Checked by Scott E. Denmark and Jeromy J. Cottell.
1. Procedure
2. Notes
1.
(S)-1-Phenylethylamine was purchased from Aldrich Chemical Co., Inc. and used as received. The enantiomeric purity of
(S)-1-phenylethylamine was determined as the dinitrobenzoyl derivative to be 95% ee using a chiral stationary phase HPLC column and a chiral stationary phase SFC column (see
(Note 21)). The submitters used reverse phase CSP HPLC analysis for this purpose (Daicel CROWNPAK CR, aq. HClO
4 (pH 1.5), 0.8 mL/min, 25°C, 210 nm).
2.
Reagent grade acetonitrile was purchased from Fisher Scientific Co. and used as received.
3.
Diisopropylethylamine and bromoacetonitrile were purchased from Aldrich Chemical Co., Inc. and used as received.
4.
There is a slight exotherm (≈10°C) over the first 30 min. The reaction typically takes 10-12 hr to complete and was monitored by TLC analysis on Merck silica gel 60 F-254 plates eluting with
isopropylamine:hexane:EtOAc (5:45:50), R
f = 0.68 (visualized with 254-nm UV lamp and ninhydrin spray).
5.
Silica gel was purchased from Merck (40-100 mesh, spherical, neutral).
6.
The submitters found that the crude product can be purified by distillation (110-120°C, 1.5 mm). Starting from
24.3 g of amine,
21.8 g (
68%) of the desired product was isolated. The reduced yield was due to dialkylation of the product with unreacted
bromoacetonitrile during distillation.
7.
While the product was sufficiently pure for the subsequent step,
1H NMR analysis indicated the presence of 4 wt.% of
bromoacetonitrile, which was absent after the Step B work-up. To secure analytically pure material, the checkers distilled chromatographically purified product to obtain
9.93 g (
74%) of
(S)-[(1-phenylethyl)-amino]acetonitrile. The pure product exhibits the following physical properties:
bp 91-93°C (1 mm);
[α]D27−217 (c 1.23, CHCl3),
[α]D23 −199.3 (c 1.08, EtOH), lit.
2 [α]D25 −248.8 (c 4.7, benzene); IR (film) cm
−1: 3335, 2968, 2235, 1957, 1887, 1818, 1494, 1452, 1207, 1132, 870, 763;
1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl
3) δ: 1.42 (d, J = 6.4, 3 H), 1.67 (s (br), 1H), 3.28 (d, J = 17.6, 1 H), 3.58 (d, J = 17.6, 1 H), 4.04 (q, J = 6.5, 1 H), 7.26-7.34 (m, 5H);
13C NMR (166 MHz, CDCl
3) δ: 23.9, 35.0, 56.7, 117.8, 126.9, 127.7, 128.7, 142.8. Anal. Calcd for C
10H
12N
2: C, 74.97; H, 7.55; N, 17.48. Found: C, 74.94; H, 7.70; N, 17.32.
8.
Reagent grade dichloromethane was purchased from Fisher Scientific Co. and used as received.
9.
MCPBA (ca. 65%) was purchased from Aldrich Chemical Co., Inc. and used as received.
10.
The reaction temperature was maintained below 7°C.
11.
Alternatively, conversion to the nitrone could be carried out with a catalytic amount of
sodium tungstate and
hydrogen peroxide3 as described below: A
200-mL, round-bottomed flask equipped with a
30-mL, dropping funnel,
Teflon-coated magnetic stirbar and
argon gas inlet is charged with
(S)-[(1-phenylethyl)amino]acetonitrile (6.10 g, 38.1 mmol),
MeOH (64 mL), and
sodium tungstate dihydrate (Na2WO4·2H2O) (504 mg, 1.53 mmol) in one portion. With cooling with an
ice-bath,
30% aqueous hydrogen peroxide (14.7 mL, 153 mmol) is added to the solution over 20 min. The reaction mixture is then allowed to warm to ambient temperature. After TLC analysis shows completion of the reaction (usually 10 to 20 hr),
aqueous Na2S2O3 (15 mL) is added slowly with cooling (ice-bath). The resulting suspension is extracted with
CH2Cl2 (100 mL). The organic extracts are washed with
brine (100 mL), and the combined aqueous phases are back-extracted with
CH2Cl2 (3 × 100 mL). The combined extracts are dried over
anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated to dryness on a
rotary evaporator to give crude nitrone (
6.1 g) as a slightly yellow solid. The nitrone is directly converted to hydroxylamine oxalate without further purification (
5.40 g,
62% yield for 2 steps). The enantiomeric purity of the hydroxylamine was shown to be >99% ee upon reduction with Zn/AcOH and derivatization (see
(Note 21)).
12.
