Hydrochloric Acid → 3-Amino-5-benzyloxy-2-ethyl-pentanoic acid ethyl ester

HRID 482831Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 482831 reaction equation
[CH2:1]([O:3][C:4](=[O:20])[CH:5]([CH2:18][CH3:19])[C:6](=O)[CH2:7][CH2:8][O:9][CH2:10][C:11]1[CH:16]=[CH:15][CH:14]=[CH:13][CH:12]=1)[CH3:2].C([O-])(=O)C.[NH4+].C([BH3-])#[N:27].[Na+].Cl>C(O)(=O)C.CO>[CH2:1]([O:3][C:4](=[O:20])[CH:5]([CH2:18][CH3:19])[CH:6]([NH2:27])[CH2:7][CH2:8][O:9][CH2:10][C:11]1[CH:16]=[CH:15][CH:14]=[CH:13][CH:12]=1)[CH3:2]

Participants

7

Reactant 4

HCID 313Hydrochloric AcidHCID 517165Ammonium AcetateHCID 5003444Sodium cyanoborohydrideHCID 53994678HCID 53994678, compound

Product 1

HCID 536424203-Amino-5-benzyloxy-2-ethyl-pentanoic acid ethyl esterYield 134.3%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 176Acetic AcidSolventHCID 887MethanolSolvent

Conditions

Temperature
-5 °C

Procedure

The compound 5-benzyloxy-3-oxo-2-ethyl-pentanoic acid ethyl ester (146.8 g), methanol (1580 ml) and ammonium acetate (406.2 g) are charged in a 6-l five-necked flask equipped with a mechanical stirrer, a condenser, a thermometer, an Argon inlet tube, and a dropping funnel, and the mixture is stirred until a complete solution is obtained. Then sodium cyanoborohydride (16.6 g) is added thereto and, after 5 minutes, glacial acetic acid (330 ml). Stirring is continued for 40 hours at room temperature, then the temperature is lowered to -5° C. and a strong Argon stream is passed through the reaction mixture. 37% HCl (540 ml) is added drop by drop over a period of 20 minutes to lower the pH to about 2.5 and the bubbling Argon stream is continued while the temperature is allowed to rise to room temperature. Ammonium chloride which separates is filtered under vacuum and washed with methanol. The filtrate plus the methanol wash are concentrated to dryness under reduced pressure by heating to 40° -45° C. The residue is taken up with 5% HCl (400 ml) and toluene (900 ml) and the toluene layer is separated and extracted with 5% HCl (three 300 ml portions). The acidic extracts are combined, cooled to about -5° C. and brought to pH 8 by the addition of 50% NaOH (550 ml). The mixture is extracted with methylene chloride (four 300-ml portions) which is then dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated to dryness under reduced pressure yielding 3-amino-5-benzyloxy-2-ethyl-pentanoic acid ethyl ester (99.1 g) which may be used as such in the next step.

Workup

  1. customequipped with a mechanical stirrer, a condenser
  2. customis obtained
  3. stirringStirring
  4. waitis continued for 40 hours at room temperature
  5. customis lowered to -5° C.
  6. customto rise to room temperature
  7. filtrationAmmonium chloride which separates is filtered under vacuum
  8. washwashed with methanol
  9. washThe filtrate plus the methanol wash
  10. concentrationare concentrated to dryness under reduced pressure
  11. temperatureby heating to 40° -45° C
  12. customthe toluene layer is separated
  13. extractionextracted with 5% HCl (three 300 ml portions)
  14. additionbrought to pH 8 by the addition of 50% NaOH (550 ml)
  15. extractionThe mixture is extracted with methylene chloride (four 300-ml portions) which
  16. dry with materialis then dried over Na2SO4
  17. concentrationconcentrated to dryness under reduced pressure

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-ad4929a45a6948e8b0e47f9af2ec1318
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1986_03
Patent number
US04576746

Reaction notes

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