Buchwald–Hartwig amination: Ethyl 4-bromobenzoate → Ethyl 4-(piperidin-1-yl)benzoate
81% yield, run at 80 °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 | Ethyl 4-bromobenzoate | C₉H₉BrO₂ | |
| Reactant | Piperidine | C₅H₁₁N | |
| Reagent | Cesium carbonate | CCs₂O₃ | |
| Catalyst | Binap, (A+-)- | C₄₄H₃₂P₂ | |
| Catalyst | Palladium (II) acetate | C₄H₈O₄Pd | |
| Solvent | 1,4-Dioxane | C₄H₈O₂ | |
| Product | Ethyl 4-(piperidin-1-yl)benzoate | C₁₄H₁₉NO₂ | 81.44% |
Conditions
- Temperature
- 80 °C
Yield
- 81% of Ethyl 4-(piperidin-1-yl)benzoate.
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Procedure
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In a 250 mL round-bottomed flask was ethyl 4-bromobenzoate (816 µl, 5 mmol), piperidine (593 µl, 6.00 mmol), and CESIUM CARBONATE (2444 mg, 7.50 mmol) in dioxane (2.36E+04 µl) to give a white suspension. The solution was degassed with N2 (g) for 15 min and then added BINAP (156 mg, 0.25 mmol) and PALLADIUM(II) ACETATE (56.1 mg, 0.25 mmol). The reaction was heated to 100 °C and stirred under a reflux condenser overnight. The reaction was checked by LC-MS (complete), filtered, rinsed with DCM, concentrated in vacuo and onto silica gel. Purification by Iscos (25 g.) using 100% hexanes -> 40% EtOAc in Hexanes afforded a white solid. 950 mg of a white solid obtained. 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO- _d_ 6) d ppm 1.28 (t, _J_ =7.08 Hz, 3 H) 1.58 (s, 6 H) 3.31 - 3.38 (m, 4 H) 4.23 (q, _J_ =7.11 Hz, 2 H) 6
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experimental reaction archive record ord-856e3e504ed54d0cb8cb9c559a0474c7 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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