Checked by Mina Nakhla and John L. Wood
1. Procedure
A. 4-[2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trimethylsilyloxy)ethyl]morpholine (3). A 1-L, three-necked, round-bottomed flask is equipped with a 4-cm Teflon-coated magnetic stir bar and the center neck is fitted with a glass gas inlet adapter which is connected to a nitrogen/vacuum double manifold. The other two necks are capped with rubber septa. The flask is charged with molecular sieves 4 Å (40 g) (
Note 1). The system is flame-dried under vacuum and backfilled with nitrogen (
Note 2). After flame drying the right neck of the flask is equipped with a temperature probe. To the flask are added anhydrous
dichloromethane (300 mL, via cannula) (
Note 3),
morpholine (19.8 g, 19.9 mL, 227 mmol, via syringe) (
Note 4), and
fluoral ethyl hemiacetal (32.7 g, 26.8 mL, 227 mmol, via syringe) (
Note 5). After being stirred at room temperature for 5 min, the resulting mixture is heated in a 30 °C oil bath for 48 h (Notes
6 and
7) (Figure 1).
Figure 1. Step A - Reaction 1 Set-up
The flask containing the mixture is then removed from the oil bath and allowed to cool to room temperature. The mixture is then vacuum filtered through a 350 mL fine-fritted glass funnel, which is packed with a 20g pad of Celite (
Note 8). The Celite
® pad and the reaction flask are washed with
CH2Cl2 (3 x 100 mL) and the filtrate is transferred to 1 L recovery flask rinsing with
dichloromethane (2 x 50 mL). The solvent is removed by rotary evaporation to afford 40.6 g of
trifluoroacetaldehyde hemiaminal 2 as a pale yellow oil, which is used in the next step (silylation) without purification (
Note 9).
For the silylation step, a 1-L, three-necked, round-bottomed flask is equipped with a 4-cm Teflon-coated magnetic stir bar and the center neck is fitted with a glass gas inlet adapter which is connected to a nitrogen/vacuum double manifold. The other two necks are capped with rubber septa. The flask is flame-dried under vacuum and backfilled with nitrogen. After flame drying the right neck of the flask is equipped with a temperature probe. A solution of
trifluoroacetaldehyde hemiaminal 2 (40.6 g, 219 mmol) in anhydrous
tetrahydrofuran (75 mL) (Notes
10 and
11) is prepared and added to the dried flask via cannula. Additional
THF (75 mL) is to rinse residual hemiaminal
2 into the three-necked flask. The resultant solution is cooled in an ice bath for 30 min (internal temperature : 2.7 °C).
Figure 2. Step A - Reaction 2 Set-up
To the THF solution of hemiaminal 2 is added N-(trimethylsilyl)imidazole (30.8 g, 220 mmol) (Note 12) slowly at a rate of about 2 mL per minute (Note 13) (Figure 2). After the addition is complete the resulting mixture is allowed to warm to room temperature. After being stirred at room temperature for 6 h (Note 14), a saturated aqueous solution of NaHCO3 (150 mL) is added to the reaction and the resultant mixture. transferred to a 1L separatory funnel. Separation of the phases is followed by extraction of the aqueous phase with hexanes (3 x 200 mL) (Note 15). The combined hexanes extracts are washed successively with brine (2 x 100 mL), and then dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate (130 g) (Note 16). The sodium sulfate was removed by vacuum filtration using a glass fritted filter. After rinsing the filter cake with hexane (2 x 50 mL) the filtrate is poured into a 1 L recovery flask rinsing with hexanes (1 x 25 mL). The solvent is then removed under reduced pressure by rotary evaporation to yield 4-[2,2,2-trifluoro-1-(trimethylsilyloxy)ethyl]morpholine (3, 46.6-48.7 g, 181-189 mmol, 80-83% over two steps) (Notes 17 and 18) as a pale colorless liquid that is used for step B without further purification (Note 19).
