4-[(R)-3-Cyano-3-(3,5-dichloro-phenyl)-4,4,4-trifluoro-butyryl]-2-methyl-benzoic acid tert-butyl ester → 4-[(R)-4-(3,5-dichloro-phenyl)-4-trifluoromethyl-4,5-dihydro-3H-pyrrol-2-yl]-2-methyl-benzoic acid tert-butyl ester

HRID 589633Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 589633 reaction equation
[C:1]([O:5][C:6](=[O:32])[C:7]1[CH:12]=[CH:11][C:10]([C:13](=O)[CH2:14][C@:15]([C:28]#[N:29])([C:20]2[CH:25]=[C:24]([Cl:26])[CH:23]=[C:22]([Cl:27])[CH:21]=2)[C:16]([F:19])([F:18])[F:17])=[CH:9][C:8]=1[CH3:31])([CH3:4])([CH3:3])[CH3:2]>C(O)C.[Ni].O>[C:1]([O:5][C:6](=[O:32])[C:7]1[CH:12]=[CH:11][C:10]([C:13]2[CH2:14][C@:15]([C:20]3[CH:25]=[C:24]([Cl:26])[CH:23]=[C:22]([Cl:27])[CH:21]=3)([C:16]([F:19])([F:18])[F:17])[CH2:28][N:29]=2)=[CH:9][C:8]=1[CH3:31])([CH3:4])([CH3:3])[CH3:2]

Participants

5

Reactant 1

HCID 547617414-[(R)-3-Cyano-3-(3,5-dichloro-phenyl)-4,4,4-trifluoro-butyryl]-2-methyl-benzoic acid tert-butyl ester

Product 1

HCID 547617404-[(R)-4-(3,5-dichloro-phenyl)-4-trifluoromethyl-4,5-dihydro-3H-pyrrol-2-yl]-2-methyl-benzoic acid tert-butyl esterYield 94.7%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 3

HCID 935NickelCatalystHCID 702EthanolSolventHCID 962WaterSolvent

Procedure

Alternatively, the title compound can be obtained by carrying out the following experiment: To a vigorously stirred solution of 4-[(R)-3-Cyano-3-(3,5-dichloro-phenyl)-4,4,4-trifluoro-butyryl]-2-methyl-benzoic acid tert-butyl ester (150 mg) in ethanol (9 mL) was added Raney Nickel (1.44 g, 50% suspension in water, previously washed with dry ethanol) and the reaction was stirred at room temperature under hydrogen (1 atm) for 2 hours then under arong overnight. Then the solution was filtered over celite, and the resulting filtrate was concentrated in vacuo to give the title compound (138 mg) as a pale yellow oil. The crude product was purified by flash chromatography (15% dichloromethane in ethyl acetate) to afford 4-[(R)-4-(3,5-dichloro-phenyl)-4-trifluoromethyl-4,5-dihydro-3H-pyrrol-2-yl]-2-methyl-benzoic acid tert-butyl ester as a pale yellow oil (0.070 g). Chiral HPLC analysis (Chiralpack IA, Heptane:2-propanol:diethylamine=90:10:0.1, 1 ml/min, retention time 5.93 minutes (major enantiomer), 8.57 minutes (minor enantiomer).

Workup

  1. washpreviously washed with dry ethanol) and the reaction
  2. waitunder arong overnight
  3. filtrationThen the solution was filtered over celite
  4. concentrationthe resulting filtrate was concentrated in vacuo

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-22833aa4d95e4923a2c6f97921e4a06a
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2016_01
Patent number
US09233920B2

Reaction notes

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