Potassium Carbonate → 4-(4-(Trifluoromethoxyphenoxy)phenoxy]butan-1-ol

HRID 36155

Reaction equation

HRID 36155 reaction equation
[OH:1][C:2]1[CH:13]=[CH:12][C:5]([O:6][CH2:7][CH2:8][CH2:9][CH2:10][OH:11])=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.[F:14][C:15]([F:25])([F:24])[O:16][C:17]1[CH:22]=[CH:21][C:20](Br)=[CH:19][CH:18]=1.C([O-])([O-])=O.[K+].[K+]>>[F:14][C:15]([F:24])([F:25])[O:16][C:17]1[CH:22]=[CH:21][CH:20]=[CH:19][C:18]=1[O:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[CH:4][C:5]([O:6][CH2:7][CH2:8][CH2:9][CH2:10][OH:11])=[CH:12][CH:13]=1

Participants

4

Conditions

Temperature
90 °C

Procedure

A mixture of 3.13 g of 4-(4-hydroxyphenoxy)butan-1-ol, 4.97 g of 4-(trifluoromethoxy)bromobenzene, and 4.75 g of K2CO3 are placed in a flask and flushed with N2 gas. To this are added 17 ml of pyridine and, after heating to 90° C., 3.42 g of CuO. The reaction mixture is heated at reflux for 2 days, and then cooled and poured into an ice/3N HCl mixture. This mixture is extracted twice with ether; and after separating, the combined ether extracts are washed with saturated NaHCO3, followed by brine, and then dried over MgSO4. Filtration and evaporation yields an oily residue which is purified by flash chromatography on silica gel, using 2:1 hexane/EtOAc as eluant. After evaporation, 4-[4-(4-(trifluoromethoxyphenoxy)phenoxy]butan-1-ol is obtained as a white solid.

Workup

  1. customare placed in a flask
  2. customflushed with N2 gas
  3. additionTo this are added 17 ml of pyridine
  4. temperatureThe reaction mixture is heated
  5. temperatureat reflux for 2 days
  6. temperaturecooled
  7. additionpoured into an ice/3N HCl mixture
  8. extractionThis mixture is extracted twice with ether
  9. customand after separating
  10. washthe combined ether extracts are washed with saturated NaHCO3
  11. dry with materialdried over MgSO4
  12. filtrationFiltration and evaporation
  13. customyields an oily residue which
  14. customis purified by flash chromatography on silica gel
  15. customAfter evaporation

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-4e8cbc51bc67495bb37ccd36a1e86950
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1995_05
Patent number
US05412137

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