2. Notes
1. Submitters purchased 4 Å molecular sieves from Wako Pure Chemical Industries. The checkers purchased molecular sieves 4 Å (8-12 mesh) from Acros Organics. The sieves are activated by initially heating in a microwave oven (1100 W general electric model :JES1142 WD 04) for one min and then flame drying under vacuum. After cooling and flushing with nitrogen, this procedure is repeated twice before the sieves are added to the reaction flask.
2. Including the evacuation prior to flame drying, the reaction flasks used in each step of this procedure are evacuated and backfilled with dry nitrogen three times for every step of this procedure.
3. The submitters purchased dehydrated
dichloromethane (>98.0%) from Kishida Chemical Co.,Ltd. The checkers purchased non-stabilized DCM from J.T. Baker and passed through two packed columns of neutral alumina in a solvent purification system manufactured by S.G. Waters U.S.A., LLC.
4. The submitters purchased
morpholine from Kanto Chemical Co., Inc. and used it as supplied. The checkers purchased
morpholine (≥ 99%) from Sigma-Aldrich and also used it as obtained.
5. The submitters purchased
trifluoroacetaldehyde ethyl hemiacetal (contains ca. 10% ethanol) from Tokyo Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. and used it as received. The checkers purchased
trifluoroacetaldehyde ethyl hemiacetal (>80% , contains ca. 10% ethanol) from TCI America and also used it as received.
6. The reaction mixture turns light brown due to the molecular sieves being crushed over the course of the reaction.
7. Although the submitters and checkers allowed the reaction to proceed for 48 h, the checkers monitored the reaction by NMR and found it to be complete after 2.25 h and undergo no further change during the 48h run.
8. The submitters purchased Celite
® 545 from Kishida Chemical Company, Ltd. The checkers purchased Celite
® S from Sigma Aldrich. The 350 mL fine-fritted glass funnel had a diameter of 9 cm and a height of 7.5 cm when measured from the top of the frit.
9. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure (160 mmHg - 60 mmHg) on a rotary evaporator (90 rpm, 32-35 °C )
10. The submitters purchased dehydrated
tetrahydrofuran from Kishida Chemical Co., Ltd. The checkers purchased non-stabilized
THF from Fisher Scientific and passed the solvent through two packed columns of neutral alumina in a solvent purification system manufactured by S.G. Waters U.S.A., LLC.
11. Crude hemiaminal
2 is obtained as a highly viscous oil.
12. The submitters purchased
trimethylsilylimidazole (>98.0%) from Tokyo Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. and used it as received. The checkers purchased
trimethylsilylimidazole (>98.0%) from Sigma-Aldrich and used it as received.
13. After addition of the
trimethylsilylimidazole was complete the internal temperature rose to 5 °C.
14. The measuring of the 6 h reaction time began when the internal thermometer reached room temperature (which for the checkers was 24 °C).
15. The first 200 mL of hexanes is used to wash the reaction flask and then transferred to the separatory for use in the extraction.
16. After extraction the separatory funnel is washed with 50 mL hexanes.
17. Solvent is removed under reduced pressure (140 torr - 70 torr) by rotary evaporation (90 rpm, 28 °C - 39 °C )
18. A reaction run on half scale yielded 23.8 g (92.5 mmol, 80%) of
3.
19. Although
3 can be carried on crude, for characterization purposes the checkers found that it can be purified via silica gel chromatography eluting with 10%
ethyl acetate in hexanes:
1H NMR
pdf(400 MHz, CDCl
3) δ: 0.18 (s, 9H), 2.67-2.82 (m, 4H), 3.69 (t,
J = 4.8 Hz, 4H), 4.38 (q,
J = 5.7 Hz, 1H);
19F NMR
pdf(376 MHz, CDCl
3, C
6F
6) δ: 79.57 (3F, s).
