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Offline betasheet

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Urea Formation Failure
« on: June 03, 2014, 05:11:41 AM »
I am using DCC/DMAP coupling for heptaethylene glycol mono methyl ether with N-Boc-1,4-diaminobutane.
After deprotection I am trying to form urea with an isocyanate but it fails.

I have tried the same reaction with tetra ethylene glycol mono methyl ether and urea formation works smoothly.

Do you have any suggestion?

P.S. I am using 4M HCl in dioxane (commercial) for and dry DCM.

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Re: Urea Formation Failure
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2014, 08:53:43 AM »
Just a quick correction, if you connect an amine to an alcohol with a carbonyl group, that's a carbamate, not a urea.

As far as your specific issue, unless I'm missing something, you don't have a carbonyl group anywhere to form this linkage.  You also should not be using acidic conditions because your amine will protonate and not react.

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