Reaction #470373

Reaction equation

N-propylpyrrolidine

chloromethyl ethyl ether

→

white solid

N-Methoxymethyl-N-Propylpyrrolidinium Chloride

Solvents

acetone

water

Conditions

Workup

1. 1
   Otherwhereby the reaction was terminated
2. 2
   FiltrationThe reaction mixture was filtered
3. 3
   Washwashed with 100 g of acetone
4. 4
   Otherdried in a vacuum

Procedure

A 36.33 g quantity of N-propylpyrrolidine was dissolved in 186 g of dehydrated acetone (up to 0.1% in water content), followed by replacement with nitrogen. To the solution was added dropwise 25.76 g of chloromethyl ethyl ether (reagent, product of Tokyo Kasei Co., Ltd. as purified by distillation) at 5° C. over a period of 1 hour. The mixture was stirred at 5° C. for 5 hours, whereby the reaction was terminated. The reaction mixture was filtered, washed with 100 g of acetone and dried in a vacuum, giving 58.10 g of a white solid product.

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