Acetyl chloride → 3-Acetamidobicyclo[1.1.1]pentan-1-yl acetate

HRID 62599Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 62599 reaction equation
[C:1]([O:4][C:5]12[CH2:9][C:7]([NH2:10])([CH2:8]1)[CH2:6]2)(=[O:3])[CH3:2].[C:11](Cl)(=[O:13])[CH3:12]>>[C:1]([O:4][C:5]12[CH2:9][C:7]([NH:10][C:11](=[O:13])[CH3:12])([CH2:8]1)[CH2:6]2)(=[O:3])[CH3:2]

Participants

3

Procedure

The commercially available 3-aminobicyclo[1.1.1]pentane-1-carboxylic acid can be converted to the methyl ketone intermediate by treatment with either methyl lithium or methylmagnesium bromide (Scheme 1). Baeyer-Villagar type oxidation with mCPBA or other peroxycarboxylic acids can give 3-aminobicyclo[1.1.1]pentan-1-yl acetate. The amine can then be coupled with an appropriate carboxylic acid or acid chloride, such as acetyl chloride to give 3-acetamidobicyclo[1.1.1]pentan-1-yl acetate (3). Selective hydrolysis of the ester group with hydroxide ion gives N-(3-hydroxybicyclo[1.1.1]pentan-1-yl)acetamide (1). Alternatively, starting with the commercially available 3-hydroxybicyclo[1.1.1]pentane-1-carboxylic acid and carrying out a Curtius reaction or modified Curtius reaction using diphenylphosphoryl azide gives the amino alcohol intermediate, which can then be treated with acetyl chloride (1 eq) in the presence of base (for example, K2CO3, Na2CO3, TEA, and the like) to give N-(3-hydroxybicyclo[1.1.1]pentan-1-yl)acetamide (1) or with acetyl chloride (>2 eq) in the presence of base (for example, K2CO3, Na2CO3, TEA, and the like) to give 3-acetamidobicyclo[1.1.1]pentan-1-yl acetate (3).

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-5b20e2777c2e4feaa44930d83691cd67
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2016_09
Patent number
US09447025B2

Reaction notes

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