Potassium Carbonate → Ethyl 4-(3-bromophenoxy)butanoate

HRID 36153

Reaction equation

[Br:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[C:4]([OH:8])[CH:5]=[CH:6][CH:7]=1.Br[CH2:10][CH2:11][CH2:12][C:13]([O:15][CH2:16][CH3:17])=[O:14].C([O-])([O-])=O.[K+].[K+]>CN(C=O)C>[Br:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[C:4]([CH:5]=[CH:6][CH:7]=1)[O:8][CH2:10][CH2:11][CH2:12][C:13]([O:15][CH2:16][CH3:17])=[O:14]

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Conditions

Temperature: 60 °C

Procedure

To a solution of 7.0 g of 3-bromophenol and 7.8 g of ethyl 4-bromobutyrate in 50 ml of DMF is added 11.2 g of K2CO3. The mixture is heated at 60° C. for 1 day and then poured into an ice-water mixture. This mixture is extracted with ether, and the ether extract is washed with water and dried over MgSO4. After filtration and concentration, a solution of 9.3 g of the ethyl 4-(3-bromophenoxy)butyrate obtained in 100 ml of THF is cooled to 0° C.; and 130 ml of a 1.5M solution of DIBAL-H in toluene is added dropwise. The reaction is stirred for 1 hour at 0° C. and 2 hours at room temperature, following which the reaction mixture is poured into a mixture of ice/3N HCl and extracted with ether. The ether extract is washed with water and dried over MgSO4. Filtration and concentration yields 4-(3 -Bromophenoxy)butan-1-ol.

Workup

extractionThis mixture is extracted with ether
extractionthe ether extract
washis washed with water
dry with materialdried over MgSO4
filtrationAfter filtration and concentration

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-26810b48b3c1469f94b5bd575d02ab24
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1995_05
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US05412137

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