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Facile Synthesis of 3-Formyl-2,2,5,5-tetramethyl-1-oxypyrroline
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and the solvent was evaporated in vacuo. The crude product (16.75
g) was purified by silica gel chromatography as described in part A
above. After solvent removal 11.21 g (50.1%) of yellow crystals
were obtained; mp 79.5–80.0∞C.
in vacuo, yielding 12.52 g (67.9%) of a dark yellow oil as crude
product. This was used without further purification.
IR (film): n = 3345, 2965, 2932, 1652, 1622, 1605, 1462, 1443,
1413, 1369, 1200, 1180, 974 cm–1.
IR (KBr): n = 2964, 2931, 1688, 1623, 1462, 1416, 1369, 1360,
1H NMR (CDCl3): d = 1.35 (s, 6 H, 2 CH3), 1.42 (s, 6 H, 2 CH3),
1182 cm–1.
3.25 (s, 3 H, NCH3), 3.64 (s, 3 H, OCH3), 6.13 (s, 1 H, =CH).
MS: m/z (%) = 168 (73.89, M+), 153 (9.86, M+– CH3), 138 (81.47,
M+– NO), 123 (100.00, 153 – NO, 138 – CH3), 120 (43.10, 138 –
H2O), 105 (39.60, 120 – CH3), 95 (63.60, 123 – CO).
13C NMR (CDCl3): d = 30.47 (CH3), 30.74 (CH3), 33.79, 61.41,
64.84 (Cq), 68.97 (Cq), 139.49 ( =C), 141.28 ( =CHD), 166.93
(C=O).
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(168.2)
calcd
C
64.26
64.09
H
8.39
8.29
N
8.33
8.23
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The amine ꢁD was oxidized to the spin-label-compound ꢊD as de-
scribed for ꢊ above. From ꢁD (12.52 g, 54.8 mmol), 4.93 g (32%) of
the crude product ꢊD was obtained as large orange needles; mp
56.5∞C.
C. Reduction of ꢊ with LiAl2H4: For this reaction the same proce-
dure described under part B above was employed, but as reducing
agent LiAl2H4 (5.0 g, 11.91 mmol) was used, yielding 8.05 g
(36.6%) of ꢀD as yellow crystals; mp 80∞C.
IR (KBr): n = 2975, 2927, 1653, 1646, 1602, 1466, 1440, 1429,
1419, 1383, 1358, 973 cm–1.
IR (KBr): n = 2978, 2931, 2869, 2106, 1673, 1661, 1477, 1456,
1443, 1380, 1355, 1348, 1284, 1161 cm–1.
MS: m/z (%) = 228 (19.59, M+), 198 (17.01, M+– NO), 168 [30.96,
M+– N(OCH3)CH3], 153 (33.30, 168 – CH3), 138 (84.15, 168 –
NO), 123 (7.31, 153 – NO), 110 (100.00, 138 – CO), 82 (14.37, 123
– C3H6), 68 (21.56, 110 – C3H6), 56 (14.06, NC(CH3)2).
MS: m/z (%) = 169 (62.55, M+), 154 (9.51, M+– CH3), 139 (84.81,
M+– NO), 124 (100.00, 154 – NO, 139 – CH3), 121 (46.50, 139 –
H2O), 106 (40.98, 121 – CH3), 96 (58.12, 124 – CO).
