Dimethyl Sulfate → 1-Chloro-3-fluoro-2-(methoxymethyl)benzene

HRID 1288777Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1288777 reaction equation
[Cl:1][C:2]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][CH:7]=[C:6]([F:10])[C:3]=1[CH2:4][OH:5].[OH-].[Na+].S(OC)(O[CH3:17])(=O)=O>ClCCl.O.S([O-])(O)(=O)=O.C([N+](CCCC)(CCCC)CCCC)CCC>[Cl:1][C:2]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][CH:7]=[C:6]([F:10])[C:3]=1[CH2:4][O:5][CH3:17]

Participants

7

Reactant 3

HCID 6497Dimethyl SulfateHCID 14798Sodium HydroxideHCID 918682-Chloro-6-fluorobenzyl alcohol

Product 1

HCID 537737161-Chloro-3-fluoro-2-(methoxymethyl)benzeneYield 50.2%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 3

HCID 94433Tetrabutylammonium hydrogen sulfateCatalystHCID 962WaterSolventHCID 6344DichloromethaneSolvent

Procedure

2-Chloro-6-fluorobenzyl alcohol (50 g) was stirred in dichloromethane and a solution of sodium hydroxide (32 g) in water was added. After 30 minutes stirring the mixture was cooled to 0° C. when dimethyl sulphate (47 g) and tetrabutyl-ammonium hydrogen-sulphate (1 g) were added dropwise. The mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature and stirred for 3 hours. It was quenched with water and extracted with dichloromethane. The organic extract was washed with water, dried (anhydrous magnesium sulphate) and filtered. The filtrate was evaporated to dryness and the residue distilled under reduced pressure yielding 1-chloro-3-fluoro-2-methoxymethylbenzene (27.3 g) b.p. 82°-95° C./24 mm Hg.

Workup

  1. additionwere added dropwise
  2. stirringstirred for 3 hours
  3. customIt was quenched with water
  4. extractionextracted with dichloromethane
  5. extractionThe organic extract
  6. washwas washed with water
  7. dry with materialdried (anhydrous magnesium sulphate)
  8. filtrationfiltered
  9. customThe filtrate was evaporated to dryness
  10. distillationthe residue distilled under reduced pressure

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-8fa6d34348674337b4518ee7f9942e81
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1998_05
Patent number
US05747424

Reaction notes

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