Hydrochloric Acid → 3,5-Dimethylchlorobenzene

Temperatur

-10 °C

A total of 33.0 g of 3,5-dimethylaniline was added dropwise over 20 minutes to 200 ml of concentrated hydrochloric acid at such a rate that the temperature of the reaction was kept below 35° C. After several minutes of vigorous stirring, the reaction was cooled to -10° C. A solution of 19.7 g of sodium nitrite dissolved in 50 ml of water was added dropwise over 30 minutes at such a rate that the reaction temperature was kept between -12° C. to -16° C. Then, 3.0 g of copper (I) chloride was added and the reaction was warmed to 27° C. At this temperature foaming was noted and the reaction temperature was maintained below 35° C. with an ice water bath. After one hour, the reaction was poured onto 350 g of ice. Once the ice melted the crude product was extracted with 400 ml of hexanes, the organic phase was dried with magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated to yield 20.2 g of a liquid. This material was diluted with 5 ml of hexanes and chromatographed on neutral alumina (Brockman 1, 150 mesh), eluting with 1200 ml of hexanes and collecting 200 ml fractions. The desired 95% pure intermediate, 10.1 g, was isolated cleanly in fractions 1 and 2.

1. customwas kept below 35° C
2. waitAfter several minutes of vigorous stirring
3. additionwas added dropwise over 30 minutes at such a rate that the reaction temperature
4. customwas kept between -12° C. to -16° C
5. temperaturethe reaction was warmed to 27° C
6. temperaturethe reaction temperature was maintained below 35° C. with an ice water bath
7. extractionwas extracted with 400 ml of hexanes
8. dry with materialthe organic phase was dried with magnesium sulfate
9. filtrationfiltered
10. concentrationconcentrated

ORD-Eintrag

ord-250b93718ac24c5296f505d39c386af2

Quelldatensatz

uspto-grants-1993_12

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patentnummer

US05272128