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Buchwald–Hartwig amination: 5-Bromo-2-methoxybenzonitrile → (R)-5-(2-(tert-butyldimethylsilyloxy)propylamino)-2-methoxybenzonitrile

21% yield, run at 120 °C, as recorded by experimental reaction archive. The written procedure is below.

verified record, 21% 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

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

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What was in the flask

RoleSpeciesFormulaYield
Reactant5-Bromo-2-methoxybenzonitrileC₈H₆BrNO—
Reactant(R)-2-(tert-butyldimethylsilyloxy)propan-1-amineC₉H₂₃NOSi—
ReagentCesium carbonateCCs₂O₃—
Catalyst2-Dicyclohexylphosphino-2',4',6'-triisoprophylbiphenylC₃₃H₄₉P—
CatalystPalladium (II) acetateC₄H₈O₄Pd—
SolventTolueneC₇H₈—
Product(R)-5-(2-(tert-butyldimethylsilyloxy)propylamino)-2-methoxybenzonitrileC₁₇H₂₈N₂O₂Si20.58%

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
120 °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

  • 21% of (R)-5-(2-(tert-butyldimethylsilyloxy)propylamino)-2-methoxybenzonitrile.

Procedure

Copied from the source record, unedited

Reaction carried PdOAc2 (0.476 g, 2.12 mmol) and dicyclohexyl(2',4',6'-triisopropylbiphenyl-2-yl)phosphine (1.012 g, 2.12 mmol) were added in one portion to a degassed solution of 5-bromo-2-methoxybenzonitrile (4.50 g, 21.22 mmol), (R)-2-(tert- butyldimethylsilyloxy)propan-1-amine (4.82 g, 25.47 mmol) and cesium carbonate (10.37 g, 31.83 mmol) in toluene (100 mL) at 20°C in a microwave vial. The microwave vial was sealed and the reaction was heated to 120 °C for 12 hours in the microwave reactor and cooled to RT. The reaction mixture was diluted with EtOAc (100 mL) and water (100 mL). The biphasic mixture was filtered through celite. The organic layer was separated and washed sequentially with water (100 mL) and saturated brine (100 mL). The organic layer was filtered and dried over Na2SO

The source

This record comes from experimental reaction archive (ord-9030d498cd864647879671340ebf8182). Open the source and check it against what is on this page.

  • experimental reaction archive record ord-9030d498cd864647879671340ebf8182 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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