Diisopropylamine → 4-Tert-butyl 1-methyl 2-(4-chlorophenyl)succinate

HRID 559454Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 559454 reaction equation
[Li]CCCC.C(NC(C)C)(C)C.[Cl:13][C:14]1[CH:19]=[CH:18][C:17]([CH2:20][C:21]([O:23][CH3:24])=[O:22])=[CH:16][CH:15]=1.[Li+].CC([N-]C(C)C)C.Br[CH2:34][C:35]([O:37][C:38]([CH3:41])([CH3:40])[CH3:39])=[O:36]>C1COCC1>[Cl:13][C:14]1[CH:15]=[CH:16][C:17]([CH:20]([CH2:34][C:35]([O:37][C:38]([CH3:41])([CH3:40])[CH3:39])=[O:36])[C:21]([O:23][CH3:24])=[O:22])=[CH:18][CH:19]=1

Participants

7

Reactant 5

HCID 7912DiisopropylamineHCID 79177tert-Butyl bromoacetateHCID 104196Methyl 4-chlorophenylacetateHCID 2724682Lithium diisopropylamideHCID 178418339Butyllithium

Product 1

HCID 666183864-Tert-butyl 1-methyl 2-(4-chlorophenyl)succinateYield 88.3%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 8028TetrahydrofuranSolvent2×

Conditions

Temperature
0 °C

Procedure

n-BuLi (1.60M in hexanes, 35.6 mL, 56.9 mmol) was added to a 0° C. solution of diisopropylamine (8.35 mL, 59.6 mmol) in THF (200 mL). The mixture was allowed to stir at 0° C. for 30 minutes, and was then cooled to −78° C. A solution of methyl 2-(4-chlorophenyl)acetate (10.0 g, 54.2 mmol) in THF (10 mL) was added to the −78° C. LDA solution by syringe, which was then stirred for 45 minutes. Neat tert-butyl bromoacetate (9.60 mL, 65.0 mmol) was added by syringe, and the reaction was stirred for 15 minutes at −78° C. The bath was removed, and the reaction was allowed to warm to room temperature. After stirring an additional 5 hours, the reaction mixture was quenched with saturated NH4Cl solution, and the solvent(s) were removed in vacuo. The oily mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate, and the organics were combined. The organic portion was dried over MgSO4, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo. The crude oil was purified on silica gel (95:5 hexanes:EtOAc) to afford the 4-tert-butyl 1-methyl 2-(4-chlorophenyl)succinate as a pale yellow oil (14.3 g, 88%). 1H NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz) δ 7.29 (d, J=7.2 Hz, 2H), 7.22 (d, J=7.2 Hz, 2H), 4.00 (dd, J=9.6, 5.6 Hz, 1H), 3.67 (s, 3H), 3.07 (dd, J=16.4, 9.6 Hz, 1H), 2.58 (dd, J=16.8, 6.0 Hz, 1H), 1.40 (m, 3H).

Workup

  1. temperaturewas then cooled to −78° C
  2. stirringthe reaction was stirred for 15 minutes at −78° C
  3. customThe bath was removed
  4. temperatureto warm to room temperature
  5. stirringAfter stirring an additional 5 hours
  6. customthe reaction mixture was quenched with saturated NH4Cl solution
  7. customthe solvent(s) were removed in vacuo
  8. extractionThe oily mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate
  9. dry with materialThe organic portion was dried over MgSO4
  10. filtrationfiltered
  11. concentrationconcentrated in vacuo
  12. customThe crude oil was purified on silica gel (95:5 hexanes:EtOAc)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-047b01552358441cad1cd5ae58f721c3
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2011_11
Patent number
US08063050B2

Reaction notes

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