wt/vol

 

wt/vol

MW

moles

density

equivs.

yield

I

3.655 g

144.19

0.0253

 

1.0

 

II

3.826 g

150.73

0.0254

 

1.0

 

III

3.464 g

68.08

0.0509

 

2.0

 

IV

250 mL

-

-

 

 

 

V

5.514 g

258.46

0.0213

 

 

(84%)

 

Procedure:  500 mL 1-neck flask, stirbar, septum, N2 inlet

                  Dissolved 3.655 g of thiazole I and 3.464 g of imidazole in 250 mL of CH2Cl2.  Stirred at rt.  Added 3.826 g of TBSCl.  Let stir overnight.  After 16 h, quenched with sat. aq. NH4Cl.  Extracted with CH2Cl2.  The organic layer was dried over MgSO4, filtered and the solvent was removed by rotary evaporation.  The product was isolated by flash chromatography on silica gel using 1:1 EtOAc-hexanes as eluant. The product was a clear, colorless oil.

 

1H NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz) d 6.17 (s, ArH), 5.16 (b, NH2), 3.86 (t, J = 6.9 Hz, ArCH2), 2.74 (t, J = 6.8 Hz, ArCH2CH2), 0.89 (s, SiC(CH3)3), 0.01 (s, Si(CH3)2). 

 

notes

 

The TBS protecting group was first introduced by Corey and Venkateswarlu in 1972.  They suggested that the reaction proceeds via an N-dimethyl-tert-butylsilylimidazole intermediate (see Corey, E.J.; Venkateswarlu, A.  J. Am. Chem. Soc.  1972, 94, 6190).