As a part of my Bachelor's thesis we have optimised reaction conditions of the Sonogashira reaction between 4-bromoacetophenone and 4-ethynyl-N,N-dimethylaniline, and the isolation process of the formed product. We have discovered a combination of reaction conditions and a mobile phase, used in purification of the formed product by the means of preparative column cromatography, with which we have successfuly surpassed our goal of an 80% yield. We have further tested the optimised procedure on a larger scale.
1-[4-[2-[4-(Dimethylamino)phenyl]etinyl]phenyl]ethanone, synthesized during the optimization process, has been further purified using preparative column cromatography, and characterized by 1H NMR, 13C NMR, IR and mass spectroscopy, measuring of its melting point and determining its purity by HPLC.
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