Ethylene Glycol → HCID 20294078, compound

HRID 262435Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 262435 reaction equation
C[C:2]1[C:7](C)=[CH:6][C:5]([CH2:9]C#N)=[C:4]([CH2:12]C#N)[CH:3]=1.[OH2:15].[CH:16]([CH:18]=[O:19])=O.[CH:20]([CH:22]=[O:23])=O.[OH-:24].[K+].[CH2:26](O)[CH2:27]O>CO>[CH3:9][C:5]1[CH:6]=[C:7]2[C:2](=[CH:3][C:4]=1[CH3:12])[C:20]([C:22]([OH:23])=[O:15])=[CH:27][CH:26]=[C:16]2[C:18]([OH:19])=[O:24]

Participants

7

Procedure

18.4 parts of 4,5-dimethyl-1,2-bis-cyanomethyl-benzene and 8.4 parts of glyoxal hydrate (trimer) (3C2H2O2.2H2O), containing 80% of glyoxal to be liberated, are stirred in 100 parts by volume of methanol. With stirring and under nitrogen, 11.2 parts of powdered potassium hydroxide are added to the reaction mixture by small amounts at 0° to 5° C. After the addition of potassium hydroxide, stirring is continued for 5 hours at 0° to 5° C. under nitrogen. The slightly brown coloured reaction mixture is subsequently diluted with 100 parts by volume of ethylene glycol and then, after addition of 28 parts of potassium hydroxide, heated slowly to 190° C. under nitrogen while the methanol is distilled off and ammonia escapes at 80° C. After it has been stirred for 5 hours at 185° to 190° C. under nitrogen, the reaction mixture is worked up as described in Example 7 to yield 7.5 parts of 6,7-dimethyl-naphthalene-1,4-dicarboxylic acid (31% of theory) of formula ##STR52## in the form of slightly brown crystalline powder with a melting point of 268°-280° C.

Workup

  1. stirringstirring
  2. distillationis distilled off
  3. customat 80° C
  4. stirringAfter it has been stirred for 5 hours at 185° to 190° C. under nitrogen

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-30065f9e5db74ae8a3ea7f20249c7df4
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1979_05
Patent number
US04154754

Reaction notes

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