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• the present invention relates to a process for lithium exchange reactions in a microreactor.
• Lithium exchange reactions are very important reactions in preparative chemistry.
• EP-A- 1500649 discloses in-situ-quench reactions wherein in a microreactor a lithiumorganic compound ("RG") is mixed with a starting compound (“VP”) and a reaction partner (“RP”), the starting material is converted into a reactive intermediate (“ZP”), which reacts in-situ within the microreactor with already present reaction partner (“RP”) to the final product.
• RG lithiumorganic compound
• VP starting compound
• RP reaction partner
• ZP reactive intermediate
• a persistent aim of the chemical industry is to constantly improve and control chemical reactions. Greater control over reactions may lead to, for example, improvements in safety, increase in reaction product yield and/or purity or in other words improvements of selectivity. This applies to final products or valuable highly reactive intermediates. In particular, greater control over reagent mixing, fluid flow, heat sinking/sourcing and catalytic efficiency is desirable.
• Fig. 1 is a schematic drawing of a microreactor (6) comprising a flow path (1) through the whole microreactor and embedded three reaction regions (2), each reaction region comprising an injection point (3), a mixing zone (4) and a reaction zone (5), wherein a fluid B is fed to a fluid A.
• the method for carrying out the reaction any microreactor is suitable having at least two injections points.
• the number of injection points (2) is restricted to 10 or less, more preferably to 7 or less.
• Fig. 2 shows a schematic drawing of a microreactor comprising two such flow paths, wherein the reference signs A, B, and (1) to (5) are as defined in Fig. 1.
• a method for carrying out a lithium exchange reaction comprising mixing at least two fluids, one of the at least two fluids comprising a compound able to react with a lithium exchange reagent in a lithium exchange reaction (1 st reactant) and another one of the at least two fluids comprising the lithium exchange reagent (2 nd reactant).
• Said mixing is carried out in a microreactor (6) comprising at least one flow path (1) for one of the at least two fluids (A) comprising either the 1 st or 2 nd reactant.
• Said flow path(s) comprise at least two reaction regions (2), wherein each reaction region comprises an injection point (3) for feeding the other one of the at least two fluids (B) comprising either the 2 nd or the 1 st reactant, a mixing zone (4) in which the at least two fluids contact each other, and a reaction zone (5).
• Said microreactor (6) optionally provides one or more additional residence time volumes or has additional residence time volumes attached.
• one of the at least two fluids comprising either the 1 st or 2 nd reactant establishes a first flow and the other one of the at least two fluids comprising either the 2 nd or 1 st reactant is injected into said first flow at least at two injection points (3) along said flow path(s) (1) in a way such that at each injection point only a fraction of the amount necessary to reach completion of the lithiation exchange reaction is injected.
• Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 show two examples of feeding a flow B at various injection points to a flow A.
• the microreactor (6) in Fig. 1 comprises one flow path with three injection points
• the microreactor (6) in Fig. 2 comprises two flow paths each having three injection points.
• the 2 nd reactant may be fed at the injections points to a first flow generated by the fluid comprising the 1 st reactant.
• the more expensive and/or more reactive reactant is fed as a 2 nd flow to a 1 st flow comprising the cheaper and/or less reactive reactant.
• the lithium exchange reagent will be at least the more reactive reactant.
• the injection points, the mixing zones and/or the reaction zones there are no structural limits regarding the injection points, the mixing zones and/or the reaction zones. Only for the reason of better understanding of the parts of the microreactor used in the present invention the microreactors in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 are depicted as a linear strung-out hollow space. Nevertheless, the flow path(s) (1) may be bent tortuously as known in the art. Furthermore, there is no need to maintain the same dimensions in width or length of different mixing zones and/or reaction zones. It is further not necessary to use a microreactor which contains all of the features mentioned above in one physical entity. It is also possible to connect injection points, mixing zones, reaction zones to a flow path externally, optionally cooled or heated.
• Feeding only a fraction of the amount necessary to reach completion of the lithium exchange reaction while using more than one injection point leads to an increase of hot spots in the microreactor while in parallel the temperature rise in each hot spot is reduced compared to typical microreactors with only one mixing and reaction zone.
