dicyclopropylmethanone

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Conditions: temp:-78.01; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: n-Butyllithium (2.5 M in hexanes, 0.953 mL, 2.38 mmol) was added to a stirred, cooled −78° C. mixture of thiazole (0.169 mL, 2.383 mmol) in THF (5.0 mL) and the mixture was stirred at −78° C. for 15 min. A solution of the dicyclopropylmethanone (250 mg, 2.27 mmol) in THF (3.0 mL) was added dropwise and the mixture was stirred 30 min at −78° C. and then the temperature was allowed to reach room temperature. The reaction was quenched by addition of water and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate (3×). The combined organic fractions were washed with brine, dried (Na2SO4), filtered and the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by chromatography on silica gel (0-100% ethyl acetate in hexanes) to give dicyclopropyl(1,3-thiazol-2-yl)methanol (412 mg, 2.110 mmol, 93% yield). MS APCI: [M-OH]+ m/z 179.0. the mixture was stirred 30 min at −78° C. to reach room temperature The reaction was quenched by addition of water the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate (3×) The combined organic fractions were washed with brine dried (Na2SO4) filtered the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure The residue was purified by chromatography on silica gel (0-100% ethyl acetate in hexanes)

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Procedure: A 20-mL microwave vial containing a solution of dicyclopropyl ketone (0.778 ml, 6.81 mmol), (R)-2-methylpropane-2-sulfinamide (0.825 g, 6.81 mmol), and titanium ethoxide (1.427 ml, 6.81 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (13.5 mL) under argon was heated in a microwave for 5 minutes at 150° C. and then again at 160° C. for an additional 5 minutes. The reaction mixture was poured into brine (14 mL), the resulting slurry filtered through Celite, and the two resulting layers were separated. The aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate, and the combined organic layers were dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated. The crude material was purified by silica gel flash chromatography (10-50% ethyl acetate/hexanes) to afford (R)—N-(dicyclopropylmethylidene)-2-methylpropane-2-sulfinamide (0.325 g, 1.52 mmol, 22% yield). MS ESI: [M+H]+ m/z 214.1. the resulting slurry filtered through Celite the two resulting layers were separated The aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate the combined organic layers were dried over sodium sulfate filtered concentrated The crude material was purified by silica gel flash chromatography (10-50% ethyl acetate/hexanes)

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