Trifluoroacetic acid → 4-tert-Butyl-3-(2-methoxyethoxy)phenol
Reaction equation
C(=O)([O:7][C:8]1[CH:13]=[CH:12][C:11]([C:14]([CH3:17])([CH3:16])[CH3:15])=[C:10]([O:18][CH2:19][CH2:20][O:21][CH3:22])[CH:9]=1)OC(C)(C)C.FC(F)(F)C(O)=O>C(Cl)Cl>[C:14]([C:11]1[CH:12]=[CH:13][C:8]([OH:7])=[CH:9][C:10]=1[O:18][CH2:19][CH2:20][O:21][CH3:22])([CH3:17])([CH3:15])[CH3:16]Participants
4
Reactant 2
Product 1
Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1
Procedure
To a methylene dichloride (3 ml) solution of tert-butyl 4-tert-butyl-3-(2-methoxyethoxy)phenyl carbonate (792 mg, 2.4 mmol) was added trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) (3 ml) and the mixture was stirred for 1 hour at ambient temperature. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure to give a residue, which was applied to a silica gel chromatography column and eluted with ethyl acetate/hexane=⅓ to furnish 0.32 g (59% yield) of the title compound as a white solid.