Ethyl-p-aminobenzoate

Successful results have been obtained (Renfrew and Chaney, 1946) with ethyl formate methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, iso-propyl, n-butyl, iso-butyl, sec.-butyl and iso-amyl acetat ethyleneglycol diacetate ethyl monochloro- and trichloro-acetates methyl, n-propyl, n-octyl and n-dodecyl propionates ethyl butyrate n-butyl and n-amyl valerates ethyl laurate ethyl lactate ethyl acetoacetate diethyl carbonate dimethyl and diethyl oxalates diethyl malonate diethyl adipate di-n-butyl tartrate ethyl phenylacetate methyl and ethyl benzoates methyl and ethyl salicylates diethyl and di-n-butyl phthalates. The method fails for vinyl acetate, ieri.-butyl acetate, n-octadecyl propionate, ethyl and >i-butyl stearate, phenyl, benzyl- and guaicol-acetate, methyl and ethyl cinnamate, diethyl sulphate and ethyl p-aminobenzoate. 

Ethyl p-aminobenzoate (esterification of p-aminobenzoic acid). Place 80 ml. of absolute ethyl alcohol in a 250 ml. conical flask equipped with a two-holed cork and wash-bottle tubes. Pass dry hydrogen chloride (Section 11,48,2) through the alcohol until saturated—the increase in weight is about 20 g.—and transfer the solution to a 250 ml. round-bottomed flask. Introduce 12 g. of p-aminobenzoic acid, fit a double surface condenser to the flask, and reflux the mixture for 2 hours. Upon... 

A variety of mixed metal catalysts, either as fused oxides (42 7 8) or coprecipitated on supports (25 0) or as physical mixtures of separate catalysts (5P), have been tested in aniline reductions. In the hydrogenation of ethyl p-aminobenzoate, a coprccipitated 3% Pd, 2% Rh-on-C proved superior to 5% Rh-on-C, inasmuch as hydrogenolysis to ethyl cyclohexanecarboxylate was less (61) (Table 1). 

Chemical Name Penicillin G compound with 2-(diethy amino)ethyl p-aminobenzoate Common Name —... 

The requisite intermediate, ethyl 4-dimethylaminocyclohexylcarboxylate is prepared as follows 33 g of ethyl p-aminobenzoate dissolved in 300 cc of absolute ethanol containing 16.B cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid is hydrogenated at 50 pounds hydrogen pressure in the presence of 2 g of platinum oxide. The theoretical quantity of hydrogen is absorbed in several hours, the catalyst removed by filtration and the filtrate concentrated to dryness in vacuo. The residue Is dissolved in water, made alkaline with ammonium hydroxide and extracted with chloroform. After removal of the solvent, the residual oil is distilled to yield ethyl 4-aminocyclohexylcarboxylate, boiling point 114°C to 117°C/10 mm. 

A solution of 19.5 g. (0.1 mole) of ethyl />-nitrobenzoate (Note 1) in 150 cc. of 95 per cent alcohol is placed in the reaction bottle of the catalytic reduction apparatus (p. 10) and 0.2 g. of platinum oxide catalyst (p. 92) is added. The mixture is shaken with hydrogen until three molecular equivalents have been absorbed. The time required is about seven minutes. The platinum is filtered off and the alcohol removed from the filtrate by distillation. The ethyl p-aminobenzoate, recrystallized from about 40 cc. of ether, melts at 89-90°. The yield is 15-16.5 g. (91-100 per cent of the theoretical amount). 

A. Ethyl 4-Amino-3-(methylthiomethyl)benzoate [Benzoic acid, 4-amino-3-[(methylthio)methyl]-]. A 1-1., three-necked, round-bottomed flask is fitted with a mechanical stirrer, a condenser topped with a gas-inlet tube, and a two-neckcd adapter holding a low-temperature thermometer and a 100-ml., pressure-equalizing dropping funnel. The flask is charged with 10.50 g. (0.10 mole) of ethyl p-aminobenzoate [Benzocaine Benzoic acid, 4-amino-, ethyl ester] (Note 1), 300 ml. of acetonitrile, and 100 ml. of dichloromethane, is flushed with nitrogen, and is then immersed in a 40% aqueous methanol-dry ice bath maintained between... 

The second crop of crystalline material is contaminated with a small amount of ethyl p-aminobenzoate and is usually red-orange in color. It is of sufficient purity to be used in Part B. 

Ethyl p-aminobenzoate was purchased from the Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc. and used without further purification. 

C. B. Lalor, G. L. Flynn, and N. Weiner. Formulation factors affecting release of drug from topical formulations. I. Effect of emulsion type upon in vitro delivery of ethyl p-aminobenzoate. J. Pharm. Sci. 83 1525-1528 (1994). 

D. A. Nelson, Separation ofbenzoic acid, ethyl p-aminobenzoate and benzoin using ion exchange chromatography , http //www. dartmouth.edu/academia/chem/chemexp/organic man.html. 

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