Propofol → 2,6-Diisopropylanisole
Reaction equation
[CH:1]([C:4]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][CH:7]=[C:6]([CH:10]([CH3:12])[CH3:11])[C:5]=1[OH:13])([CH3:3])[CH3:2].[C:14](=O)([O-])[O-].[K+].[K+].CI>CC(C)=O>[CH:10]([C:6]1[CH:7]=[CH:8][CH:9]=[C:4]([CH:1]([CH3:3])[CH3:2])[C:5]=1[O:13][CH3:14])([CH3:12])[CH3:11]Participants
5
Reactant 3
Product 1
Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1
Procedure
A mixture of 2,6-diisopropyl phenol (20 g, 0.11 mol), potassium carbonate (62 g, 0.45 mol), acetone (160 ml) and methyl iodide (28 ml, 0.45 mole) is refluxed for three days. The reaction mixture is filtered through celite, evaporated, dissolved in ether, washed twice with 1M sodium hydroxide, dried over magnesium sulphate and concentrated to afford 15.1 g (0.08 mol, 70%) of 2,6-diisopropyl anisole as a slightly yellow oil.
Workup
- temperatureis refluxed for three days
- filtrationThe reaction mixture is filtered through celite
- customevaporated
- dissolutiondissolved in ether
- washwashed twice with 1M sodium hydroxide
- dry with materialdried over magnesium sulphate
- concentrationconcentrated
Sources & evidence
- ORD record
- ord-411693b5b3764535bc789d07b141db72
- Source dataset
- uspto-grants-2001_05
- Patent number
- US06236946B1
Reaction notes
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