Cyclododecanecarboxaldehyde → 1-(3-Phenyl-1-propenyl)cyclododecane

HRID 37305

Reaction equation

[Br-].[C:2]1([CH2:8][CH2:9][P+](C2C=CC=CC=2)(C2C=CC=CC=2)C2C=CC=CC=2)[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.C([Li])CCC.[CH:34]1([CH:46]=O)[CH2:45][CH2:44][CH2:43][CH2:42][CH2:41][CH2:40][CH2:39][CH2:38][CH2:37][CH2:36][CH2:35]1>CCOCC>[C:2]1([CH2:8][CH:9]=[CH:46][CH:34]2[CH2:35][CH2:36][CH2:37][CH2:38][CH2:39][CH2:40][CH2:41][CH2:42][CH2:43][CH2:44][CH2:45]2)[CH:3]=[CH:4][CH:5]=[CH:6][CH:7]=1

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Conditions

Temperature: 0 °C

Procedure

To 11.4 g (25.5 mmol) of phenylethyl triphenylphosphonium bromide in 50 mL of dry ether at 0° C. is added 10.2 mL (25.5 mmol) of 2.5M butyllithium. The suspension is stirred at 0° C. for 1 hour followed by the addition of 5.0 g (25.5 mmol) of cyclododecane carboxaldehyde. The mixture is stirred at room temperature for 3 hours after which time no starting material is evident by TLC. The reaction mixture is quenched with 1N HCl. The layers are separated and the aqueous layer is washed twice with ethyl ether. The combined organic layers are dried over a MgSO4 and the ether is evaporated. The residue is flash chromatographed on silica gel using hexanes to give 6.4 g of a colorless oil: NMR (CDCl3) δ 1.0-1.6 (m, 10H), 2.6 (m, 1H), 3.4 (d, 2H, J=8 Hz, ), 5.3 (t, 1H, J=7 Hz), 5.45 (q, 1H, J=7 Hz), 7.2 ppm (m, 5H).

Workup

stirringThe mixture is stirred at room temperature for 3 hours after which time no starting material
customThe reaction mixture is quenched with 1N HCl
customThe layers are separated
washthe aqueous layer is washed twice with ethyl ether
dry with materialThe combined organic layers are dried over a MgSO4
customthe ether is evaporated
customchromatographed on silica gel

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-3a39a55380c9432ea51b387bb28c73e5
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1995_05
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US05420153

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