Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide → Nabitan Hydrochloride

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The preparation of this compound was repeated by combining equimolar quantities of 5,5-dimethyl-10-hydroxy-8-(3-methyl-2-octyl)-2-(2-propynyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-5H-[1]benzopyrano[3,4-d]pyridine, dicyclohexylcarbodiimide and γ-piperidinobutyric acid hydrochloride in methylene chloride. After stirring for about 16 hours at room temperature, the reaction mixture was cooled, and the by-product of dicyclohexylurea was removed by suction filtration. The mother liquor was evaporated to give a light yellow residue which was dissolved in a methylene chloride/cyclohexane mixture and stored in the cold for 16 hours. A small quantity of additional dicyclohexylurea was removed by filtration, and the solvents were distilled off using a rotary evaporator. The residue which remained was dried in vacuo and crystallized from a mixture of methylene chloride and diethyl ether to give a colorless solid, m.p. 108°-111° C. Thin layer chromatography (10% MeOH/CHCl3) indicated the compound to be pure; the nuclear magnetic resonance and infrared spectra of the material were consistent with the desired product.

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