooled to −78° C. followed by the addition of t-butyl acetate (4.1 g, 35.0 mmol) and stirred at that temperature for 45 minutes. Chlorotitanium triisopropoxide (9.4 g, 36.2 mmol) was added dropwise and stirring was continued for 30 minutes at −78° C. A −50° C. solution of 4-methyl-benzenesulfinic acid ((2R,3R)-2,3-dimethyl-hexylidene)-amide (3.1 g, 11.7 mmol) in dry THF (10 mL) was added to the reaction and the resulting mixture was stirred at −78° C. for 4 hours. The reaction was quenched with a saturated solution of NaH2PO4 and extracted into ethyl acetate. The solution was dried over MgSO4 and concentrated. The resulting residue was chromatographed on silica, eluting with 15% ethyl acetate in hexane to give the titled compound (2.4 g, 53.9% yield) as white solid: 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ ppm 0.9 (m, 6 H) 1.0 (d, J=6.6 Hz, 3 H) 1.1 (m, 1 H) 1.3 (m, 2 H) 1.4 (m, 9 H) 1.5 (m, 2 H) 2.4 (s, 3 H) 2.6 (m, 2H) 3.8 (m, 1 H) 4.4 (d, J=10.0 Hz, 1 H) 7.3 (d, J=8.1 Hz, 2 H) 7.6 (d, J=8.1 Hz, 2 H). MS, m/z (relative intensity): 382 [M+1H, 100%], 326 [M+1H—C(CH3)3, 50%].

1. stirringstirred at that temperature for 45 minutes
2. stirringstirring
3. waitwas continued for 30 minutes at −78° C
4. stirringthe resulting mixture was stirred at −78° C. for 4 hours
5. customThe reaction was quenched with a saturated solution of NaH2PO4
6. extractionextracted into ethyl acetate
7. dry with materialThe solution was dried over MgSO4
8. concentrationconcentrated
9. customThe resulting residue was chromatographed on silica
10. washeluting with 15% ethyl acetate in hexane

ORD record

ord-c1fd286885624a2594b8625bc1c5e597

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2007_02

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US07179934B2