13C NMR
pdf(75.6 MHz, CDCl
3) δ: 0.04, 48.07, 67.2, 85.62 (q,
2JCF = 32.5 Hz), 123.47 (q,
1JCF = 286.7 Hz); IR (neat): 2962.3, 2857, 1455.6, 1354.7, 1334.2, 1298.6, 1278.2, 1114.5, 1069.4, 1016.7, 873.1, 839.1 cm
-1; +ESI-HRMS
m/z : calcd for (M+H
+) C
9H
19NO
2F
3SiH
+ = 258.11371, found C
9H
19NO
2F
3SiH
+ = 258.11328; Anal. calcd. for C
9H
18F
3NO
2Si: C, 42.01; H, 7.05; N, 5.44; F, 22.15 found: C, 42.08; H, 7.05; N, 5.46; F, 21.98.
20. The submitters purchased
cesium fluoride (>97.0%) from Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd. The checkers purchased
cesium fluoride (≥ 98%) from Sigma-Aldrich.
21. The submitters purchased
copper(I) thiophene-2-carboxylate (>96.0%) from Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd. and used it without further purification. The checkers purchased
copper(I) thiophene-2-carboxylate (98.0%) from Oakwood Chemical and used it without further purification.
22. The submitters and checkers purchased anhydrous
1,10-phenanthroline (>99.0%) from Sigma-Aldrich and used it as received.
23. The submitters purchased
m-iodonitrobenzene from Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd. and used it without further purification. The checkers purchased
m-iodonitrobenzene from Sigma-Aldrich and used it without further purification.
24. The submitters and checkers purchased anhydrous
diethylene glycol dimethyl ether (99.5%) from Sigma-Aldrich and used it as received.
25. The addition of the 180 mL of
diglyme was quickly and immediately followed by the rapid addition by cannula of compound
3. The addition of
3, including the washing, is complete within 2 min and the flask is then immediately placed in a preheated oil bath. The checkers noted that the oil bath must be preheated to 80 °C, since slow heating of the mixture results in incomplete consumption of starting material.
26. The color of the solution turns dark brown.
27. Monitoring of the reaction by NMR showed that the starting material is consumed and that the reaction is complete within 2.5 h.
28. Each of the 150 mL portions of
diethyl ether is used to rinse the reaction flask prior to use in the extraction. The checkers noted a slight exotherm during the water washings and thus to avoid pressure build-up, the two phases were typically swirled together vigorously until the exotherm subsided. At this point the separatory funnel was capped and the extraction continued.
29. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure (210 mmHg - 80 mmhg) using a rotary evaporator. (90 rpm, 27-28 °C).
30. The checkers purchased silica gel SilicaFlash
® F60 (40-63 μm / 230 - 500 mesh) from Silicycle. Column chromatography was performed using a glass column 8.5-cm in diameter packed with 1.1 cm sand and 5.7 cm SiO
2 (150 g). The silica was dry packed and wetted with 600 mL hexanes. The compound was loaded neat onto the column and the flask which contained it was washed three times with 5 mL hexanes and these washings were also loaded on to the column. The column was then topped with 1.2 cm sand. The compound was eluted using a gradient solvent system which began with pure hexanes (300 mL), progressed to 0.75%
ethyl acetate in hexanes (400 mL) and then progressed to and was held at 1.15%
ethyl acetate in hexanes (2600 mL). The checkers found that failing to use a gradient elution and employing 2%
ethyl acetate in hexanes results in the co-elution of a minor impurity. The checkers also found that residual
diglyme in the crude reaction mixture can cause the compound to elute quickly but is not detrimental to obtaining pure product under the gradient elution conditions. TLC (UV visualization) is used to follow the chromatography. Glass-backed extra hard layer TLC plates, 60 Å (250 μm thickness) containing F-254 indicator were purchased from Silicycle. The R
ƒ value of the title compound is 0.2 (2% EtOAc/hexanes). Fractions 17-74 (30 mL each) are concentrated by rotary evaporation (160 mmHg-125 mmHg, 35-40 °C bath, 90 rpm). To fully remove residual solvent the checkers continued the rotary evaporation beyond the point of apparent solvent removal (about 40 min, 50 mmHg, 90 rpm , 35-42 °C) followed by holding under reduced pressure (30 mmHg) for 1 h.
31.