Conversion to the nitrone could also be carried out with
magnesium monoperoxyphthalate (MMPP)4 as follows: A
1-L, three-necked, flask equipped with a
30-mL addition funnel,
Teflon-coated magnetic stirbar,
thermometer and
argon gas inlet, is charged with an aqueous solution
(153 mL) of magnesium monoperoxyphthalate hexahydrate (26.0 g, 80%, 42 mmol), which is then cooled in an
ice-bath. A solution of
(S)-[(1-phenylethyl)amino]acetonitrile (6.11 g, 38.1 mmol) in
MeOH (30 mL) is subsequently added dropwise over a period of 20 min (the addition funnel is washed with
8 mL of MeOH). The resulting mixture is then stirred at ambient temperature for 30 min. After the reaction is complete, the mixture is cooled in an ice-bath and is diluted with
CH2Cl2 (200 mL). With vigorous stirring,
4.8 g (19 mmol) of Na2S2O3·5 H2O and
10 g (96 mmol) of sodium carbonate are added portionwise and the resulting two-phase mixture is partitioned. The aqueous phase is extracted with
CH2Cl2 (100 mL). The organic phase is washed with
brine (100 mL) and the combined aqueous layers are back-extracted with
CH2Cl2 (3 × 100 mL). The combined organic extracts are dried over
anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated to dryness on a rotary evaporator to give crude nitrone (
6.4 g) as a slightly yellow solid. The nitrone is directly converted to hydroxylamine oxalate without further purification (
7.51 g,
87% yield for 2 steps). The enantiomeric purity of the hydroxylamine was shown to be >99% ee upon reduction with Zn/AcOH and derivatization (see
(Note 21)).
13.
The reaction typically takes 30 min to complete. TLC analysis on Merck silica gel 60 F-254 plates eluting with MeOH:CH
2Cl
2 (2.5:97.5) shows formation of the (Z)-nitrone (R
f = 0.68) (visualized by a 254-nm UV lamp and ethanolic
phosphomolybdic acid), with only a trace amount of the (E)-nitrone (R
f = 0.73 ).
14.
Judging by
1H NMR analysis, the crude product is highly pure (Z)-nitrone (92/8, Z/E), which can be used for the next step. Recrystallization from
EtOAc-hexane affords pure (Z)-nitrone, which exhibits the following physical properties:
mp 89.5-91.0;
[α]D28 +83 (c 0.494, CHCl3),
[α]D23 +135.8 (c 0.995, EtOH); IR (KBr) cm
−1: 3098, 2222, 1541, 1452, 1442, 1377, 1295, 1181, 1074, 1007, 748, 701;
1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl
3) δ: 1.83 (d, J = 7.0, 3 H), 5.18 (quint, J = 6.9, 1 H), 6.67 (s, 1 H), 7.43 (br s, 5 H);
13C NMR (166 MHz, CDCl
3) δ: 19.0, 79.5, 105.8, 112.2, 128.9, 129.2, 129.8, 136.2. Anal. Calcd for C
10H
10N
2O: C, 68.95; H, 5.79; N, 16.08. Found: C, 68.83; H, 5.68; N, 15.90.
15.
Reagent grade MeOH was purchased from Aldrich Chemical Co., Inc. and used as received.
16.
Hydroxylamine hydrochloride was purchased from Aldrich Chemical Co., Inc. and used as received.
17.
Caution! The reaction should be carried out in a well-ventilated hood because of the potential of generating HCN gas.
18.
Care must be exercised not to allow the bath temperature to rise above 25°C and not to concentrate the solution to complete dryness, both of which would increase the risk of explosion of the
hydroxylamine. The checkers found that some of the
hydroxylamine would precipitate, resulting in a white slurry that would dissolve upon addition of the next reagent.
19.
Oxalic acid was purchased from Aldrich Chemical Co., Inc. and used as received. The checkers found that sonication was helpful in dissolving the
oxalic acid in MeOH.
20.
The pure product exhibits the following physical properties:
mp 177-180°C (dec.);
[α]D28−2.2 (c 1.06, MeOH); IR (KBr) cm
−1: 3220, 2987, 2578, 1761, 1610, 1483, 1458, 1210, 986, 961, 775, 714, 702;
1H NMR (500 MHz, CD
3OD) δ: 1.68 (d, J = 6.8, 3 H), 4.52 (q, J = 6.9, 1 H), 7.39-7.50 (m, 5 H);
13C NMR (166 MHz, CD
3OD) δ: 16.1, 62.9, 129.9, 130.1, 130.6, 136.0, 166.4. Anal. Calcd for C
8H
11NO·(COOH)
2: C, 52.86; H, 5.77; N, 6.16. Found: C, 52.72; H, 5.68; N, 6.18.
21.
The enantiomeric excess of the product was determined by reduction with Zn in AcOH, followed by derivatization with
3,5-dinitrobenzoyl chloride.
