Water → 3,5-Dimethyl-4-acetoxybenzoic acid

To a solution of 3,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxy-benzoic acid (3.0 g, 18.05 mmol) in pyridine (7 mL) was added acetic anhydride (2.05 mL, 21.66 mmol) and the reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 16 h. Water was added and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate, washed with water, brine and dried over anhydrous Na2SO4. The solvent was evaporated in vacuo to obtain 4-acetoxy-3,5-dimethyl-benzoic acid (3.52 g, 94%). To a solution of 4-acetoxy-3,5-dimethyl-benzoic acid (6.02 g, 28.91 mmol) in CH2Cl2 (80 mL), oxalyl chloride (5.04 mL, 57.83 mmol) was added slowly, followed by a drop of dimethyl formamide. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 h. The solvent was removed and acetic acid 4-chlorocarbonyl-2,6-dimethyl-phenyl ester was dried under vacuum (6.37 g, 97%). To a solution of N,N,N,N-tetramethyl guanidine (2.77 mL, 22.078 mmol) in CH3CN (50 mL), a solution of 6,8-dimethoxy-isochroman-1,3-dione (4.46 g, 20.07 mmol) in CH3CN (100 mL) was added slowly at <0° C. (bath temperature −20° C.) in 30 min. Then, Et3N was added in one portion, followed by a solution of acetic acid 4-chlorocarbonyl-2,6-dimethyl-phenyl ester (6.37 g, 28.1 mmol) in CH3CN (50 mL) and stirred for 30 min. at <0° C. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 16 h, then heated to reflux for 3 h. After cooling to room temperature, the reaction mixture was quenched with 1 N HCl. The precipitated solid was filtered off to give a mixture of acetic acid 4-(6,8-dimethoxy-1,3-dioxo-isochroman-4-carbonyl)-2,6-dimethyl-phenyl ester and acetic acid 4-(6,8-dimethoxy-1-oxo-1H-isochromen-3-yl)-2,6-dimethyl-phenyl ester (6.0 g).

1. extractionthe mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate
2. washwashed with water, brine
3. dry with materialdried over anhydrous Na2SO4
4. customThe solvent was evaporated in vacuo

ORD-Eintrag

ord-15d15ea7859547e193730ceea4e73de4

Quelldatensatz

uspto-grants-2014_11

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patentnummer

US08889698B2