Rolziracetam → 5-[4-(3-Fluoro-phenyl)-3-oxo-butyl]-pyrrolidin-2-one

HRID 458974Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 458974 reaction equation
[CH2:1]1[CH:8]2[N:4]([C:5](=[O:9])[CH2:6][CH2:7]2)[C:3](=[O:10])[CH2:2]1.[F:11][C:12]1[CH:13]=[C:14]([CH:18]=[CH:19][CH:20]=1)[CH2:15][Mg]Cl>>[F:11][C:12]1[CH:13]=[C:14]([CH2:15][C:5](=[O:9])[CH2:6][CH2:7][CH:8]2[NH:4][C:3](=[O:10])[CH2:2][CH2:1]2)[CH:18]=[CH:19][CH:20]=1

Participants

3

Procedure

Analogous to the procedure described for Example 1A, Step A, tetrahydro-pyrrolizine-3,5-dione (2 g, 14 mmol) was reacted with 3-fluorobenzylmagnesium chloride (0.25M in Et2O, 62 mL, 15.5 mmol) over 2.5 h. Purification by medium pressure chromatography using a solvent gradient (1:1 hexanes:EtOAc to 2:1 EtOAc:hexanes to EtOAc to 2% MeOH in CH2Cl2 to 10% MeOH in CH2Cl2) provided 5-[4-(3-fluoro-phenyl)-3-oxo-butyl]-pyrrolidin-2-one (2.1730 g). 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ7.32–7.27 (m, 1H), 7.00–6.90 (m, 3H), 6.12 (bs, 1H), 3.69 (s, 2H), 3.59 (m, 1H), 2.52 (t, 2H), 2.30 (m, 2H), 2.19 (m, 1H), 1.75 (m, 2H), 1.65 (m, 1H).

Workup

  1. customPurification by medium pressure chromatography

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-7de30eec33ab40ccb00c28497a2d2dd9
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2007_03
Patent number
US07192979B2

Reaction notes

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