Water → 1-(3,4-Dimethoxy-benzyl)-7,8-dimethoxy-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-benzo[c]azepine

HRID 458783Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 458783 reaction equation
[CH3:1][O:2][C:3]1[CH:4]=[C:5]([CH2:11][C:12]([NH:14][CH2:15][CH2:16][CH2:17][C:18]2[CH:23]=[CH:22][C:21]([O:24][CH3:25])=[C:20]([O:26][CH3:27])[CH:19]=2)=O)[CH:6]=[CH:7][C:8]=1[O:9][CH3:10].O=P(Cl)(Cl)Cl.[BH4-].[Na+].O>C(#N)C.C(Cl)Cl.CO>[CH3:1][O:2][C:3]1[CH:4]=[C:5]([CH:6]=[CH:7][C:8]=1[O:9][CH3:10])[CH2:11][CH:12]1[C:23]2[CH:22]=[C:21]([O:24][CH3:25])[C:20]([O:26][CH3:27])=[CH:19][C:18]=2[CH2:17][CH2:16][CH2:15][NH:14]1

Participants

7

Reactant 4

HCID 962WaterHCID 24813Phosphorus oxychlorideHCID 4311764Sodium borohydrideHCID 122679872-(3,4-Dimethoxy-phenyl)-N-[3-(3,4-dimethoxy-phenyl)-propyl]-acetamide

Product 1

HCID 122679961-(3,4-Dimethoxy-benzyl)-7,8-dimethoxy-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-benzo[c]azepine

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 6342AcetonitrileSolventHCID 21226129Dichloromethane methanolSolvent

Conditions

Temperature
0 °C

Procedure

A mixture of 2-(3,4-dimethoxy-phenyl)-N-[3-(3,4-dimethoxy-phenyl)-propyl]-acetamide (6.16 g, 16.49 mmol) and POCl3 (4.95 ml, 54.07 mmol) in anhydrous acetonitrile (185 ml) was stirred at reflux for 4 h under nitrogen. After cooling, the reaction mixture was concentrated in vacuo and the residue was dissolved in MeOH (125 ml). The solution was cooled to 0° C. and NaBH4 (4.31 g, 113.93 mmol) was added portionwise. After stirring at 0° C. for 2 h under nitrogen, the reaction mixture was poured into H2O and extracted three times with CH2Cl2. The combined organic extracts were washed with brine, dried over anhydrous MgSO4, filtered and concentrated to give a crude oil. Flash chromatography (CH2Cl2/MeOH: 9/1) gave the title compound as a racemic mixture (2.29 g, 6.40 mmol, 39%, yellow oil).

Workup

  1. temperatureat reflux for 4 h under nitrogen
  2. temperatureAfter cooling
  3. concentrationthe reaction mixture was concentrated in vacuo
  4. dissolutionthe residue was dissolved in MeOH (125 ml)
  5. stirringAfter stirring at 0° C. for 2 h under nitrogen
  6. extractionextracted three times with CH2Cl2
  7. washThe combined organic extracts were washed with brine
  8. dry with materialdried over anhydrous MgSO4
  9. filtrationfiltered
  10. concentrationconcentrated
  11. customto give a crude oil

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-2981fe3723f64d8a8231cbac78da1c7b
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2007_03
Patent number
US07192950B2

Reaction notes

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