Organic Syntheses, CV 4, 39
Submitted by Cal Y. Meyers and Leonard E. Miller
1.
Checked by Richard T. Arnold and William R. Hasek.
1. Procedure
Into a
500-ml. round-bottomed flask containing
50 g. (0.44 mole) of 2-ketohexamethylenimine (ε-caprolactam) is poured a solution containing
45 ml. of concentrated hydrochloric acid (sp. gr. 1.19) dissolved in 150 ml. of water. The mixture is boiled for 1 hour, and the resulting yellow solution is decolorized with
Norit and evaporated to dryness under reduced pressure on a
steam bath (Note
1).
2.
Exhaustion. Pass a
1% aqueous hydrochloric acid solution through the column (downflow) until the pH of the solution leaving the column decreases from 5.5–6.5 to about 2.
3.
Regeneration. Now pass a
1% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution through the column (downflow) until the solution leaving the column is strongly alkaline.
4. Classification. Wash the resin (upflow) with 10 l. of distilled water.
5. Wash the resin with distilled water (downflow) (Note
3) until the salts are all washed out and the pH of the washings is 5.6–6.5. The column is now ready for use (Note
4).
Fig. 2.
The solid
ε-aminocaproic acid hydrochloride is dissolved in 1 l. of distilled water. This solution is passed through the column (downflow) and followed by at least 2 l. of distilled water (Note
5).
The collected solution (pink) is concentrated by distillation, under reduced pressure, to a volume of about 100 ml. (Note
6), and the resulting orange-colored solution is decolorized with
Norit. After the addition of
300 ml. of absolute ethanol and
500 ml. of ether, followed by vigorous shaking, a white solid forms within a few minutes. The
ε-aminocaproic acid is collected on a
Büchner funnel and dried in a
vacuum desiccator until no more
ether-
alcohol odor is detected. A yield of
52 g. (
90%) is obtained; m.p.
202–203°.
2. Notes
1. This hydrolysis is similar to that utilized previously.
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2. Obtained from the Resinous Products Division, Rohm and Haas Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The checkers found that this resin sometimes liberates
carbon dioxide when treated with
1% hydrochloric acid. In such cases the total resin sample may be pretreated in a beaker with
1% hydrochloric acid until no more gas is evolved, and then a
30-in. (rather than 25-in.) column containing
1% hydrochloric acid is packed with resin. Further treatment of the resin is continued as described by the submitters.
3. Intermittent
silver nitrate tests will indicate whether the solution is free of salts.
4. The liquid level of the column should always be above the resin when the column is not in use.
5. To assure the user that the resin is functioning, the eluant should be tested frequently for pH and the presence of salts. If the test for chloride ion becomes positive, or if the pH falls below 5.6, regeneration procedures are necessary; generally the column is good for two runs.
6. Excessive heating and excessive evaporation may result in peptide formation.
3. Discussion
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