Benzyl Bromide → HCID 57631694, compound

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Reaction Steps

To a 100 mL round bottom flask equipped with a magnetic stir bar was added 1.80 g (6.01 mmol) of 7,7-dimethyl-5-phenyl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-3-carboxylic acid ethyl ester, 30 mL of DMF and 0.786 mL (6.61 mmol) of benzyl bromide, followed by 0.265 g (6.6 mmol) of sodium hydride (60% dispersion in mineral oil) which was added in several portions. After 2 h, the reaction was quenched with water and the product was extracted with AcOEt. The combined organic layers were washed with brine, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated to give the crude N-benzylated ester as a golden colored oil. The crude ester was dissolved in 15 mL of ethanol and 2.5 mL of 6N potassium hydroxide was added. The solution was then heated to 70° C. for 18 h at which time no starting material could be detected by HPLC analysis. The crude reaction mixture was concentrated in vacuo and diluted with water. The aqueous solution was acidified with 6N HCl and the resulting cream-colored precipitate was collected by filtration. The crude acid thus isolated was dissolved in AcOEt, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated to a cream colored powder. The resulting acid was washed with several portions of hexanes and dried in vacuo to give 1.95 g (90%) of the title compound as an off white powder. 1H NMR (DMSO-d6) δ 1.10 (s, 3H), 1.40 (s, 3H), 1.98-2.16 (m, 2H), 3.71 (d, J=15.4 Hz, 1H), 4.36 (dd, J=4.5, 11.5 Hz, 1H), 5.81 (d, J=15.6 Hz), 6.97 (dd, J=1.4, 7.2 Hz, 2H), 7.26-7.45 (m, 7H), 7.67 (s, 1H), 11.81 (s, 1H). MS Calcd.: 361. Found: 344 (M−OH).

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