Acetic Anhydride → (S)-N-(3-Chloro-2-hydroxypropyl)acetamide

Triethylamine (10.5ml, 75.3 mmol, 1.11 eq) is added to a slurry of (S)-1-amino-3-chloro-2-propanol hydrochloride (V, EXAMPLE 1, 9,938 g, 68.059 mmol) in THF (80 ml) at −40° and the mixture stirred for 5 min at −40°. Acetic anhydride (6.78 ml, 71.86 mmol, 1.056 eq) is then added at −40° and the mixture allowed to warm to 20-25° over 1.5 hrs. The precipitate is removed by filtration with reduced pressure and washed with THF. The filtrate is treated with magnesol (5.69 g), which is removed by filtration with reduced pressure and washed with THF (2×60 ml). The filtrate is then concentrated under reduced pressure. The concentrate is purified by flash chromatography (silica gel; eluting with a gradient of 75-100% ethyl acetate/cyclohexane) to give the title compound, NMR (CDCl3) 2.03, 3.32, 3.50-3.57, 3.55, 3.91-4.13, 5.01 and 7.09δ; CMR (CDCl3) 23.00, 43.31, 46.52, 70.65 and 172.40δ; MS (CI, NH3), M/Z (relative intensity), 171 (41.6), 169 (100), 154 (22.4), 152 (48.1); [α]25D=−7.44 (c=1.00, H2O).

1. temperatureto warm to 20-25° over 1.5 hrs
2. customThe precipitate is removed by filtration with reduced pressure
3. washwashed with THF
4. additionThe filtrate is treated with magnesol (5.69 g), which
5. customis removed by filtration with reduced pressure
6. washwashed with THF (2×60 ml)
7. concentrationThe filtrate is then concentrated under reduced pressure
8. customThe concentrate is purified by flash chromatography (silica gel
9. washeluting with a gradient of 75-100% ethyl acetate/cyclohexane)

ORD record

ord-8040f5dfe4e04ef0884a357cd6956f1b

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2003_05

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US06563003B2