Ammonium Chloride → (E)-[2-(1-hydroxyethyl)-10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo[a,d]cyclohepten-5-ylidene]acetonitrile

HRID 452155Notes

Reaction equation

[CH:1]([C:3]1[CH:20]=[CH:19][C:6]2/[C:7](=[CH:16]/[C:17]#[N:18])/[C:8]3[CH:15]=[CH:14][CH:13]=[CH:12][C:9]=3[CH2:10][CH2:11][C:5]=2[CH:4]=1)=[O:2].[CH3:21][Mg]Cl.[Cl-].[NH4+]>C1COCC1>[OH:2][CH:1]([C:3]1[CH:20]=[CH:19][C:6]2/[C:7](=[CH:16]/[C:17]#[N:18])/[C:8]3[CH:15]=[CH:14][CH:13]=[CH:12][C:9]=3[CH2:10][CH2:11][C:5]=2[CH:4]=1)[CH3:21]

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Conditions

Temperature: -10 °C

Procedure

[step 2] (E)-(2-Formyl-10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo[a,d]cyclohepten-5-ylidene)acetonitrile (218 mg, 0.84 mmol) obtained in step 1 was dissolved in THF (4 mL), methylmagnesium chloride (3 mol/L THF solution; 0.42 mL, 1.26 mmol) was added at −78° C., and the mixture was warmed to −10° C. over 40 min. Saturated aqueous ammonium chloride solution was added to the mixture, and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (hexane/ethyl acetate=100/0 to 50/50) to give (E)-[2-(1-hydroxyethyl)-10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo[a,d]cyclohepten-5-ylidene]acetonitrile (212 mg, 92%).

Workup

extractionthe mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate
washThe organic layer was washed with brine
dry with materialdried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate
concentrationconcentrated under reduced pressure
customThe residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (hexane/ethyl acetate=100/0 to 50/50)

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-6e25e8b21d044877bf8d112c208176ce
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2013_07
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US08486980B2

Reaction notes

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