Propylamine → Chlorpropamide

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Reaction Steps

n-Propylamine (5.9 g., 0.1 mole.) and propylene carbonate (10.2 g., 0.1 mole.) were mixed and heated at 60° over night. To the resulting hydroxypropyl-n-propylcarbomate were added p-chlorobenzene sulfonamide (10.67 g., as sodium salt) and DMF (200 ml.) and the mixture was heated at 120° for 4 hours. After evaporation of the solvent the residue was taken up in water (200 ml.) and the solution adjusted to pH 8 by the addition of acetic acid. Unreacted p-chlorobenzene sulfonamide (2 g.) separated out and was collected. Further adjustment to pH 5 precipitated 1-(4-chloro-benzenesulfonyl)-3-n-propyl-urea (2 g.) whose infrared spectrum was identical with that of an authentic sample.

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