Ethylene Glycol → 2-Methyl-4-(trifluoromethyl)benzoic acid

HRID 352452

Reaction equation

HRID 352452 reaction equation
[OH-:1].[K+].[CH3:3][C:4]1[CH:11]=[C:10]([C:12]([F:15])([F:14])[F:13])[CH:9]=[CH:8]C=1C#N.[CH2:16]([OH:19])[CH2:17]O>O>[CH3:3][C:4]1[CH:11]=[C:10]([C:12]([F:15])([F:14])[F:13])[CH:9]=[CH:8][C:17]=1[C:16]([OH:19])=[O:1]

Participants

5

Conditions

Temperature
125 °C

Procedure

Potassium hydroxide (15.7 g, 0.28 mole) and 15 mL of water were added as a solution to a stirred, heterogeneous mixture of 2-methyl-4-(trifluoromethyl)benzonitrile (13 g, 70 mmol) and 135 mL of ethylene glycol. The reaction mixture was heated at 120-130° C. for 20 hours and allowed to cool to room temperature. The dark solution was poured into 800 mL of water and filtered through celite. The filtrate was washed with ether and then the aqueous was acidified with concentrated hydrochloric acid. This aqueous phase was extracted three times with ethyl acetate, the organic extracts were combined, dried over magnesium sulfate and evaporated under reduced pressure to afford the title compound as a tan solid.

Workup

  1. temperatureto cool to room temperature
  2. filtrationfiltered through celite
  3. washThe filtrate was washed with ether
  4. extractionThis aqueous phase was extracted three times with ethyl acetate
  5. dry with materialdried over magnesium sulfate
  6. customevaporated under reduced pressure

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-6e1b9d0593fe47309ae70c5aa6df543d
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2004_06
Patent number
US06747047B2

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