5,6,7,8-Tetrahydroquinoxaline → 5-Bromo-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroquinoxaline

HRID 899811Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 899811 reaction equation
[N:1]1[C:10]2[CH2:9][CH2:8][CH2:7][CH2:6][C:5]=2[N:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1.[Br:11]NC(=O)CCC(N)=O.C(=O)(O)[O-].[Na+]>C(Cl)(Cl)(Cl)Cl.C(OOC(=O)C1C=CC=CC=1)(=O)C1C=CC=CC=1>[Br:11][CH:9]1[CH2:8][CH2:7][CH2:6][C:5]2[N:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=[N:1][C:10]1=2

Participants

6

Reactant 3

HCID 368225,6,7,8-TetrahydroquinoxalineHCID 516892Sodium BicarbonateHCID 9834204N-Bromosuccinamide

Product 1

HCID 177500155-Bromo-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroquinoxalineYield 61.8%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 7187Benzoyl PeroxideCatalystHCID 5943Carbon TetrachlorideSolvent

Procedure

To a solution of commercially available 5,6,7,8-tetrahydroquinoxaline (3.08 g, 23.0 mmol) in CCl4 (200 mL) was added N-bromosuccinamide (4.09 g, 23.0 mmol) and a catalytic amount (56 mg) of benzoyl peroxide. The reaction mixture was heated at reflux for 17 hours. Saturated sodium bicarbonate solution was added (100 mL), the layers were separated and the aqueous phase was extracted with CH2Cl2 (2×200 mL). The organic extracts were dried and concentrated. The crude material contained 1:3:1 ratio (GC) of starting material, mono- and dibromo products which were separated by column chromatography on silica gel using a mixture of 1:1 EtOAc:hexanes to give 5-bromo-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroquinoxaline (3.03 g, 54%) as a brown liquid: 1H NMR (CDCl3): δ 1.99-2.03 (m, 1H), 2.20-2.49 (m, 3H), 2.97-3.10 (m, 1H), 3.11-3.20 (m, 1H), 5.48 (t, 1H, J=1.5 Hz), 8.40 (s, 2H). It should be noted that this material is unstable when exposed to air over 2-3 days and was used immediately in the next reaction.

Workup

  1. temperatureThe reaction mixture was heated
  2. temperatureat reflux for 17 hours
  3. customthe layers were separated
  4. extractionthe aqueous phase was extracted with CH2Cl2 (2×200 mL)
  5. customThe organic extracts were dried
  6. concentrationconcentrated
  7. customwere separated by column chromatography on silica gel using
  8. additiona mixture of 1:1 EtOAc

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-256499658265482d92b22794392373a5
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2008_04
Patent number
US07354934B2

Reaction notes

Loading…