Cyanide → 3-(m-Chloro-alpha,alpha-dimethylbenzyl)-1-hydroxy-1-phenylurea

HRID 614017Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 614017 reaction equation
[C:1]1([NH:7][OH:8])[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1.[Cl:9][C:10]1[CH:11]=[C:12]([CH:19]=[CH:20][CH:21]=1)[C:13]([N:16]=[C:17]=[O:18])([CH3:15])[CH3:14].[C-]#N>C1C=CC=CC=1>[Cl:9][C:10]1[CH:11]=[C:12]([CH:19]=[CH:20][CH:21]=1)[C:13]([NH:16][C:17](=[O:18])[N:7]([OH:8])[C:1]1[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1)([CH3:15])[CH3:14]

Participants

5

Procedure

A solution of 2.2 g of N-phenylhydroxylamine in 10 ml of benzene was added to a solution of 0.02 mole of m-chloro-α,α-dimethylbenzyl isocyanate (prepared from the corresponding cyanide in the same way as in Synthesis Example 1) in 10 ml of benzene. The mixture was stirred well and allowed to stand overnight. The precipitated crystals were filtered off and washed with n-hexane to yield 5.7 g of 3-(m-chloro-α,α-dimethylbenzyl)-1-hydroxy-1-phenylurea. To 3.1 g of the urea was added a solution of 550 mg of sodium methoxide in 10 ml of methanol. The mixture was made homogeneous by stirring and 1.5 g of methyl iodide was added thereto. The mixture was then heated under reflux for 2 hours. The solvent was evaporated off and the residue was extracted with benzene and water was added. The benzene layer was dried over sodium sulfate and the solvent was distilled off to give crystals, which were recrystallized from a mixture of n-hexane and benzene to obtain 2.7 g of the title compound.

Workup

  1. filtrationThe precipitated crystals were filtered off
  2. washwashed with n-hexane

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-d6dfdecd111d4b66a5814d8ffe761e71
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1979_03
Patent number
US04143061

Reaction notes

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