ERIC Number: EJ1224944
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Aug
Pages: 7
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Synthesis of Flufenamic Acid: An Organic Chemistry Lab Sequence Using Boronic Acids and Nitrosoarenes under Transition-Metal-Free Conditions
Roscales, Silvia; Csákÿ, Aurelio G.
Journal of Chemical Education, v96 n8 p1738-1744 Aug 2019
A method for the synthesis of flufenamic acid, a nonstereoidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) of the anthranilate family (fenams), is described as an experiment for the upper-division undergraduate organic chemistry laboratory. The key step is the formation of the diarylamine moiety of flufenamic acid by a novel reaction consisting of the coupling of nitrosobenzenes with boronic acids under transition-metal-free conditions. On the one hand, students can compare the performance of two different methods for the preparation of nitrosobenzenes (oxidation of amines and "ipso"-S[subscript E]Ar reaction on potassium organotrifluoroborates). On the other hand, they compare the yields of two complementary examples for the coupling of nitrosobenzenes with boronic acids. The reactions are followed by thin layer chromatography, and the products are purified by percolation or by column chromatography. Students are also tasked with the confirmation of the structure of the products based on melting point, infrared, [superscript 1]H NMR, [superscript 13]C NMR, and [superscript 19]F NMR spectroscopy, and MS spectrometry.
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Organic Chemistry, Laboratory Experiments, Spectroscopy, Undergraduate Students, Cooperative Learning, Pharmacy
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