Reaction #60974

Reaction equation

(5-Amino-2-morpholin-4-yl-phenyl)-[4-(4-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-piperazin-1-yl]-methanone

triethylorthoformate

sodium azide

→

title compound

Yield 52.0%

(2-Morpholin-4-yl-5-tetrazol-1-yl-phenyl)-[4-(4-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-piperazin-1-yl]-methanone

Yield 52.0%

Solvents

Acetic acid

water

NaOH

Conditions

Workup

1. 1
   TemperatureThe reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature
2. 2
   ExtractionThe aqueous phase was extracted with ethyl acetate
3. 3
   Dryingdried over Na2SO4
4. 4
   Filtrationfiltered
5. 5
   Otherevaporated to dryness
6. 6
   OtherThe residue was chromatographed on silica gel

Procedure

A suspension of (5-Amino-2-morpholin-4-yl-phenyl)-[4-(4-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-piperazin-1-yl]-methanone (50 mg, 0.115 mmol) in Acetic acid (1 ml) was heated to 75° C. under nitrogen and then triethylorthoformate (36.76 ul, 0.34 mmol) was slowly added. After 1 hour, sodium azide (22.4 mg, 0.34 mmol) was added portionwise and the reaction mixture was stirred at 75° C. for 1 h 30. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature, diluted with water and basified with 1N NaOH solution. The aqueous phase was extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic phases were combined, dried over Na2SO4, filtered and evaporated to dryness. The residue was chromatographed on silica gel: Eluent: Heptane/Ethylacetate 0% to 60% (10 minutes) to provide the title compound (29 mg, 52%) as yellow solid, MS (m/e): 488.2 (M+H+, 100%)

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