Isopropylamine → Methyl 2-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-[(propan-2-yl)amino]propanoate

HRID 82350Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 82350 reaction equation
[Cl:1][C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][C:5]([C:8](=[CH2:13])[C:9]([O:11][CH3:12])=[O:10])=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.[CH:14]([NH2:17])([CH3:16])[CH3:15]>C1COCC1>[Cl:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[CH:4][C:5]([CH:8]([CH2:13][NH:17][CH:14]([CH3:16])[CH3:15])[C:9]([O:11][CH3:12])=[O:10])=[CH:6][CH:7]=1

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 6363IsopropylamineHCID 11735736Methyl 2-(4-chlorophenyl)acrylate

Product 1

HCID 66617943Methyl 2-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-[(propan-2-yl)amino]propanoate

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 8028TetrahydrofuranSolvent2×

Procedure

Methyl 2-(4-chlorophenyl)acrylate (1.00 g, 5.09 mmol) was added as a solution in THF (2.5 mL) to a stirring solution of i-PrNH2 (650 uL, 7.63 mmol) in THF (10 mL). The reaction was allowed to stir at room temperature overnight to completion by LCMS analysis. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure to give methyl 2-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-(isopropylamino)propanoate (LCMS (APCI+) [M-Boc+H]+256.1, Rt: 1.97 min), which was re-dissolved in DCM (15 mL) at room temperature. The Boc2O (1.29 mL, 5.59 mmol) was added to the stirring amine via pipette followed by a catalytic amount of DMAP (1 mg). The reaction was allowed to stir overnight to completion by LCMS and TLC analysis of the mixture. The solution was concentrated in vacuo to afford methyl 3-(tert-butoxycarbonyl(isopropyl)amino)-2-(4-chlorophenyl)propanoate as an oily residue (LCMS (APCI+) [M-Boc+H]+256.1, Rt: 4.13 min) which was re-dissolved in THF (12.0 mL) and water (4.0 mL). The opaque solution was treated with LiOH—H2O (1.07 g, 25.4 mmol) and allowed to stir for 4 hours to completion by LCMS analysis. The solution was diluted with water and washed with diethyl ether (discarded). The aqueous portion was treated with 1M HCl solution until a pH of about 2 to about 3 and extracted with ethyl acetate several times. The organics were combined, washed with brine, separated, dried over MgSO4, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo to afford 3-(tert-butoxycarbonyl(isopropyl)amino)-2-(4-chlorophenyl)propanoic acid as a colorless oil (1.04 g, 60%). LCMS (APCI+) [M-Boc+H]+242.0.

Workup

  1. customThe solvent was removed under reduced pressure

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-e65963c301334967a3143b749608f694
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2014_09
Patent number
US08846681B2

Reaction notes

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