3-Nitro-1-(trifluoromethyl)benzene (
5) has the following physical and spectroscopic data: Rf = 0.66 (hexane);
1H NMR
pdf(400 MHz, CDCl
3) δ: 7.74 (t,
J = 8.0 Hz, 1H, 7.98 (d,
J = 7.8 Hz, 1H), 8.45 (d,
J = 8.4 Hz, 1H), 8.52 (s, 1H);
19F NMR
pdf(376 MHz, CDCl
3, C
6F
6) δ: 66.05 (3 F, s);
13C NMR
pdf(101 MHz, CDCl
3) δ: 121.02 (q,
J = 4.0 Hz), 122.98 (q,
J = 272.9 Hz), 126.82, 130.48, 131.28 (q,
J = 3.5 Hz), 132.48 (q,
J = 34.3 Hz); IR (Neat): 3098.9, 1625.3, 1537.1, 1487.3, 1445.7, 1358.1, 1319.3, 1281.1, 1173.5, 1128.5, 1108.5, 1065.7, 909.8, 882.9, 812.7, 784.5, 739.6, 697.6 cm
-1; MS (EI)
m/z (%): 191 (M
+, 28), 172 (12), 145 (100), 125 (22), 95 (34), 75 (33), 69 (10); Anal. calcd. for C
7H
4F
3NO
2: C, 43.99; H, 2.11; N, 7.33; F, 29.82; found: C, 43.94; H, 2.11; N, 7.27;F, 29.62.
32. A second reaction on the same scale provided 14.5 g (79%) of the product.
3. Discussion
The structural motifs of trifluoromethylated aromatics (Ar-CF
3) have been widely employed in various industrial fields.
2,3 The high lipophilicity, strong electron-withdrawing ability, and characteristic size of the trifluoromethyl group is a key influence in the design of pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, dyes, liquid crystals, and polymers. Therefore, a great deal of attention has been paid to convenient protocols of introducing trifluoromethyl groups into aromatic rings.
4 With respect to the high regiochemical fidelity in aromatic substitution, the cross-coupling of aryl halides with CF
3Cu is one of the most powerful and versatile methods to construct trifluoromethylated aromatics.
5 Fluoral (trifluoroacetaldehyde) and its derivatives are readily available organofluorine compounds. Hemiaminals of fluoral are known to be convenient sources of trifluoromethyl anion.
6 Previously, we reported the catalytic procedure for aromatic trifluoromethylation by the use of trifluoroacetaldehyde hemiaminal derivative
2 as a cross-coupling partner in the presence of 10 mol% of CuI and
1,10-phenanthroline (
phen).
7,8 After screening of Cu catalysts, we found that for the cross-coupling reactions of aryl iodides with 2, the use of
copper thiophene-2-carboxylate (
CuTC)
9 as a source of copper(I) affords the best results. Representative examples of the selective formation of trifluoromethyl arenes are summarized in Table 1.
Appendix
Chemical Abstracts Nomenclature (Registry Number)
Morpholine: 1-Oxa-4-azacyclohexane; (110-91-8)
Fluoral ethyl hemiacetal: 1-Ethoxy-2,2,2-trifluoroethanol; (1) (433-27-2)
Trifluoroacetaldehyde hemiaminal: 4-Morpholinemethanol, α-(trifluoromethyl)-; (2) (321573-94-8)
N-(Trimethylsilyl)imidazole: Imidazole, 1-(trimethylsilyl)-; (18156-74-6)
[2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trimethylsilyloxy)ethyl]morpholine: 4-[2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(Trimethylsilyloxy)ethyl]morpholine; (3) (289706-46-3)
Copper(I) thiophene-2-carboxylate: 2-Thiophenecarboxylic acid, copper(1+) salt (1:1); (1292766-17-6)
1,10-Phenanthroline: 4,5-Diazaphenanthrene; (66-71-7)
m-Iodonitrobenzene: 3-Iodo-1-nitrobenzene; (4) (645-00-1)
3-Nitro-1-(trifluoromethyl)benzene: Toluene, α, α, α-trifluoro-m-nitro-; (5) (98-46-4)
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