• one of the two compounds is diluted in the first flow comprising the other compound formation of side products is reduced and yields are increased.
• the inventive method directly leads to an improved control over reactions.
• each of the at least two fluids can be a liquid, a gas or a supercritical fluid.
• the at least two fluids are miscible. Preferably they are miscible.
• a suitable microreactor for the inventive method may comprise additional structural elements such as temperature adjustable retention volumes, temperature adjustable premixing volumes and others known in the state of the art.
• microreactor that is a reactor which reaction volumes have dimensions perpendicular to the flow direction of about 10000 ⁇ m and less is particularly advantageous for lithium exchange reactions if used with multiple-injection points.
• improved control over a fluid lithium exchange reaction can be achieved, which can result in significant improvements in reaction product yield and/or purity, as well as other benefits.
• the reaction starts after contacting the reactive fluids A and B in the mixing zone (3) and continues reacting in a reaction zone (3).
• the flow path(s) (1) has/have a width in the range of 10-10000 ⁇ m and a cross section of 0.1 cm 2 or less.
• the flow path width is in a range of 10- 500 ⁇ m, or even more preferably in a range of 10-200 ⁇ m.
• heat or cooling independently is supplied to the reservoir of agents, injection point(s) (3), the mixing zone(s) (4) and/or the reaction zone(s) (5) or any other structural entity of the microreactor used.
• the heat or cooling is supplied by an external source. Said heat or cooling can be supplied to initiate, maintain and/or slow down the reaction.
• heat is supplied to initiate and/or maintain the reaction, whereas cooling is supplied to slow down the reaction. In rare cases heat may be supplied to slow down the reaction, whereas cooling may be supplied to initiate and/or maintain the reaction.
• reaction zone can be used to adjust the temperature of the reaction mixture before injecting the next fraction of the compound to react in a lithium exchange reaction with the compound already present in the first flow.
• the first flow (1) of fluids containing the reaction product is quenched after being discharged of the microreactor.
• Fast exothermic reactions which are almost completed when the reaction mixture passed the mixing zone may require additional cooling while passing the reaction zone to suppress side product formation. Performing slow reactions to complete conversion often lead to side products.
• the product is isolated after quenching of the reaction.
• the reaction does not reach completion in the mixing zone for several lithium exchange reactions it may be suitable to accommodate the discharged first flow from the reaction zone or the microreactor into a retention volume for further reaction, for other lithium exchange reactions it may be suitable after the last injection point to quench the first flow directly after being discharged of the reaction zone or the microreactor before it reaches completion to avoid over reaction.
• a lithium exchange reaction is to be defined as a reaction of a lithium exchange reagent with a compound able to react with said lithium exchange reagent, forming a lithiated product or an intermediate lithium complex which can be used as such for carbon-carbon- coupling reactions or hydrolyzed in water to be transformed into an alcohol.
• the lithium exchange reagent is of salt type comprising positive and negative ions or an organolithium compound with a strongly polarized carbon-lithium bond.
• a suitable lithium salt is for example lithium di-Ci -6 -alkylamide, lithium tetra- or or lithium hexamethyl- disilazide.
• a suitable organometallic compound is a compound of formula R'-Li I, wherein R 1 is Ci -6 -alkyl or phenyl.
• the lithium exchange reagent is selected from the group consisting of lithium diisopropylamide, lithium 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidide, lithium 2,2,4,6,6-pentamethyl- piperidide, lithium 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexamethyldisilazide, and a compound of formula I, wherein R 1 is as defined above.
• the lithium exchange reagent is phenyllithium, methyllithium, «-butyllithium, sec-butyllithium, tert-butyllithium or n-hexyllithium.
• Reactions i) to iii) depict preferred embodiments of lithium exchange reactions to be performed in a multi-injection microreactor according to the present process.
