Phenylacetic Acid → 1-(2-Hydroxy-5-methoxyphenyl)-2-phenylethanone

HRID 1476153

Reaction equation

HRID 1476153 reaction equation
[C:1]1([CH2:7][C:8]([OH:10])=O)[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1.C(Cl)(=O)C(Cl)=O.[CH3:17][O:18][C:19]1[CH:24]=[CH:23][C:22]([O:25]C)=[CH:21][CH:20]=1.[Al+3].[Cl-].[Cl-].[Cl-]>ClCCl.CN(C=O)C>[OH:25][C:22]1[CH:23]=[CH:24][C:19]([O:18][CH3:17])=[CH:20][C:21]=1[C:8](=[O:10])[CH2:7][C:1]1[CH:2]=[CH:3][CH:4]=[CH:5][CH:6]=1

Participants

7

Reactant 4

HCID 999Phenylacetic AcidHCID 90161,4-DimethoxybenzeneHCID 65578Oxalyl chlorideHCID 6451240Aluminum(III) Chloride

Product 1

HCID 27756071-(2-Hydroxy-5-methoxyphenyl)-2-phenylethanoneYield 49%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 6228DimethylformamideCatalystHCID 6344DichloromethaneSolvent

Conditions

Temperature
0 °C

Procedure

Phenylacetic acid (7.39 g, 54.28 mmoles) was dissolved in 50 ml dichloromethane. To this mixture, oxalylchloride (4.74 ml, 54.28 mmoles) and DMF (3 drops) were added at 0° C. and stirred for 30 min. The solvent was evaporated and dissolved in 30 ml dichloromethane. To this mixture, 4-methoxyanisole (10 g, 53.47 mmoles) was added and cooled to 0° C. At 0° C. AlCl3 (9.63 g, 72.37 mmoles) was added and the reaction mixture was warmed to RT and stirred for 12 h. The reaction mixture was quenched by the addition of 2N HCl and extracted with ethyl acetate, dried over sodium sulphate and concentrated. The crude product was purified by column chromatography with ethyl acetate:petroleum ether to afford the title compound as yellow liquid (4.3 g, 49% yield. 1H-NMR (δ ppm, DMSO-d6, 400 MHz): δ 11.30(s,1H), 7.42(d, J=3.0Hz, 1H), 7.33-7.21(m, 5H), 7.17(dd, J=9.0,3.1Hz, 1H), 6.92(d, J=9.0 Hz, 1H), 4.43(s, 2H), 3.74(s, 3H).

Workup

  1. customThe solvent was evaporated
  2. dissolutiondissolved in 30 ml dichloromethane
  3. customAt 0° C
  4. temperaturethe reaction mixture was warmed to RT
  5. stirringstirred for 12 h
  6. customThe reaction mixture was quenched by the addition of 2N HCl
  7. extractionextracted with ethyl acetate
  8. dry with materialdried over sodium sulphate
  9. concentrationconcentrated
  10. customThe crude product was purified by column chromatography with ethyl acetate

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-c369758a52f74dc8975b676219818a79
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2015_04
Patent number
US09018375B2

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