Reaction #2446122

Reaction equation

3-(8-hydroxyquinolin-5-yl)alanine

thionyl chloride

ethanol

→

3-(8-hydroxyquinolin-5-yl)alanine ethyl ester

Yield 92.0%

Solvents

N2

Conditions

Workup

1. 1
   Temperaturerefluxed overnight
2. 2
   OtherThe solution was evaporated to dryness in vacuum
3. 3
   workup.DISSOLUTIONThe residue was dissolved in absolute ethanol
4. 4
   Otherreevaporated to dryness
5. 5
   Otherwas further purified by FC(CH2Cl2:MeOH:AcOH 9:1.5:1.5)

Procedure

To a stirred slurry of DL-3-(8-hydroxyquinolin-5-yl)alanine (HLM8) (2.19 g, 7.04 mmol) in absolute ethanol (26 ml) at 0° C., with protection from atmospheric moisture by CaCl2 tube in N2, thionyl chloride was added dropwise (1.1 ml, 14.1 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 30 minutes and at room temperature for 30 minutes, and then refluxed overnight. The solution was evaporated to dryness in vacuum. The residue was dissolved in absolute ethanol and reevaporated to dryness. To ensure completeness of the esterification, the whole operation was repeated. The ester HLM9 (yellow solid, 1.67 g, 92% yield), which was shown by HPLC to contain about 1% of free amino acid, was further purified by FC(CH2Cl2:MeOH:AcOH 9:1.5:1.5). 1H NMR (250 MHz, D2O) 0.94 (dd, J=7.2, 7.2 Hz, 3H), 3.63 (m, 2H), 4.01 (m, 2H), 4.34 (dd, J=7.7, 7.5 Hz, 1H), 7.31 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 1H), 7.56 (d, J=8.2 Hz, 1H), 8.01 (dd, J=8.7, 5.4 Hz, 1H), 8.93 (d, J=5.4 Hz, 1H), 9.08 (d, J=8.7 Hz, 1H).

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