Methyl 2-(2-(benzyloxy)phenyl)-3-methoxyacrylate → Methyl (2E)-2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-3-methoxyprop-2-enoate

HRID 345274

Reaction equation

HRID 345274 reaction equation
C([O:8][C:9]1[CH:14]=[CH:13][CH:12]=[CH:11][C:10]=1/[C:15](=[CH:20]\[O:21][CH3:22])/[C:16]([O:18][CH3:19])=[O:17])C1C=CC=CC=1.[H][H]>C(OCC)(=O)C.[Pd]>[OH:8][C:9]1[CH:14]=[CH:13][CH:12]=[CH:11][C:10]=1/[C:15](=[CH:20]\[O:21][CH3:22])/[C:16]([O:18][CH3:19])=[O:17]

Participants

5

Procedure

(E)-Methyl 2-(2'-benzyloxyphenyl)-3-methoxyacrylate (5.44 g) was dissolved in ethyl acetate (50 ml) and 5% palladium on carbon (0.25 g) was added. The stirred mixture was hydrogenated at three atmospheres pressure, with stirring, until no more hydrogen was taken up, then filtered through celite and silica gel (50 g, Merck 60). Concentration of the filtrate under reduced pressure afforded (E)-methyl 2-(2'-hydroxyphenyl)-3-methoxyacrylate as a white crystalline solid (3.76 g; 99% yield), mp. 125°-126° C.; infrared max. (nujol mull): 3400, 1670 cm-1 ; 1H NMR (270 MHz): delta 3.80 (3H,s), 3.90 (3H,s), 6.20 (1H,s), 6.80-7.00 (2H,m), 7.10-7.30 (2H,m), 7.60 (1H,s)ppm.

Workup

  1. filtrationfiltered through celite and silica gel (50 g, Merck 60)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-1456e4d7a52841058b84cfe53a227c02
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1991_10
Patent number
US05057146

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