Toluene → 3-(1-Tritylimidazol-4-YL) propionaldehyde

HRID 923259Notes

Reaction equation

C[O:2][C:3](=O)[CH2:4][CH2:5][C:6]1[N:7]=[CH:8][N:9]([C:11]([C:24]2[CH:29]=[CH:28][CH:27]=[CH:26][CH:25]=2)([C:18]2[CH:23]=[CH:22][CH:21]=[CH:20][CH:19]=2)[C:12]2[CH:17]=[CH:16][CH:15]=[CH:14][CH:13]=2)[CH:10]=1.C1(C)C=CC=CC=1.CC(C[AlH]CC(C)C)C.[C@H](O)(C([O-])=O)[C@@H](O)C([O-])=O.[Na+].[K+]>C(Cl)Cl.CO>[C:11]([N:9]1[CH:10]=[C:6]([CH2:5][CH2:4][CH:3]=[O:2])[N:7]=[CH:8]1)([C:24]1[CH:25]=[CH:26][CH:27]=[CH:28][CH:29]=1)([C:18]1[CH:19]=[CH:20][CH:21]=[CH:22][CH:23]=1)[C:12]1[CH:17]=[CH:16][CH:15]=[CH:14][CH:13]=1

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Conditions

Temperature: -78 °C

Procedure

3-(1-Trityl-1H-imidazol-4-yl)propionic acid methyl ester (7.75 g, 19.5 mmol), J. Org. Chem. 2000, 65, 2229-2230, is dissolved in DCM (300 mL) and cooled to −78° C. To this is added a toluene solution of DIBAL (21.0 mL, 1.5 M). After 2 h MeOH (20 mL) is added followed by saturated aqueous Rochelle salt solution (50 mL). The mixture is partitioned between DCM and saturated aqueous Rochelle salt solution. The organic phase is dried (Na2SO4) and evaporated. The crude residue is purified via flash column chromatography (MeOH/DCM 1:99→MeOH/DCM 5:95) to give the aldehyde, 3-(1-trityl-1H-imidazol-4-yl)propionaldehyde as a yellow gum (cas #184030-88-4). 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 9.83 (s, 1H), 7.38-7.31 (m, 10H), 7.16-7.12 (m, 6H), 6.58 (s, 1H), 2.90 (t, J=8.0 Hz, 2H), 2.83-2.79 (m, 2H).

Workup

customThe mixture is partitioned between DCM and saturated aqueous Rochelle salt solution
dry with materialThe organic phase is dried (Na2SO4)
customevaporated
customThe crude residue is purified via flash column chromatography (MeOH/DCM 1:99→MeOH/DCM 5:95)

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-4dcea226a517432c8ce7585c0f7fbe52
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2016_03
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US09278969B2

Reaction notes

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