Extracurricular laboratory: Synthetic route of 7170-01-6

These compound has a wide range of applications. It is believed that with the continuous development of the source of the synthetic route 3-Methyl-1H-1,2,4-triazole, its application will become more common.

7170-01-6,Some common heterocyclic compound, 7170-01-6, name is 3-Methyl-1H-1,2,4-triazole, molecular formula is C3H5N3, 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.

A mixture of 3 -methyl- IH-1, 2,4-triazole (8.12 g, 98 mmol), l,2,3-trifluoro-5-nitrobenzene (17.3 g, 98 mmol), and sodium bicarbonate (8.21 g, 98 mmol) in DMSO (100 mL) was heated at 800C for 24 h . The reaction mixture was allowed to cool to rt and was poured into water (800 mL). The aqueous mixture was extracted with EtOAc (3 x 200 mL). The combined organic extracts were sequentially washed with water (500 mL) and brine solution (100 mL). The organic layer was dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo. The crude reaction mixture was purified using silica gel chromatography (30-80% EtOAc/hexane, linear gradient) to afford a 1.7:1.0 mixture of two regioisomeric products as an orange solid. The orange solid was recrystallized from EtOAc (hot- cold) to provide 4.25 g of l-(2,6-difluoro-4-nitrophenyl)-3-melhyl-lH-l.,2,4-triazole as a white solid. The mother liquor was recrystalized from EtO Ac/Hex (hot-rt) to afford 1.89 g of l-(2,6-difluoro-4-nitrophenyl)-5-methyl-lH-l,2,4-triazole as a light yellow solid. The mother liquor was repeatly chromatographed under the previously stated conditions to provide two samples. One sample was partially enriched in the slightly less polar isomer, l-(2,6-difluoro-4~nitrophenyl)-3-memyl-lH-l,2,4-t?azole. The other sample was partially enriched in the slightly more polar isomer, l-(2,6- difluoro-4-nitrophenyl)-5-methyl-lH-l,2,4~triazoe. Both samples were independently recrystallized from EtO Ac/Hex to provide an additional 1.9 g of 1- (2,6-diiluoro-4-nitrophenyl)-3 -methyl- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazole and 1.37 g of l-(2,6- difluoro-4-nitrophenyl)-5-methyl- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazole. A combined total of 6.15 g (26 % yield) of 1 -(2,-difluoro-4-nitrophenyl)~3-methyl-l H- 1 ,2,4-triazole and 3.2 g (13% yield) of l-(2,6-difluoro-4-nitrophenyl)-5-methyl- IH-1 ,2,4-triazole was obtained.Data for 1 -(2 s6-difluoro-4-nitrophenyl)-3 -methyl- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazole: LC-MS(M+H)+ = 241.0. 1H NMR (500 MHz, CHLOROFORM-d) delta ppm 8.34 (s, 1 H), 8.01- 8.10 (m, 2 H)5 2.54 (s, 3 H). Data for l-(2,6-difluoro-4-nitrophenyl)-5-methyl-lH-l,2,4-triazole: LC-MS(M+H)+ = 241.0. IH NMR (500 MHz, CHLOROFORM-d) delta ppm 8.08 (s, 1 H)5 8.04- 8.08 (m, 2 H), 2.45 (s, 3 H). An X-ray analysis of a single crystal grown from EtOAc/hexanes confirmed the regiochemical assignment of this isomer as the 5- methyl congener.

These compound has a wide range of applications. It is believed that with the continuous development of the source of the synthetic route 3-Methyl-1H-1,2,4-triazole, its application will become more common.

Reference:
Patent; BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY; MARCIN, Lawrence, R.; THOMPSON, Lorin, A., III; BOY, Kenneth, M.; GUERNON, Jason, M.; HIGGINS, Mendi, A.; SHI, Jianliang; WU, Yong-Jin; ZHANG, Yunhui; MACOR, John, E.; WO2010/83141; (2010); A1;,
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