98% |
With sodium tetrahydroborate In diethyl ether for 4h; Cooling with ice; |
To a solution of ethyl 5,5,5-trifluoro-4-oxovalerate (20) (15.8 g, 79.7 mmol) in anhydrous diethyl ether (160 mL), cooled in an ice/salt bath, was added powdered sodium borohydride (1.51 g, 40.0 mmol) in one portion. The cold mixture was stirred for 10 min, the bath was removed, and the mixture was stirred for 4 h. 1 M aq. KHSO4 (50 mL) was added slowly (careful - foam), the organic layer was separated, and the water layer was extracted with diethyl ether (3 × 30 mL). The combined organic layers were dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure to give the target hydroxyester rac-21 (15.6 g, 98%) as a yellowish liquid. 1H NMR (250 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 1,25 (t, J = 7.1 Hz, 3 H), 1.80-2.12 (m, 2 H), 2.54 (t, J = 7.1 Hz, 2 H), 3.38-3.76 (bs, 1 H), 3.91-4.07 (m, 1 H), 4.14 (q, J = 7.1 Hz, 2 H); 13C NMR (62.9 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 13.9 (+), 24.5 (-), 29.6 (-), 61.0 (-), 69.5 (+, q, J = 31.2 Hz), 124.90 (-, q, J = 281.9 Hz), 173.9 (-); IR (film): 3460, 2989, 1724, 1373, 1278, 1131, 1021, 880 cm-1. |
39% |
With sodium tetrahydroborate; ethanol at 0 - 20℃; for 5h; |
1.16A Example 1.16A Ethyl 5,5,5-trifluoro-4-hydroxypentanoate (racemate)
To a solution of ethyl 5,5,5-trifluoro-4-oxopentanoate (4.00 g, 20.2 mmol, 1.0 eq.) in ethanol (40 ml) was added sodium borohydride (3.82 g, 100.9 mmol, 5.0 eq.) in portions at 0°C. After stirring at RT for 5 h, the reaction mixture was poured into a mixture of aqueous hydrochloric acid (0.5 N) and ethyl acetate and stirred for 10 min. The aqueous solution was extracted with ethyl acetate, the combined organic layers were washed with water and brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by column chromatography (silica gel, eluent: petroleum ether / ethyl acetate 92:8). Yield: 1.65 g (39% of theory). -NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-ri6): d [ppm] = 6.22 (d, 1H), 4.06 (q, 2H), 4.01-3.89 (m, 1H), 2.48-2.41 (m, 2H), 1.90-1.79 (m, 1H), 1.73-1.60 (m, 1H), 1.18 (t, 3H). |