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Buchwald–Hartwig amination: N-(4-Chloropyridin-2-yl)acetamide → N-[4-[(5-chloro-1,3-benzodioxol-4-yl)amino]-2-pyridinyl]acetamide

83% yield, run at 150 °C, as recorded by experimental reaction archive. The written procedure is below.

verified record, 83% yield recorded, Not balanced as written, From experimental reaction archive

Reagents, catalysts and solvents are in the table below.

The atoms, from reactants to products

CCONCCCNCCClCCCCOCOCCNCl
Reactants · 1/6
breakingformingbond order changesmapped atom that changes

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What was in the flask

RoleSpeciesFormulaYield
ReactantN-(4-Chloropyridin-2-yl)acetamideC₇H₇ClN₂O—
Reactant5-Chloro-1,3-benzodioxol-4-amineC₇H₆ClNO₂—
ReagentCesium carbonateCCs₂O₃—
Catalyst1,1'-(9,9-Dimethyl-9H-xanthene-4,5-diyl)bis(1,1-diphenylphosphine)C₃₉H₃₂OP₂—
CatalystPalladium (II) acetateC₄H₈O₄Pd—
SolventDimethylacetamideC₄H₉NO—
ProductN-[4-[(5-chloro-1,3-benzodioxol-4-yl)amino]-2-pyridinyl]acetamideC₁₄H₁₂ClN₃O₃83.06%

The equation does not balance as written. That is usual for an experimental record: the source listed what it put in and what it measured, not a stoichiometric equation.

Conditions

Temperature
150 °C

Only the dimensions the source stated are listed. Anything absent here was not recorded, and it is not inferred from what the class usually needs.

Yield

  • 83% of N-[4-[(5-chloro-1,3-benzodioxol-4-yl)amino]-2-pyridinyl]acetamide.

Procedure

Copied from the source record, unedited

Reaction carried out in two batches in 20 ml microwave tubes. 5-chlorobenzo[d][1,3]dioxol-4-amine (1 g, 5.83 mmol), N-(4-chloropyridin-2-yl)acetamide (0.994 g, 5.83 mmol), XANTPHOS (0.405 g, 0.70 mmol), PALLADIUM(II) ACETATE (0.065 g, 0.29 mmol) and CESIUM CARBONATE (3.80 g, 11.66 mmol) were suspended in 2x DMA (12mL) and sealed into a microwave tube. The reaction was heated to 150 °C for 30 minutes in the microwave reactor and cooled to RT. LC/MS showed completion. The reaction mixture was concentrated and diluted with EtOAc , and washed sequentially with water and saturated brine. The organic layer was dried over MgSO4, filtered and evaporated. The crude oil was triturated with EtOAc, Et2O and hexane to give a solid which was collected by filtration and dried under vacuum to give P1 N-(

The source

This record comes from experimental reaction archive (ord-3e57b5a0d75c4f5d9c22ce74626f60c3). Open the source and check it against what is on this page.

  • experimental reaction archive record ord-3e57b5a0d75c4f5d9c22ce74626f60c3 from dataset "750 AstraZeneca ELN dataset" (url: https://chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv/article-details/60c9e3f37792a23bfdb2d471). No atom mapping is provided by the source.

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