Ammonium Acetate → 4-Benzylcyclohexanamine

HRID 843686Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 843686 reaction equation
[CH2:1]([CH:8]1[CH2:13][CH2:12][C:11](=O)[CH2:10][CH2:9]1)[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.C([O-])(=O)C.[NH4+].C([BH3-])#[N:21].[Na+]>CO>[CH2:1]([CH:8]1[CH2:13][CH2:12][CH:11]([NH2:21])[CH2:10][CH2:9]1)[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 517165Ammonium AcetateHCID 5003444Sodium cyanoborohydrideHCID 106552354-Benzylcyclohexanone2×

Product 1

HCID 183789994-Benzylcyclohexanamine

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 887MethanolSolvent

Procedure

A mixture of 2 g of 4-benzylcyclohexanone, the product of Example 1, Step 3, 16 g of ammonium acetate, 100 mL of methanol and 2.5 g of sodium cyanoborohydride was stirred for 5 days at room temperature. After cooling in an ice bath, the reaction was carefully quenched in an efficient fume hood by dropwise addition of 25 mL of 1N HCl. After stirring for 10 min, sodium hydroxide pellets were added to the cold solution until the pH (indicator paper) was about 10. The mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure, diluted with 100 mL of water, made basic by addition of more sodium hydroxide pellets and extracted into 4×100 mL portions of chloroform. After drying over magnesium sulfate, the extracts were concentrated under reduced pressure and then dried under vacuum overnight. Analysis by TLC (silica gel, elution with 90:10:1 chloroform:methanol:conc. ammonium hydroxide) indicated no 4-benzylcyclohexanone or 4-benzylcyclohexanol was present, only 2 new bands which correspond to a mixture of cis- and trans 4-benzyl-cyclohexylamine, which was an oil.

Workup

  1. temperatureAfter cooling in an ice bath
  2. customthe reaction was carefully quenched in an efficient fume hood by dropwise addition of 25 mL of 1N HCl
  3. additionsodium hydroxide pellets were added to the cold solution until the pH (indicator paper)
  4. concentrationThe mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure
  5. additiondiluted with 100 mL of water
  6. additionmade basic by addition of more sodium hydroxide pellets
  7. extractionextracted into 4×100 mL portions of chloroform
  8. dry with materialAfter drying over magnesium sulfate
  9. concentrationthe extracts were concentrated under reduced pressure
  10. customdried under vacuum overnight
  11. washAnalysis by TLC (silica gel, elution with 90:10:1 chloroform:methanol:conc. ammonium hydroxide)
  12. additiononly 2 new bands which correspond to a mixture of cis- and trans 4-benzyl-cyclohexylamine, which

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-54e0f4b916ea4966b26c911ba446d0db
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2002_04
Patent number
US06380205B1

Reaction notes

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