Ethyl Acetate → 4-(4-Chlorophenyl)-3-cyano-3-phenyl-2-butanone

HRID 1446391Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1446391 reaction equation
[C:1]([CH:4]([C:7]1[CH:12]=[CH:11][CH:10]=[CH:9][CH:8]=1)[C:5]#[N:6])(=[O:3])[CH3:2].[Cl:13][C:14]1[CH:21]=[CH:20][C:17]([CH2:18]Br)=[CH:16][CH:15]=1.C(=O)([O-])[O-].[Cs+].[Cs+].C(OCC)(=O)C>C(#N)C.O>[Cl:13][C:14]1[CH:21]=[CH:20][C:17]([CH2:18][C:4]([C:5]#[N:6])([C:7]2[CH:12]=[CH:11][CH:10]=[CH:9][CH:8]=2)[C:1](=[O:3])[CH3:2])=[CH:16][CH:15]=1

Participants

7

Reactant 4

HCID 8857Ethyl AcetateHCID 10796Cesium carbonateHCID 20547Alpha-phenylacetoacetonitrileHCID 693291-(Bromomethyl)-4-chlorobenzene

Product 1

HCID 664309254-(4-Chlorophenyl)-3-cyano-3-phenyl-2-butanone

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 962WaterSolventHCID 6342AcetonitrileSolvent

Procedure

To a solution of (α-acetylphenylacetonitrile (1.0 g, 6.3 mmol) in acetonitrile (25 mL) was added 4-chlorobenzyl bromide (1.3 g, 6.3 mmol) and cesium carbonate (8.2 g, 25 mmol). After stirring at room temperature for 2 h, the reaction mixture was poured into ethyl acetate (100 mL) and water (100 mL). The organic layer was separated, washed with brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated to dryness, and the residue was purified on a silica gel column eluting with 1 to 5% ethyl acetate in hexane to give the title compound. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CD3OD): δ 7.5-6.9 (m, 9H), 3.56 (d, 1H), 3.37 (d, 1H), 2.22 (s, 3H). LC-MS: m/e 306 (M+Na)+ (3.0 min).

Workup

  1. customThe organic layer was separated
  2. washwashed with brine
  3. dry with materialdried over magnesium sulfate
  4. filtrationfiltered
  5. concentrationconcentrated to dryness
  6. customthe residue was purified on a silica gel column
  7. washeluting with 1 to 5% ethyl acetate in hexane

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-33c6131da26f4fbc9f661cdf55d6403d
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2010_02
Patent number
US07667053B2

Reaction notes

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