Cesium carbonate → 5-(2,5-Dihydro-furan-2-yl)2,4-dimethoxy-benzaldehyde

Temperature

45 °C

Ex-121A: 5-Bromo-2,4-dimethoxybenzaldehyde (1.0 g, 4.0 mmol) and 2,3-dihydrofuran (0.85 g, 12.2 mmol) were dissolved in dioxane (10.0 mL). Nitrogen was bubbled into the solution for 15 min followed by the sequential addition of cesium carbonate (1.4 g, 4.5 mmol) and bis(tri-t-butylphosphine)palladium (0) (0.021 g, 0.041 mmol). The solution was immediately heated to 45° C. and aged for 72 h. Additional equivalents of cesium carbonate (0.70 g, 2.1 mmol), 2,3-dihydrofuran (0.85 g, 12.2 mmol), and Pd catalyst (0.0021 g, 0.0041 mmol) were added after 24 h and 48 h to drive the reaction to completion. Upon completion, as determined by HPLC, the reaction was diluted with water (30 mL) and extracted with ethyl acetate (3×30 mL). The combined organic extracts were dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated to an orange oil. Silica gel chromatography (ethyl acetate/hexanes, 1:2) afforded 0.32 g (50%) of 5-(2,5-dihydro-furan-2-yl)-2,4-dimethoxy-benzaldehyde as a pale yellow solid, mp 84–85° C. 1H-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 10.29 (s, 1H), 7.79 (s, 1H), 6.42 (s, 1H), 5.99–6.06 (m, 2H), 5.89–5.92 (m, 1H), 4.80–4.87 (m, 1H), 4.71–4.77 (m, 1H), 3.95 (s, 3H), 3.92 (s, 3H). MS (EI) m/z=234 ([M]+, 100%). Anal. Calcd. C13H14O4: C, 66.66; H, 6.02. Found: C, 66.49; H, 6.08.

1. customNitrogen was bubbled into the solution for 15 min
2. customthe reaction to completion
3. extractionextracted with ethyl acetate (3×30 mL)
4. dry with materialThe combined organic extracts were dried over sodium sulfate
5. concentrationconcentrated to an orange oil

ORD record

ord-6afee8efff1c471f86bb728d2c260d3f

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2006_08

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US07094801B2