Ultrasonicated Synthesis of N-Benzyl-2,3-substituted Morpholines
3-(4-Benzylmorpholin-2-yl)-2-methylimidazo[1,2-b]pyridazine (i)
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2-(N-Benzyl-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)amino)-1-(2-methylimidazo[1,2-b]pyridazin-3-yl)ethanol (7)
(250 mg, 1.106 mmol) and TPP (376 mg, 1.437 mmol) in anhy.THF (5 mL) was ultra
sonicated for 15 min, then DEAD (288 mg, 1.659 mmol) was added drop wise to the
reaction mixture over the 5 min. After addition, reaction mixture was ultra sonicated for
45 min at RT. The volatiles were concentrated under reduced pressure, then the residue was
purified through silica gel column chromatography, eluted product with 70% ethyl
acetate/hexane afford 3-(4-benzylmorpholin-2-yl)-2-methylimidazo[1,2-b]pyridazine (i)
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(134 mg, 57% yield) as syrup. Mass (e/z): 309 (M+1). H NMR (200 MHz, CDCl3): ): δ
8.29-8.26 (dd, J = 2.8, 1.8 Hz, 1H), 7.83-7.81 (dd, J = 7.2, 1.8 Hz, 1H), 7.38-7.22 (m, 5H),
6.99-6.92 (m, 1 H), 5.37-5.30 (dd, J = 7.6, 2.8 Hz, 1H), 4.07-3.81 (m, 2H,) 3.62 (s, 3 H),
2.92-2.74 (m, 3H), 2.59 (s, 3 H), 2.45-2.32 (m, 1H). Anal. Calcd for C18H20N4O: C, 70.11;
H, 6.54; N, 18.17; O, 5.19.
1-(H-Imidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-3-yl)propan-1-one (10)
A mixture of H-imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine (8) (500 mg, 4.23 mmol), propanoic anhydride (9)
(2.75 g, 21.18 mmol)and AlCl3 (1.12 g, 8.46 mmol) was irradiated in microwave10 for 20
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min at 100 C. The crude was neutralized with sat. Na2CO3 and extracted product into ethyl
acetate (25 mL), dried (anhy. Na2SO4) and concentrated under reduced pressure. The crude
material was purified through silica gel column chromatography, eluted product with 2%
MeOH/DCM to afford 1-(H-imidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-3-yl)propan-1-one (10) (352 mg, 47.7%
yield) as a solid. Mass (e/z): 175 (M+1). 1H NMR (200 MHz, DMSO-d6): δ 8.56 (d, J = 6.6
Hz, 1 H), 8.63 (s, 1 H), 7.84 (d, J = 9.2 Hz, 1 H), 7.63 (t, J = 6.8 Hz, 1 H), 7.26 (t, J = 6.6
Hz, 1 H), 3.04-2.93 (q, 2 H), 1.15 (t, J = 7.4 Hz, 3 H). Anal. Calcd for C10H10N2O: C,
68.95; H, 5.79; N, 16.08; O, 9.18.
2-Bromo-1-(H-imidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-3-yl)propan-1-one (11)
Compound (11) was prepared according to the method describes for preparation of
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compound (4), Pale brown Solid. Mass (e/z): 255 (M+1). H NMR (200 MHz, CDCl3): δ
9.82 (d, J = 6.6 Hz, 1 H), 9.24 (s, 1 H), 8.60 (d, J = 9.2 Hz, 1 H), 8.15 (t, J = 6.8 Hz, 1 H),
7.62 (t, J = 6.6 Hz, 1 H), 5.51-5.59 (q, 2 H), 2.01 (d, J = 7.4 Hz, 3 H). Anal. Calcd. for
C10H9BrN2O: C, 47.46; H, 5.79; N, 11.07; O, 6.32.
Ethyl 2-(N-(1-H-imidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-3-yl)-1-oxopropan-2-yl)-N-benzylamino)
acetate (13)
Compound (13) was prepared according to the method describes for preparation of
compound (6), Syrup. Mass (e/z): 255 (M+1). 1H NMR (200 MHz, CDCl3): δ 9.68 (d, J = 7
Hz, 1 H), 8.56 (s, 1 H), 7.76 (d, J = 9 Hz, 1 H), 7.46 (t, J = 7.8 Hz, 1 H), 7.34-7.26 (m, 5 H),
7.11 (t, J = 5.6 Hz, 1H), 4.21-4.07 (q, 2 H), 3.84 (d, J = 5.6 Hz, 1H), 3.81 (s, 3 H), 3.41 (s,
2H), 1.40 (d, J = 6.8 Hz, 3 H), 1.27 (t, J = 7 Hz, 3H). Anal. Calcd for C21H23N3O3: C, 69.02;
H, 6.34; N, 11.50; O, 13.13.
2-(N-Benzyl-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)amino)-1-(H-imidazo[1,2-a]propan-1-ol (14)
Compound (14) was prepared according to the method describes for preparation of
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compound (7), Syrup. Mass (e/z): 326 (M+1). H NMR (200 MHz, CDCl3): δ 7.85 (d, J =
6.8 Hz, 1 H), 7.52-7.11 (m, 7 H), 7.18 (t, J = 6.8 Hz, 1 H), 6.61 (t, J = 6.8 Hz, 1H), 5.30 (br
s, 1H), 4.86 (t, J = 5 Hz, 1 H), 4.78 (d, J = 9.8 Hz, 1H), 3.97 (d, J = 13.4 Hz, 1H), 3.69-3.44
(m, 3H), 3.17-3.09 (m, 1H), 2.86-2.72 (m, 1H), 2.55-2.42 (m, 1H), 0.77 (d, J = 6.6 Hz, 3 H).
Anal. Calcd for C19H23N3O2: C, 70.13; H, 7.12; N, 12.91; O, 9.83.