(S)-N-1-Phenylethylhydroxylamine oxalate (0.50 g, 2.20 mmol) was placed in a
50-mL, single-necked, round-bottomed flask equipped with an
argon inlet,
rubber septum, and
Teflon-coated stirbar, followed by
acetic acid (AcOH) (glacial, 6 mL),
HCl (1M, 12 mL), and
Zn dust (5 g). The slurry was heated to 80°C for 6 hr, during which time the Zn began to conglomerate. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and filtered through glass wool. The
Zn metal was washed with H
2O (10 mL) and
CH2Cl2 (20 mL) and the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was partitioned between
CH2Cl2 (40 mL) and
1M NaOH (40 mL). The organic phase was washed with H
2O (20 mL) and
brine (20 mL). The combined aqueous phases were back-extracted with
CH2Cl2 (2 × 20 mL). The organic extracts were combined, dried over
magnesium sulfate, and concentrated to give crude amine. Bulb-to-bulb distillation of the amine [150°C (air bath temp), 100 mm] provided
(S)-1-phenylethylamine (
0.21 g,
78%). In a
25-mL, two-necked, round-bottomed flask, with an
argon inlet,
septum, and
Teflon-coated stirbar, was placed
(S)-1-phenylethylamine (0.18 g, 1.5 mmol) and
THF (6 mL). The solution was cooled in an ice bath to 0°C;
triethylamine (0.3 mL, 2.2 mmol) and subsequently
3,5-dinitrobenzoyl chloride (0.38 g, 1.7 mmol) were added. The ice bath was removed and the solution was stirred for 2.5 hr at ambient temperature, during which time the solution turned yellow and a white precipitate formed. The slurry was then partitioned between H
2O (15 mL) and
Et2O (15 mL). The organic phase was separated, then washed with
brine (10 mL). The combined aqueous phases were back-extracted with
Et2O (10 mL). The combined organic extracts were dried over
magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The crude amide was purified by column chromatography (30 mm × 150 mm SiO
2,
hexane/EtOAc, 4/1→2/1) to provide
(S)-N-(3,5-dinitrobenzoyl)-1-phenylethylamine (
0.47 g,
99%). The enantiomeric purity of the derivative was shown to be >99% ee by chiral stationary phase HPLC and SFC. (HPLC: Pirkle S-N1N-Naphthylleucine column, hexane/i-PrOH, 3/21 mL/min, t
R 16.54 min (R isomer: t
R = 14.22 min), SFC: Chiralcel OD column, 20% MeOH, 2 mL/min, t
R = 9.136 (R isomer: 8.539 min). The submitters used reverse phase CSP HPLC for this analysis (see
(Note 1)).
The procedures in this article are intended for use only by persons with prior training in experimental organic chemistry. All hazardous materials should be handled using the standard procedures for work with chemicals described in references such as "Prudent Practices in the Laboratory" (The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 2011 www.nap.edu). All chemical waste should be disposed of in accordance with local regulations. For general guidelines for the management of chemical waste, see Chapter 8 of Prudent Practices.
These procedures must be conducted at one's own risk. Organic Syntheses, Inc., its Editors, and its Board of Directors do not warrant or guarantee the safety of individuals using these procedures and hereby disclaim any liability for any injuries or damages claimed to have resulted from or related in any way to the procedures herein.
3. Discussion
Appendix
Chemical Abstracts Nomenclature (Collective Index Number);
(Registry Number)
(S)-1-Phenylethylamine:
Benzenemethanamine, α-methyl-, (αS)- (9); (2627-86-3)
Diisopropylethylamine:
2-Propanamine, N-ethyl-N-(1-methylethyl)- (9); (7087-68-5)
Bromoacetonitrile;
Acetonitrile, bromo- (8, 9); (590-17-0)
(S)-[(1-Phenylethyl)amino]acetonitrile;
Acetonitrile, [[(1S)-1-phenylethyl]amino]-, (9); (35341-76-5)
m-Chloroperbenzoic acid:
Benzenecarboperoxoic acid, 3-chloro- (9); (937-14-4)
[(1S)-1-Phenylethyl]imino]acetonitrile N-oxide;
Acetonitrile, [oxido[(1S)-1-phenylethyl]-imino]-, (9); (300843-73-6)
Hydroxylamine hydrochloride:
Hydroxylamine, hydrochloride (8,9); (5470-11-1)
Oxalic acid:
Ethanedioic acid (9); (144-62-7)
N-Hydroxy-(S)-1-phenylethylamine oxalate;
Benzenemethanamine, N-hydroxy-α-methyl-, (αS)-, ethanedioate (1:1) salt, (9); (78798-33-1)
Copyright © 1921-, Organic Syntheses, Inc. All Rights Reserved