Microwave assisted synthesis of 3-(2,20-bipyridine-4-yl)-2-propenoic acid ethyl ester
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anhydrous THF and stirred at room temperature for 15 min
before the suspension was refluxed for 20 min.
see below. Yield: 70% (1.75 g, 8.1 mmol); m.p.: 183 °C;
MS see above.
Purification procedure: the cooled solution was poured
onto ice and basified to pH 8–10 with sodium hydroxide
solution (6 N). The precipitate was filtered, washed with
cold water, and dried. It was used in the next reaction step
without further purification.
(a) Classical synthesis [4]
After cooling to room temperature 1.1 g of 6 (6.16 mmol)
in 2.0 cm3 anhydrous THF were added and the solution
then refluxed for 48 h.
(b) Microwave assisted synthesis
4-Bromo-2,20-bipyridine (4)
Compound 3 (1.7 g, 8.1 mmol) was dissolved in 20.0 cm3
glacial acetic acid. To this solution 3.0 cm3 acetyl
bromide (40.5 mmol) were added. The solution immedi-
ately turned yellow. The microwave vessel was sealed
and heated to 130 °C in a way that during a period of
10 min 130 °C had to be reached using a maximum
power of 1000 W. The reaction temperature then was
maintained for 2 h after which the vessel was allowed to
cool down to room temperature. After cooling, the
solution was poured onto ice and basified to pH 10–11
with sodium hydroxide solution (6 N). The aqueous phase
was extracted three times with CH2Cl2 (40 cm3 each).
The solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure. The
obtained light brown oil solidified at room temperature
overnight. The crude product was further purified by
distillation under reduced pressure to obtain a white solid.
Yield: 75% (1.6 g, 6.8 mmol); m.p.: 53–55 °C; MS (EI):
m/z (%) = 234.3 (85) [M?], 235.9 (83) [M?], 155.1 (100)
[M?–Br].
After cooling the suspension to room temperature, it was
transferred into a microwave vessel and 1.1 g of 6
(6.16 mmol) in 2.0 cm3 anhydrous THF were added. The
vessel was sealed and heated to 110 °C in a way that during
a period of 10 min 110 °C had to be reached using a
maximum power of 1000 W. The reaction temperature
then was maintained for 2 h after which the vessel was
allowed to cool down to room temperature.
Purification procedure: After cooling 20.0 cm3 of a 10%
potassium carbonate solution was added. The mixture was
extracted three times with 30 cm3 ethyl acetate. The
organic phase was dried over sodium sulfate and the sol-
vent was evaporated under reduced pressure. The
remaining triethyl phosphonoacetate was removed by dis-
tillation in vacuo. The crude product was purified by
column chromatography on silica gel using a diethyl ether:
light petroleum (40–60) 1: 1 mixture as the eluent. The
white crystalline product was then recrystallized from
ethanol/water by first dissolving the crude product in
ethanol and then adding water until the solution misted.
For crystallization the solution was placed in the refrig-
erator. Yield: 50% (0.78 g, 3.08 mmol, for both synthetic
procedures); m.p.: 51–52 °C; IR: vꢀ = 1711 vs, 1645 m,
1582 m, 1547 m, 1458 w, 1400 w, 1365 w, 1323 w,
1306 s, 1271 m, 1242 w, 1189 s, 1177vs, 1034 m, 997 s,
845 s, 789 vs, 743 s, 600 m, 571 m, 492 m cm-1; MS
(EI): m/z (%) = 254.1 (30) [M?], 225.2 (10) [M?–C2H5Á ],
210.2 (60) [M?–C2H4O], 182.4 (100) [M?–CO2C2HÁ5,
?H?]; 1H NMR (CDCl3, 600 MHz, 298 K): d = 1.34
(CH3, 3H, t, J = 7.1 Hz), 4.28 (CH2, 2H, q, J = 7.1 Hz),
6.72 (=CH, 1H, d, J = 15.9 Hz), 7.33 (=CHar, 1H, ddd,
J = 1.1 Hz, 4.7 Hz, 7.7 Hz), 7.36 (=CHar, 1H, dd,
J = 1.6 Hz, 4.9 Hz), 7.68 (=CH, 1H, d, J = 15.9 Hz),
7.81 (=CHar, 1H, ddd, J = 1.9 Hz, 7.7 Hz, 8.1 Hz), 8.40
(=CHar, 1H, d, J = 8.1 Hz), 8.53 (=CHar, 1H, s), 8.66–8.70
(=CHar, 2H, m) ppm; 13C NMR (CDCl3, 150.92 MHz,
298 K): d = 14.2 (CH3), 60.8 (CH2), 119.1 (=CHar), 121.1
(=CHar), 121.7 (=CHar), 123.0 (=CH), 124.0 (=CHar),
136.9 (=CHar), 141.8 (=CH), 142.6 (=Car), 149.2 (=CHar),
149.8 (=CHar), 155.5 (=CH), 157.0 (=CH), 166.1 (C=O)
ppm.
2,20-Bipyridine-4-carbaldehyde (6)
Compound 4 (1.8 g, 7.7 mmol) was dissolved in 20 cm3
anhydrous diethyl ether and 20 cm3 anhydrous toluene
under a nitrogen atmosphere at -78 °C. Butyl lithium in
hexane (4.0 cm3, 2.5 M) was added dropwise. The solution
was stirred at -78 °C for 90 min before 8.0 cm3 anhydrous
dimethyl formamide were added. The resulting solution
was then stirred for another 90 min at the same temper-
ature. To stop the reaction 50 cm3 of 2 N hydrochloric acid
were added at -78 °C and the solution was allowed to
reach room temperature. The organic phase was separated
and the aqueous phase was neutralized with diluted sodium
hydroxide solution. A smooth white precipitate was
formed. The aqueous phase was extracted three times with
CH2Cl2. The solvent was evaporated under reduced
pressure and a light brown oil that solidified to a light
brown solid was obtained. Yield: 80% (1.1 g, 6.16 mmol);
m.p.: 85–56 °C [18]; MS (EI): m/z (%) = 184.1 (80) [M?],
185.0 (10) [M??H?], 156.2 (100) [M?–CO?Á].
(E)-3-(2,20-Bipyridine-4-yl)-2-propenoic acid ethyl ester
(7, C15H14N2O2)
Dry potassium carbonate (1.3 g, 9.24 mmol) and 2.1 g
triethyl phosphonoacetate were suspended in 10 cm3 of
Acknowledgements K.H. gratefully acknowledges a Ph.D. Grant
from ‘‘Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft’’.
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