Imidazole → 1-[1-(Diphenylmethyl)azetidin-3-yl]-1H-imidazole

HRID 362117Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 362117 reaction equation
[NH:1]1[CH:5]=[CH:4][N:3]=[CH:2]1.[H-].[Na+].[CH:8]([N:21]1[CH2:24][CH:23](OS(C)(=O)=O)[CH2:22]1)([C:15]1[CH:20]=[CH:19][CH:18]=[CH:17][CH:16]=1)[C:9]1[CH:14]=[CH:13][CH:12]=[CH:11][CH:10]=1>CN(C)C=O.C(OCC)(=O)C>[CH:8]([N:21]1[CH2:24][CH:23]([N:1]2[CH:5]=[CH:4][N:3]=[CH:2]2)[CH2:22]1)([C:15]1[CH:16]=[CH:17][CH:18]=[CH:19][CH:20]=1)[C:9]1[CH:10]=[CH:11][CH:12]=[CH:13][CH:14]=1

Participants

6

Procedure

A solution of 3.20 g of imidazole in 25 ml of dimethylformamide was added to 2.10 g of a suspension of sodium hydride (as a 55% w/w dispersion in mineral oil) in 25 ml of dimethylformamide, whilst ice-cooling. The mixture was then stirred at room temperature for 1 hour. A solution of 5.00 g of 1-benzhydryl-3-methanesulfonyloxyazetidine in 50 ml of dimethylformamide was then added to the mixture, after which the mixture was stirred at 70° C. for 17 hours. At the end of this time, the reaction mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate and washed with water and with an aqueous solution of sodium chloride, in that order. The ethyl acetate layer was then dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated by evaporation under reduced pressure. The resulting residue was subjected to silica gel column chromatography to obtain 2.88 g of the title compound, as a powder, from the fraction obtained by elution with a 95:5 by volume mixture of ethyl acetate and methanol.

Workup

  1. temperaturewhilst ice-cooling
  2. stirringafter which the mixture was stirred at 70° C. for 17 hours
  3. washwashed with water and with an aqueous solution of sodium chloride, in that order
  4. dry with materialThe ethyl acetate layer was then dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate
  5. concentrationconcentrated by evaporation under reduced pressure

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-c256f66ab5ef467ca6464a51ac94d4ea
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1999_02
Patent number
US05866564

Reaction notes

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