Malonic Acid → (RS)-beta-Amino-beta-(4-bromophenyl)propionic acid

HRID 916174Notes

Reaction equation

[Br:1][C:2]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][C:5]([CH:6]=O)=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.[C:10]([O-:13])(=[O:12])[CH3:11].[NH4+:14].C(O)(=O)CC(O)=O>C(O)C>[Br:1][C:2]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][C:5]([CH:6]([CH2:11][C:10]([OH:13])=[O:12])[NH2:14])=[CH:4][CH:3]=1

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Conditions

Temperature: 70 °C

Procedure

4-Bromobenzaldehyde (10 g, 54 mmol), ammonium acetate (8.663 g, 112.4 mmol) and malonic acid (5.6762 g, 54.5 mmol) were refluxed (slow) in absolute ethanol (45 mL) for 150 hours. White solid was filtered and dissolved into a warm (70° C.) solution of 50 mL of Na2CO3 and 50 mL of H2O. This solution was then extracted with 100 mL of diethyl ether three times. The aqueous layer was further acidified to pH 7 to produce white solid β-4-bromophenyl-β-alanine (4.5140 g, 18.49 mmol, 34.2%); MP: 234° C.; IR (KBr): 3061, 1594 cm−1; TLC: RF=0.35 (solvent 24), 0.32 (solvent 25); 1H NMR (D2O/K2CO3): δ 7.42-7.38 (m, 2H), 7.17-7.14 (m, 2H), 4.11-4.07 (t, J=7.25 Hz, 1H), 2.48-2.36 (m, 2H). Anal. Calcd for C9H10BrNO2: C, 44.29; H, 4.13; N, 5.74. Found: C, 44.35; H, 3.93; N, 5.70.

Workup

filtrationWhite solid was filtered
dissolutiondissolved into
extractionThis solution was then extracted with 100 mL of diethyl ether three times

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-47878775ca3d45daa129ea7bfe917422
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2007_09
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US07268164B2

Reaction notes

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