C11H182HN2O3 calcd
C
57.87
57.67
H
8.39
8.46
N
12.27
12.23
C9H132HNO2 calcd
C
63.88
63.46
H
8.34
8.30
N
8.28
8.54
(228.3) found
(169.2) found
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For the synthesis of 3-formyl-2,2,5,5-tetramethyl-1-oxy[4-2H]pyr-
roline (ꢀE), 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-4-one (19.95 g, 128.5
mmol) was first brominated in AcOH/AcOD (87 mL, Aldrich, 2H-
content >98%) by dropwise addition of Br2 (44.15 g, 276.3 mmol)
dissolved in AcOD (54 mL) to form product ꢆD. From this reaction
mixture 43.43 g of ꢆD (84.9%) were isolated as described above for
ꢆ. According to NMR spectra, the 3,5-positions were substituted
with 2H to ca 75%. To enhance the extent of deuteration in these po-
sitions, all of the reaction product was suspended again in a mixture
of AcOD (697.5 mL), D2O (Aldrich, 2H-content 99.9%, 618.3 mL),
Compound ꢊD (2.13g, 9.33 mmol) was finely dispersed in Et2O (50
mL), cooled to –78∞C, and a 1.0 M solution of DIBAL (12.0 mL,
12.0 mmol) in hexanes was added dropwise within 10 min. After
completion of addition the mixture was stirred for 5 min at –78∞C
and then poured into 2 M HCl (50 mL), stirred, and maintained at
0∞C. The mixture was brought slowly to r.t. After hydrolysis (ca 3
h) the Et2O phase was separated, the aqueous phase extracted with
EtOAc (5 times one half the volume of the aqueous phase), and the
combined organic phases dried (MgSO4) and evaporated in vacuo.
The aldehyde ꢀE was isolated as yellow crystals (1.38 g, 87.4%);
mp 80.0 °C.
2
and 47% DBr in D2O (Aldrich, H-content >99%, 100 mL) under
vigorous stirring for 5 weeks.12 From this mixture 34.40 g (79.2%)
of ꢆD were recovered by filtration and air drying. NMR analysis
showed that the extent of deuteration at the 3,5-position to be at
least 90%; mp 202∞C (dec.).
IR (KBr): n = 2978, 1936, 1869, 2834, 2736, 1679, 1605, 1478,
1457, 1450, 1430, 1374, 1370, 1354, 1341, 1275, 1163, 643, 509
cm–1.
MS: m/z (%) = 169 (46.22, M+), 139 (69.65, M+– NO), 124 (100.00,
139 – CH3), 121 (37.38, 139 – H2O), 110 (21.28, 96 (67.54, 124 –
CO), 82 (21.46, 124 – C3H6), 68 (38.77, 110 – C3H6), 56 [19.97,
NC(CH3)2].
IR (KBr): n = 3425(w), 2891, 2696, 1750, 640 cm–1.
MS: m/z (%) = 315 (24.04, M+– DBr), 300 (11.23, 315 – CH3), 236
(18.76, 315 – Br), 113 (26.51), 98 (82.39, 113 – CHD), 84 (19.39),
71 (16.52), 58 [100.00, HN = C(CH3)2].
1H NMR (CDCl3/MeOH-G4, 2:1, v/v): d = 1.45 (s, 6 H, 2 CH3), 1.88
(s, 6 H, 2 CH3), 5.63 (weak s, remaining CHBr).
C9H132HNO2 calcd
C
63.88
62.63
H
8.34
8.34
N
8.28
8.20
(169.2) found
13C NMR (CDCl3/MeOH-G4, 2:1, v/v): d = 22.91 (CH3), 27.96
(CH3), 59.08 (CHBr), 65.85 (Cq), 189.07 (C=O).
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C9H142H2Br3NO calcd
C
27.16
27.11
H
4.05
3.95
N
3.52
3.48
This work was supported by grants of the Petroleum Research Fund
of the American Chemical Society (32541 – AC4) and the National
Institutes of Health (GM21900).
(398.0) found
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This substance was obtained by adding ꢆD (34.40 g, 86.4 mmol) in
small portions to a vigorously stirred mixture of 1,2ꢀdimethylhy-
droxylamine (10.12 g, 103.7 mmol) in H2O (74 mL) and Et3N (50.6
mL, 362.9 mmol). After addition, the mixture was stirred for 3 h, fil-
tered, brought to pH 9.3 with aq 30% NaOH and extracted 5 times
with EtOAc (half the volume of the aqueous phase). The organic
phases were combined, dried (MgSO4), and the solvent evaporated
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Academic Press: New York, 1976, p 592.
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Plenum Press: New York, 1989, p 450.
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