Acetone → 2-(6-Bromo-3-pyridyl)-2-propanol

HRID 351744Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 351744 reaction equation
[Br:1][C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][C:5](Br)=[CH:4][N:3]=1.C([Li])CCC.[CH3:14][C:15]([CH3:17])=[O:16]>C(OCC)C>[Br:1][C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][C:5]([C:15]([OH:16])([CH3:17])[CH3:14])=[CH:4][N:3]=1

Participants

5

Procedure

A solution of 2,5-dibromopyridine in diethyl ether (5 mL/mmol) was cooled to −78° C., and n-butyllithium 2.5M in hexanes (1.05 eq) was added slowly. After 2 hrs in the cold, acetone (1.3 eq) was added and stirring was continued for 1 hour. The resulting mixture was quenched with saturated aqueous ammonium chloride solution, warmed to room temperature, and partitioned between ether and water. The crude product from the organic phase was triturated with 1:1 ether-hexane and filtered to afford the 2-bromo-5-(1-hydroxy-1-methylethyl)pyridine compound as a solid.

Workup

  1. customThe resulting mixture was quenched with saturated aqueous ammonium chloride solution
  2. custompartitioned between ether and water
  3. customThe crude product from the organic phase was triturated with 1:1 ether-hexane
  4. filtrationfiltered

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-f86621b8f6b34087a7fb11081435292d
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2004_06
Patent number
US06743802B2

Reaction notes

Loading…