Methyl iodide → 4-[1-(Methoxymethyl)-propyl]nitrobenzene

HRID 1074444

Reaction equation

HRID 1074444 reaction equation
[H-].[Na+].[CH3:3]I.[N+:5]([C:8]1[CH:13]=[CH:12][C:11]([CH:14]([CH2:17][CH3:18])[CH2:15][OH:16])=[CH:10][CH:9]=1)([O-:7])=[O:6].P([O-])([O-])(O)=O.[K+].[K+].P([O-])(O)(O)=O.[K+]>CN(C)C=O>[CH3:3][O:16][CH2:15][CH:14]([C:11]1[CH:10]=[CH:9][C:8]([N+:5]([O-:7])=[O:6])=[CH:13][CH:12]=1)[CH2:17][CH3:18]

Participants

6

Procedure

To a mixture of 2.2 g of sodium hydride (as a 50% oil dispersion) and 15.5 g of methyl iodide in 300 ml of dried dimethylformamide, there was added dropwise a solution of 7.1 g of 2-(4-nitrophenyl)butanol in 100 ml of dimethylformamide. The resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature for 20 hours and then poured into an aqueous solution containing 0.2 M potassium hydrogen phosphate/potassium dihydrogen phosphate buffer solution (pH 7). The resulting mixture was extracted several times with diethyl ether and the combined organic extracts were washed with aqueous dilute sodium thiosulfate solution, water, and aqueous saturated sodium chloride solution, and dried over magnesium sulfate. Evaporation of the solvent gave a red oil which was purified by chromatography on silica gel and elution with ethyl acetate/hexane to give 4-[1-(methoxymethyl)-propyl]nitrobenzene.

Workup

  1. additionpoured into an aqueous solution
  2. extractionThe resulting mixture was extracted several times with diethyl ether
  3. washthe combined organic extracts were washed with aqueous dilute sodium thiosulfate solution, water, and aqueous saturated sodium chloride solution
  4. dry with materialdried over magnesium sulfate
  5. customEvaporation of the solvent
  6. customgave a red oil which
  7. customwas purified by chromatography on silica gel and elution with ethyl acetate/hexane

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-5b2cd17d5b0d4b1ca0ab484f102606a9
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1983_07
Patent number
US04391818

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