Acetic Acid → 4-(4-Methylphenyl)-3-phenylbutan-2-amine

HRID 488620Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 488620 reaction equation
[CH3:1][C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][C:5]([CH2:8][CH:9]([C:13]2[CH:18]=[CH:17][CH:16]=[CH:15][CH:14]=2)[C:10](=O)[CH3:11])=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.C(O)(=O)C.C([BH3-])#[N:24].[Na+]>N.CO>[CH3:1][C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][C:5]([CH2:8][CH:9]([C:13]2[CH:18]=[CH:17][CH:16]=[CH:15][CH:14]=2)[CH:10]([NH2:24])[CH3:11])=[CH:4][CH:3]=1

Participants

6

Reactant 3

HCID 176Acetic AcidHCID 5003444Sodium cyanoborohydrideHCID 126157934-(4-Methylphenyl)-3-phenylbutan-2-one

Product 1

HCID 222706534-(4-Methylphenyl)-3-phenylbutan-2-amine

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 222AmmoniaSolventHCID 887MethanolSolvent

Procedure

To a solution of the 4-(4-methylphenyl)-3-phenylbutan-2-one (308 mg, 1.29 mmol) in 7M ammonia in MeOH (5 mL) and acetic acid (3 mL) was added sodium cyanoborohydride (130 mg, 2.06 mmol) and the reaction stirred at room temperature overnight. The reaction was quenched by pouring into 2M sodium carbonate solution and extracted into EtOAc. The aqueous layer was salted and re-extracted. The combined organic extracts were dried over MgSO4 and concentrated to give the title compound as a mixture of 4 isomers which was used without further purification. LC-MS: m/e 240 (M+H)+ (2.22 min).

Workup

  1. customThe reaction was quenched
  2. additionby pouring into 2M sodium carbonate solution
  3. extractionextracted into EtOAc
  4. extractionre-extracted
  5. dry with materialThe combined organic extracts were dried over MgSO4
  6. concentrationconcentrated

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-dfc204505f9e416b9094b94aa2e2f3f4
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2005_12
Patent number
US06972295B2

Reaction notes

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