Methyl iodide → (2-Methoxy-1-methoxymethyl-2-ethoxymethyl)-benzene

HRID 252020

Reaction equation

HRID 252020 reaction equation
[CH2:1]([O:8][CH:9]([CH2:12]O)CO)[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.[H-].[Na+].CI.C1[CH2:22][O:21][CH2:20]C1.CN([CH:26]=[O:27])C>>[CH3:26][O:27][CH:9]([O:8][CH2:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[CH:4][CH:5]=[CH:6][CH:7]=1)[CH2:12][CH2:20][O:21][CH3:22]

Participants

5

Reactant 4

HCID 6328Methyl iodideHCID 24758Sodium hydrideHCID 2035672-(Phenylmethoxy)-1,3-propanediolHCID 21974620tetrahydrofuran N,N-dimethylformamide

Product 1

HCID 66890845(2-Methoxy-1-methoxymethyl-2-ethoxymethyl)-benzeneYield 97%

Procedure

To a solution of 2-benzyloxy-propane-1,3-diol (5.0 g, 27.4 mmol) in 5:1 THF-DMF (200 mL) at 0° C. was added NaH (1.5 g, 2.3 eq.) followed by methyl iodide (5.1 mL, 3.0 eq.). The resulting white slurry mixture was stirred at room temperature over weekend. The reaction mixture was quenched with sat. NH4Cl, extracted with EtOAc, dried over Na2SO4, filtered, concentrated and the product was purified by chromatography (50% EtOAc/hexanes) to give (2-methoxy-1-methoxymethyl-2-ethoxymethyl)-benzene (5.6 g, 97%).

Workup

  1. customThe reaction mixture was quenched with sat. NH4Cl
  2. extractionextracted with EtOAc
  3. dry with materialdried over Na2SO4
  4. filtrationfiltered
  5. concentrationconcentrated
  6. customthe product was purified by chromatography (50% EtOAc/hexanes)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-d37a0eca701849719917771c069e3349
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2011_01
Patent number
US07868002B2

Linked notes

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