Methyl iodide → Methyl 5-acetyl-2-methoxybenzoate

HRID 251556Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 251556 reaction equation
[OH:1][C:2]1[CH:11]=[CH:10][C:9]([C:12](=[O:14])[CH3:13])=[CH:8][C:3]=1[C:4]([O:6][CH3:7])=[O:5].[C:15](=O)([O-])[O-].[Cs+].[Cs+].CI>CN(C=O)C>[CH3:15][O:1][C:2]1[CH:11]=[CH:10][C:9]([C:12](=[O:14])[CH3:13])=[CH:8][C:3]=1[C:4]([O:6][CH3:7])=[O:5]

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 6328Methyl iodideHCID 10796Cesium carbonateHCID 85444Methyl 5-acetylsalicylate

Product 1

HCID 606426Methyl 5-acetyl-2-methoxybenzoate

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 6228DimethylformamideSolvent

Procedure

To a stirred solution of Methyl 2-hydroxy-5-acetylbenzoate (12 g, 61.7 mmol) in DMF (200 ml) was added cesium carbonate (24.15 g, 74.1 mmol) and MeI (9.64 g, 68 mmol).

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-6cb3c30c25e643ff968fd64e2986f8ec
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2011_01
Patent number
US07863475B2

Reaction notes

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