Ethyl bromoacetate → Dimethyl 2,2'-(2,2-dimethyl-4,5-dioxoimidazolidine-1,3-diyl)diacetate

HRID 973146Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 973146 reaction equation
[CH3:1][C:2]1([CH3:9])[NH:6][C:5](=[O:7])[C:4](=[O:8])[NH:3]1.[H-].[Na+].[H][H].[CH2:14]([O:16][C:17](=[O:20])[CH2:18]Br)C>CN(C)C=O>[CH3:14][O:16][C:17]([CH2:18][N:3]1[C:4](=[O:8])[C:5](=[O:7])[N:6]([CH2:18][C:17]([O:16][CH3:14])=[O:20])[C:2]1([CH3:9])[CH3:1])=[O:20]

Participants

6

Conditions

Temperature
80 °C

Procedure

A solution of 12.8 g (0.1 mole) of 2,2-dimethylimidazolidine-4,5-dione in 70 ml of dimethyl formamide is slowly added dropwise, with stirring, at 20°-30° C to a suspension of 4.8 g (0.2 mole) of sodium hydride in 60 ml of dimethyl formamide. When the uptake of hydrogen has ceased, a solution of 33.4 g (0.2 mole) of bromacetic acid ethyl ester in 30 ml of dimethylformamide is added dropwise at 40°-50° C. After it has been stirred for 1 hour at 80° C, the reaction mixture is evaporated to dryness in vacuo. The residue is washed with ether and taken up in chloroform. The insoluble potassium bromide is filtered off and the chloroform solution evaporated. The residue is recrystallised from n-butanol to yield 7.8 g of colourless crystals with a melting point of 129°-130° C. The infra-red and nuclear magnetic resonance spectra confirm the presumed structure and the results of the elemental analysis are:

Workup

  1. customthe reaction mixture is evaporated to dryness in vacuo
  2. washThe residue is washed with ether
  3. filtrationThe insoluble potassium bromide is filtered off
  4. customthe chloroform solution evaporated
  5. customThe residue is recrystallised from n-butanol

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-234630777c764f528b667939b5f309be
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1977_10
Patent number
US04055570

Reaction notes

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