Sulfuric Acid → Methyl 4-hydroxy-3-methylbenzoate

Temperature

0 °C

4-Amino-3-methyl-benzoic acid methyl ester (5.25 g, 32.0 mmol) was treated with a 35% solution of sulphuric acid (50 ml) and the mixture was stirred and heated until dissolution then cooled to 0° C. Sodium nitrite (2.82 g, 41.6 mmol) in water (50 ml) was added dropwise and the mixture was stirred for 5 min at 0° C. Urea was added to destroy the excess nitrite. Copper nitrate (121 g, 320 mmol) in water (11) was added then copper oxide (4.25 g, 32.0 mmol). The mixture was warmed up to room temperature over 30 min and extracted with EtOAc (×3). The organics were combined, washed with brine, dried and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel (eluant; 30% EtOAc:70% hexane) to yield the title compound (2.2 g, 42%).

1. temperatureheated until dissolution
2. stirringthe mixture was stirred for 5 min at 0° C
3. customto destroy the excess nitrite
4. temperatureThe mixture was warmed up to room temperature over 30 min
5. extractionextracted with EtOAc (×3)
6. washwashed with brine
7. customdried
8. concentrationconcentrated in vacuo
9. customThe residue was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel (eluant; 30% EtOAc:70% hexane)

ORD record

ord-c0232a661d8649d69561cda858228fa9

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2012_06

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US08202858B2