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Buchwald–Hartwig amination: Methyl 3-bromo-5-nitrobenzoate → Methyl 3-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-5-nitrobenzoate

65% yield, run at 110 °C, as recorded by experimental reaction archive. The written procedure is below.

verified record, 65% 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

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

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What was in the flask

RoleSpeciesFormulaYield
ReactantMethyl 3-bromo-5-nitrobenzoateC₈H₆BrNO₄—
Reactant1-MethylpiperazineC₅H₁₂N₂—
ReagentCesium carbonateCCs₂O₃—
Catalyst1,1'-(9,9-Dimethyl-9H-xanthene-4,5-diyl)bis(1,1-diphenylphosphine)C₃₉H₃₂OP₂—
CatalystBis(dibenzylideneacetone)palladiumC₅₁H₄₂O₃Pd₂—
Solvent1,4-DioxaneC₄H₈O₂—
ProductMethyl 3-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-5-nitrobenzoateC₁₃H₁₇N₃O₄65.18%

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
110 °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

  • 65% of Methyl 3-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-5-nitrobenzoate.

Procedure

Copied from the source record, unedited

To the stirred suspension ofmethyl 3-bromo-5-nitrobenzoate (2 g, 7.69 mmol) , cesium carbonate (12.53 g, 38.46 mmol) and (9,9-dimethyl-9H-xanthene-4,5-diyl)bis(diphenylphosphine) (0.111 g, 0.19 mmol) in Dioxane (12 mL) (degassed with N2) was added pd (dba)3 (0.176 g, 0.19 mmol) and cesium carbonate (12.53 g, 38.46 mmol) AND rxn was heated at 110 ºC for 1 hr in microwaved. LCMS showed the m+1= 280. The crude raection mixture was filtered over celite. The filtrate was concentarted. The crude solid was diluted by 20 mL ethyl acetate, washed with 3x10 mL water, brine, collected the organic layers, concentrated. The crude solid was added to a silica gel column and was eluted with 0-10% methanol in DCM. Collected desired fractions. Obtained=1.4 gm. 1H NMR (300 MHz, DICHLOROMETHANE- _d_ 2) d

The source

This record comes from experimental reaction archive (ord-0986b91ec7734959810ebeac46571d3f). Open the source and check it against what is on this page.

  • experimental reaction archive record ord-0986b91ec7734959810ebeac46571d3f 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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