• R 2 is a substituent selected from the group consisting of Ci- 6 -alkyl, C 3 .io-cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl and aralkyl, and wherein each cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl or aralkyl can carry one or more further substituents selected from the group consisting of Ci -6 -alkyl, Ci -6 -alkoxy, tri-Ci -6 -alkyl silyloxy, to obtain a compound of formula
• R 2 -C ⁇ C-Li III wherein R 2 is as defined above.
• Compounds of formula III are important reactive starting materials for further C-C-coupling reactions in the preparative chemistry. It may be directly reacted with another compound. Preferably such reaction is carried out in a further single or multi injection microreactor.
• R 3 -Y IV wherein R 3 is selected from the group consisting of aryl and heteroaryl, and wherein Y is a halogen atom selected from the group consisting of chlorine, bromine and iodine, to obtain a compound of formula R 3 -Li V, wherein R 3 is as defined above.
• Compounds of formula V are important reactive starting material for further C-C-coupling reactions in the preparative chemistry. They may be directly reacted with another compound. Preferably such reaction is carried out in a further single or multi injection microreactor.
• a lithium exchange reagent as defined above can be reacted with an aldehyde, a ketone or an activated carboxylic acid derivative.
• a secondary (from an aldehyde) or tertiary alcohol (from a ketone or an activated carboxylic acid derivative) is obtained, respectively.
• such alcohol may be subject to elimination of the hydroxy group.
• a preferred embodiment comprises reacting a lithium exchange reagent as defined above with an aldehyde, a ketone or an activated carboxylic acid derivative such as an ester, lactone, amide, lactam or an urea derivative of formula R 4 (CO)R 5 VI, wherein R 4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, Ci -6 -alkyl, C 1-6 -alkenyl, C 1-6 -alkynyl, C 3 .i 0 -cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, aralkyl and dialkylamino, and wherein R 5 is Ci- 6 -alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, C 3- i 0 -cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, aralkyl, dialkylamino, di-C 3- io-cycloalkylamino, diarylamino and diheteroarylamino to obtain an intermediately lithiated compound of formula
• R 1 , R 4 and R 5 are as defined above, which can be hydrolyzed to the corresponding secondary alcohols of formula
• R 1 , R 4 and R 5 are as defined above.
• alkyl represents a linear or branched alkyl group.
• C 1-n -alkyl the alkyl group is meant having 1 to n carbon atoms.
• Ci -6 -alkyl represents for example methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, butyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl, pentyl and hexyl.
• cycloalkyl represents a cycloaliphatic group having 3 carbon atoms or more.
• C 3- i 0 -Cycloalkyl represents mono- and polycyclic ring systems such as cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, cycloheptyl, cyclooctyl, adamantyl or norbornyl.
• alkynyl represents a linear or branched radical comprising a C ⁇ C triple bond, optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms and/or optionally substituted C 1-6 -alkyl, C 1-6 -alkoxy or di-C 1-6 -alkylamino groups. Examples are ethenyl, 1-propynyl, 1-butynyl, 1-pentynyl.
• aryl represents an aromatic group, preferably phenyl or naphthyl optionally being further substituted with one or more fluorine atoms, C 1-6 -alkyl, C 1-6 -alkoxy, di-C 1-6 -alkyl amino and nitro groups.
• aralkyl represents an aromatic group having 7 or more carbon atoms, consisting of an alkyl and an aryl moiety, wherein the alkyl moiety of the aralkyl residue is a C 1-8 alkyl group and the aryl moiety is selected from the group consisting of phenyl, naphthyl, furanyl, thienyl, benzo[b]furanyl, benzo[b]thienyl, optionally being substituted with one or more halogen atoms, amino groups, and/or optionally substituted Ci -6 alkyl, Ci -6 alkoxy or di-Ci -6 -alkylamino groups.
• alkoxy represents a linear or branched alkoxy group.
• the alkyl group is meant having 1 to n carbon atoms.
• Ci- 6 -alkoxy represents for example methoxy, ethoxy, propoxy, isopropoxy, butoxy, isobutoxy, sec-butoxy, tert-butoxy, pentyloxy and hexyloxy.
• di-Ci -6 -alkylamino represents a dialkylamino group comprising two alkyl moieties independently having 1 to 6 carbon atoms.
