Hydrochloric Acid → 3-Amino-4,4-difluoro-7-methoxy-1-heptene

Temperature

-12 °C

Under an atmosphere of nitrogen, 2,2-difluoro-5-methoxyvaleronitrile (4.85 mg, 3.25 mmoles), dissolved in tetrahydrofuran (5 ml), is slowly added to vinyl magnesium bromide (8 ml, 0.5M in tetrahydrofuran, 4 mmoles) previously cooled to -12° C. The reaction mixture is kept at -10° C. for 1/2 hour and then cooled to -40° C. A solution/suspension of sodium borohydride (133 mg, 3.5 mmoles) in methanol (14 ml) and water (0.5 ml), cooled to -40° C., is poured into the mixture, The temperature is allowed to rise to 0° C., and the mixture kept at this temperature for 10 min. The mixture is acidified with 6N HCl and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue is dissolved in water, the aqueous solution is extracted twice to remove by-products, made alkaline with 4N NaOH, saturated with sodium chloride, and extracted again twice with ether. Usual work-up gives the title compound as a yellowish oil which is used for the next step without further purification: 420 mg (70)%.

1. temperaturecooled to -40° C
2. temperaturecooled to -40° C.
3. additionis poured into the mixture
4. customto rise to 0° C.
5. waitthe mixture kept at this temperature for 10 min
6. concentrationconcentrated under reduced pressure
7. dissolutionThe residue is dissolved in water
8. extractionthe aqueous solution is extracted twice
9. customto remove by-products
10. extractionsaturated with sodium chloride, and extracted again twice with ether

ORD record

ord-0888395cb0ee432e9f6aac7581d7f33f

Source dataset

uspto-grants-1988_03

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US04730006