Idebenone → 10-(4,5-Dimethoxy-2-methyl-3,6-dioxocyclohexa-1,4-dien-1-YL)decanal

HRID 370412

Reaction equation

HRID 370412 reaction equation
[Cr](Cl)([O-])(=O)=O.[NH+]1C=CC=CC=1.C([O-])(=O)C.[Na+].[OH:17][CH2:18][CH2:19][CH2:20][CH2:21][CH2:22][CH2:23][CH2:24][CH2:25][CH2:26][CH2:27][C:28]1[C:33](=[O:34])[C:32]([O:35][CH3:36])=[C:31]([O:37][CH3:38])[C:30](=[O:39])[C:29]=1[CH3:40]>ClCCl>[CH:18]([CH2:19][CH2:20][CH2:21][CH2:22][CH2:23][CH2:24][CH2:25][CH2:26][CH2:27][C:28]1[C:33](=[O:34])[C:32]([O:35][CH3:36])=[C:31]([O:37][CH3:38])[C:30](=[O:39])[C:29]=1[CH3:40])=[O:17]

Participants

5

Procedure

Pyridinium chlorochromate (3.3 g) and sodium acetate (0.5 g) were suspended in dichloromethane (2.5 ml). To the suspension was added a solution of 6-(10-hydroxydecyl)-2,3-dimethoxy-5-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone (3.38 g) in dichloromethane (20 ml) at room temperature. The mixture was stirred for an hour. Then, additional amount of pyridinium chlorochromate (1 g) and sodium acetate (0.5 g) were added and the mixture was stirred for another 1.5 hours. The reaction mixture was poured into an ice water and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was treated in a conventional manner and the residue obtained was purified by column chromatography using silica gel. Elution was carried out with dichloroethane-ethyl acetate (9:1) and then with carbon tetrachloride-ethyl acetate (9:1), and the eluate was recrystallized from ethyl acetate-hexane to give 6-(9-formylnonyl)-2,3-dimethoxy-5-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone (1.3 g), melting at 44.5°-46.5° C.

Workup

  1. stirringthe mixture was stirred for another 1.5 hours
  2. extractionthe mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate
  3. additionThe extract was treated in a conventional manner
  4. customthe residue obtained
  5. customwas purified by column chromatography
  6. washElution
  7. customwith carbon tetrachloride-ethyl acetate (9:1), and the eluate was recrystallized from ethyl acetate-hexane

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-63c2640e310f4330898912a8f0694ec8
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1985_07
Patent number
US04526719

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