• Di-Ci -6 -alkylamino represents for example N,N-dimethylamino, N,N-diethylamino, N-ethyl-TV-methylamino, N-methyl-N-propylamino, N-ethyl-N-hexylamino or N, N-dihexylamino.
• dicycloalkylamino represents a dicycloalkylamino group comprising two cycloalkyl mono- and polycyclic ring moieties independently having 3 carbon atoms or more.
• diarylamino represents an amino group comprising two aryl moieties.
• diarylamino represents for example N,N-diphenylamino or N,N-bis-(4-methyl- phenyl)amino.
• diarylamino represents an amino group comprising two heteroaryl moieties.
• diarylamino represents for example N,N-di(pyridin-2-yl)- amino or N,7V-bis(4-methyl-2-pyridinyl)amino.
• the effluence of the microreactor is collected in a water reservoir for hydrolysis of the intermediate to the product according to:
• the microreactor (MJ06) used in the example and comparison example was purchased from Corning S.A., Avon, France with integrated cooling of thermal fluid. During the reaction the microreactor is temperature adjusted by immersing in a temperature controlled bath without any additional temperature adjustment system.
• the lithium exchange reagent (2 nd reactant) is fed to a 1 st reactant in proportions corresponding to the number of inlet points. With two, three, four, five or six inlet points about 50, 33.3, 25, 20 or 16.6 mol-% of the 2 nd reactant necessary to reach completion of the reaction respectively are fed at each inlet point. Nevertheless, there is no principal need to fed equal amount at each injection point. Using independently controlled injection systems, for example syringe pumps, or different dimensions of the feed lines is also possible.
• Feed-1 was 4-fluorobenzaldehyde (4F-BZA) (20 wt%) in THF (80 wt%) with about 29 g/min, fed by a gear pump (Ismatec, Wertheim- Mondfeld, Germany) with coriolis flow controller.
• Feed-2 was «-hexyllithium (HexLi) (33 wt%) in Hexane (67 wt%) controlled by a SiProcess syringe pump (Siemens, Germany).
• the stoichiometry of HexLi to 4-F-BZA was set to 1.00.
• the flow rate Feed-1 was 29.0 g/min
• the flow rate of Feed-2 was about 9.0 g/min with one injection point and about 3.0 g/min when split into 3 flows.
• the temperature was set to: -30, -20 or -10 0 C.
• the multi-injection microreactors used comprises a main injection port, 4 reaction regions (each comprising one injection point, one mixing zone and one reaction zone of 1.08 mL internal reaction volume).
• the 1 st reactant is fed through the main port and the 2 nd reactant through one or more of the additional injections points (Port-1, Port-2, Port-3 and Port-4).
• Each port can be opened or closed individually from the other ports.
• Example 2 was carried out in essentially the same way than Example 1 with the difference that an additional residence module (RT) (Coil-Hl) was added that was operated at -30 to +10 °C to complete the reaction.
• RT additional residence module
• Coil-Hl Coil-Hl
• Feed-1 was fed through the main port.
• Feed-2 was fed in equivalent proportions through Port-1, Port-2 and Port-3, while Port-4 was closed, thus the microreactor actually had 3 working mixing zones. Three runs were performed. The average results are shown in Table 1. Comparison example 1 :
• Feed-1 was fed through the main port.
• Feed-2 was fed in equivalent proportions through Port-1.
• Port-2, Port-3 and Port-4 were closed, thus the microreactor actually had only 1 working mixing zone. Three runs were performed. The average results are shown in Table 1.
• T-MR is the temperature of the fluid for thermal adjustment of the microreactor.
• Example 2 Feed-1 was fed through the main port. Feed-2 was fed in equivalent proportions through Port-1, Port-2 and Port-3, while Port-4 was closed, thus the microreactor actually had 3 working mixing zones. The results are shown in Table 2. Only 4 byproducts could be detected compared to 6 in the comparison examples. Table 2:
• T-MR is the temperature of the fluid for thermal adjustment of the microreactor.
• T-RT is the temperature of the fluid for thermal adjustment of the retention module.

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