Benzyl Bromide → Methyl 4-(benzyloxy)-3-chlorobenzoate

HRID 19916

Reaction equation

HRID 19916 reaction equation
[CH3:1][O:2][C:3](=[O:12])[C:4]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][C:7]([OH:10])=[C:6]([Cl:11])[CH:5]=1.[CH2:13](Br)[C:14]1[CH:19]=[CH:18][CH:17]=[CH:16][CH:15]=1.C(=O)([O-])[O-].[K+].[K+]>CN(C)C=O>[CH3:1][O:2][C:3](=[O:12])[C:4]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][C:7]([O:10][CH2:13][C:14]2[CH:19]=[CH:18][CH:17]=[CH:16][CH:15]=2)=[C:6]([Cl:11])[CH:5]=1

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 7498Benzyl BromideHCID 11430Potassium CarbonateHCID 77580Methyl 3-chloro-4-hydroxybenzoate

Product 1

HCID 21044521Methyl 4-(benzyloxy)-3-chlorobenzoate

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 6228DimethylformamideSolvent

Procedure

A mixture of 3-chloro-4-hydroxy benzoic acid methyl ester (4.665 g, 25 mmol), benzyl bromide (5.13 g, 30 mmol) and potassium carbonate (6.91 g, 50 mmol) in N,N-dimethylformamide (50 mL) was stirred overnight at room temperature. The reaction mixture was poured onto crushed ice (ca. 300 g) and the product was extracted with ethyl acetate (2×100 mL). The combined organic layers were dried over sodium sulphate and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was dissolved in dichloromethane and precipitated by addition of hexane. Yield: 6.47 g (94%) white powder. 1H-NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ=3.90 (s, 3H, —OCH3); 5.23 (s, 2H, —CH2Ar), 6.99 (d, J=9.0 Hz, 1H), 7.31-7.48 (m, 5H), 7.89 (dd, J=9.0, 2.3 Hz, 1H), 8.08 (d, J=2.3 Hz, 1H).

Workup

  1. additionThe reaction mixture was poured
  2. extractionthe product was extracted with ethyl acetate (2×100 mL)
  3. dry with materialThe combined organic layers were dried over sodium sulphate
  4. concentrationconcentrated under reduced pressure
  5. dissolutionThe residue was dissolved in dichloromethane
  6. customprecipitated by addition of hexane

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-86ea2cd749144b308d6e22cc0d9ffe81
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2010_06
Patent number
US07745472B2

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