Buchwald–Hartwig amination: Benzonitrile, 4-bromo- → Tert-butyl 4-(4-cyanophenyl)piperazine-1-carboxylate
82% yield, run at 120 °C, as recorded by experimental reaction archive. The written procedure is below.
The atoms, from reactants to products
What was in the flask
| Role | Species | Formula | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reactant | Benzonitrile, 4-bromo- | C₇H₄BrN | |
| Reactant | tert-Butyl piperazine-1-carboxylate | C₉H₁₈N₂O₂ | |
| Reagent | sodium 2-methylpropan-2-olate | C₄H₉NaO | |
| Catalyst | 2-Dicyclohexylphosphino-2',4',6'-triisoprophylbiphenyl | C₃₃H₄₉P | |
| Catalyst | Palladium (II) acetate | C₄H₈O₄Pd | |
| Solvent | Tetrahydrofuran | C₄H₈O | |
| Product | Tert-butyl 4-(4-cyanophenyl)piperazine-1-carboxylate | C₁₆H₂₁N₃O₂ | 82.34% |
Conditions
- Temperature
- 120 °C
Yield
- 82% of Tert-butyl 4-(4-cyanophenyl)piperazine-1-carboxylate.
Other recorded runs with the same starting material
No other run in the library makes this product. These runs of the same class start from one of the same reactants, which is the nearest company this record has.
- Methyl 4-(4-Boc-1-piperazinyl)-2-chlorobenzoate91%
- Tert-butyl 4-(7-benzo[b]furanyl)piperazine-1-carboxylate84%
- Tert-butyl 4-(2-methylpyridin-3-yl)piperazine-1-carboxylate83%
- Tert-butyl 4-(5-(benzyloxy)pyridin-2-YL)piperazine-1-carboxylate69%
- tert-Butyl 4-(2-(ethoxycarbonyl)benzofuran-4-yl)piperazine-1-carboxylate64%
- Tert-butyl 4-(2-methoxyphenyl)piperazine-1-carboxylate62%
- tert-butyl 4-(2-methyl-3-oxo-1H-isoindol-5-yl)piperazine-1-carboxylate57%
- Tert-butyl 4-(4-acetylphenyl)piperazine-1-carboxylate52%
- Tert-butyl 4-(3-chloro-4-cyanophenyl)piperazine-1-carboxylate47%
- tert-Butyl 4-(quinolin-2-yl)piperazine-1-carboxylate46%
- Tert-butyl 4-[6-[(4-methylsulfonylphenyl)methoxy]-3-pyridinyl]piperazine-1-carboxylate43%
- 4-(Diethylamino)benzonitrile39%
Procedure
Copied from the source record, unedited
To 4-bromobenzonitrile (.5 g, 2.75 mmol) dissolved in dry THF (10 mL) was added tert-butyl piperazine-1-carboxylate (0.512 g, 2.75 mmol), Sodium-t- butoxide (0.792 g, 8.24 mmol) and purged with N2 gas for 10 min followed by the addition of 2-(Dicyclohexylphosphino)-2',4',6'-tri-i-propyl-1,1'-biphenyl (0.131 g, 0.27 mmol)and Palladium II acetate (0.062 g, 0.27 mmol). The contents were further purged with N2 gas for further 10 min and heated at 85 °C for 2 h. The reaction mass was concentrated and the reside diluted with water and extracted with ethyl acetate . The combined organic extracts were washed with brine solution and dried over anhydrous sodium sulphate. The organic layer was evaporated under reduced pressure to obtain the crude product which was purified by 60-120 mesh silica gel c
The source
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experimental reaction archive record ord-587e8b015ef542aa9ba95a064a0d6902 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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