tert-Butyl N-[3-(cyanomethyl)benzyl]-N-methylcarbamate → tert-Butyl N-[3-(2-aminoethyl)benzyl]-N-methylcarbamate

HRID 567806Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 567806 reaction equation
[C:1]([O:5][C:6](=[O:19])[N:7]([CH2:9][C:10]1[CH:15]=[CH:14][CH:13]=[C:12]([CH2:16][C:17]#[N:18])[CH:11]=1)[CH3:8])([CH3:4])([CH3:3])[CH3:2]>C(O)C.N.[Ni]>[NH2:18][CH2:17][CH2:16][C:12]1[CH:11]=[C:10]([CH:15]=[CH:14][CH:13]=1)[CH2:9][N:7]([CH3:8])[C:6](=[O:19])[O:5][C:1]([CH3:2])([CH3:3])[CH3:4]

Participants

5

Reactant 1

HCID 18470858tert-Butyl N-[3-(cyanomethyl)benzyl]-N-methylcarbamate

Product 1

HCID 18470795tert-Butyl N-[3-(2-aminoethyl)benzyl]-N-methylcarbamateYield 78%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 3

HCID 935NickelCatalystHCID 222AmmoniaSolventHCID 702EthanolSolvent

Procedure

tert-Butyl-N-[3-(cyanomethyl)benzyl]-N-methylcarbamate (preparation 14) (3 g, 11.5 mmol, slightly impure) was dissolved in ethanol saturated with NH3 (300 ml), treated with Raney® Nickel (500 mg) and stirred under a hydrogen atmosphere (60 psi, room temperature, 18 hr). The catalyst was removed by filtration under nitrogen, the solvent evaporated to dryness and the resultant crude product purified by chromatography (SiO2, gradient elution with 100% CH2Cl2; 95:5 CH2Cl2:MeOH; 90:10 CH2Cl2:MeOH) to give the desired product (2.40 g, 78%). 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 1.20 (s, 2H), 1.50 (s, 9H), 2.70-2.90 (m, 5H), 3.00 (s, 2H), 4.20 (s, br, 2H), 7.05 (s, br, 3H), 7.25 (s, br, 1H). LRMS m/z=265.1 (M+1)+.

Workup

  1. customThe catalyst was removed by filtration under nitrogen
  2. customthe solvent evaporated to dryness
  3. customthe resultant crude product purified by chromatography (SiO2, gradient elution with 100% CH2Cl2; 95:5 CH2Cl2:MeOH; 90:10 CH2Cl2:MeOH)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-20cb947ef3b7437f862d0e1e441f9ac8
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2001_01
Patent number
US06180627B2

Reaction notes

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