These common heterocyclic compound, 36070-80-1, name is 5-Chloropyrazine-2-carboxylic acid, its traditional synthetic route has been very mature, but the traditional synthetic route has various shortcomings, such as complicated route, low yield, poor purity, etc, below Introduce a new synthetic route. category: Pyrazines
To a flask fitted with overhead stirrer, condenser, thermometer and nitrogen line was added 5-chloropyrazine-2-carboxylic acid (1.0 eq), DMF (0.069 eq) and toluene (5.52 vols) under a nitrogen atmosphere. The mixture was heated to 60-65 C., and thionyl chloride (1.5 eq) added drop-wise to the batch over approximately 2 hours. The thionyl chloride was washed into the flask with toluene (0.2 vols). The reaction mixture was heated at 60-65 C. for at least 4 hours, then cooled to 40-45 C. and distilled under vacuum, removing approximately 4.5 vol distillates, and distilling to a final volume of 3.2 vols. Toluene (10.6 vol) was added, and the mixture distilled under vacuum at 40-45 C., removing approximately 9.1 vol distillates, and distilling to a final volume of 4.7 vols. The mixture was then cooled to 20-25 C., and dichloromethane (10.6 vols) added. The mixture was cooled to 0-5 C. Meanwhile, to a second flask fitted with overhead stirrer, condenser, thermometer and nitrogen line was added azetidine hydrochloride (0.284 eq), dichloromethane (5.2 vols) under a nitrogen atmosphere. Triethylamine (2.57 eq) was added over at least 15 minutes maintaining the reaction temperature from 20-25 C., the triethylamine was washed into the flask with dichloromethane (0.13 vols), and the mixture cooled to -5 C. to -10 C. The acid chloride solution in the first flask was added to the second flask in portions maintaining the reaction temperature at -5 C. to -10 C. over a time period of 2-5 hours. The pH was tested and adjusted to pH>7 after the acid chloride addition. The reaction mixture was agitated for at least 30 minutes at -5 C. to -10 C. Water (10.6 vols) was added to the second flask and the temperature was allowed to increase to 20-25 C. The mixture was agitated for approximately 25 minutes and then the layers were separated. A 3.17% w/w solution (1.46 eq) of hydrochloric acid (prepared from 32% w/w hydrochloric acid and water) was added to the organic layer B keeping the batch temperature at 20-25 C. The mixture was agitated for 30 minutes at this temperature. The layers were separated, and the organic phase was treated with 26% w/w sodium chloride solution (approximately 8.9 vols) and the batch agitated at 20-25 C. for at least 15 minutes. The layers were separated and the organic layers was heated to reflux, and dichloromethane was removed by atmospheric distillation, distilling to a final volume of approximately 1-2 vols, collecting approximately 11.9 vols distillates. The resulting mixture was cooled to 20-25 C., and heptane (10.5 vols) added. The mixture was heated to reflux for 60 minutes, and then cooled to 90-100 C. The hot solution was filtered through a filter containing 10% w/w of activated charcoal into a clean dry vessel. The filter was washed with heptane (0.43 vols) and the solution cooled to 20-25 C. over at least 2 hours. The resulting crystallised slurry was filtered, and the solid washed with pentane (0.94 vols). After drying in the vacuum oven at 40 C. overnight, the desired product was obtained as a solid (corrected yield 65-78%). 1H NMR delta (400 MHz CDCl3): 2.35-2.42 (2H, m), 4.26 (2H, t), 4.67 (2H, t), 8.52 (1H, d), 9.09 (1H, d); m/z 198 (M+H)+.
The synthetic route of 5-Chloropyrazine-2-carboxylic acid has been constantly updated, and we look forward to future research findings.
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Patent; AstraZeneca AB; US2010/210841; (2010); A1;,
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