Ethyl Acetate → 4-(4-Chlorophenyl)-3-cyano-3-phenyl-2-butanone

HRID 30361

Reaction equation

HRID 30361 reaction equation
[C:1]([CH:4]([C:7]1[CH:12]=[CH:11][CH:10]=[CH:9][CH:8]=1)[C:5]#[N:6])(=[O:3])[CH3:2].[Cl:13][C:14]1[CH:21]=[CH:20][C:17]([CH2:18]Br)=[CH:16][CH:15]=1.C(=O)([O-])[O-].[Cs+].[Cs+].C(OCC)(=O)C>C(#N)C.O>[Cl:13][C:14]1[CH:21]=[CH:20][C:17]([CH2:18][C:4]([C:5]#[N:6])([C:7]2[CH:12]=[CH:11][CH:10]=[CH:9][CH:8]=2)[C:1](=[O:3])[CH3:2])=[CH:16][CH:15]=1

Participants

7

Reactant 4

HCID 8857Ethyl AcetateHCID 10796Cesium carbonateHCID 20547Alpha-phenylacetoacetonitrileHCID 693291-(Bromomethyl)-4-chlorobenzene

Product 1

HCID 664309254-(4-Chlorophenyl)-3-cyano-3-phenyl-2-butanone

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 962WaterSolventHCID 6342AcetonitrileSolvent

Procedure

To a solution of α-acetylphenylacetonitrile (1.0 g, 6.3 mmol) in acetonitrile (25 mL) was added 4-chlorobenzyl bromide (1.3 g, 6.3 mmol) and cesium carbonate (8.2 g, 25 mmol). After stirring at room temperature for 2 h, the reaction mixture was poured into ethyl acetate (100 mL) and water (100 mL). The organic layer was separated, washed with brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated to dryness, and the residue was purified on a silica gel column eluting with 1 to 5% ethyl acetate in hexane to give the title compound. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CD3OD): δ 7.5-6.9 (m, 9H), 3.56 (d, 1H), 3.37 (d, 1H), 2.22 (s, 3H). LC-MS: m/e 306 (M+Na)+ (3.0 min).

Workup

  1. customThe organic layer was separated
  2. washwashed with brine
  3. dry with materialdried over magnesium sulfate
  4. filtrationfiltered
  5. concentrationconcentrated to dryness
  6. customthe residue was purified on a silica gel column
  7. washeluting with 1 to 5% ethyl acetate in hexane

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-85f207f8293a41209effb383b5d70d18
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2008_09
Patent number
US07423067B2

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