Tributylphosphine → 4-(Bromomethyl)benzyltri-n-butylphosphonium bromide

HRID 375022

Reaction equation

HRID 375022 reaction equation
[CH2:1]([P:5]([CH2:10][CH2:11][CH2:12][CH3:13])[CH2:6][CH2:7][CH2:8][CH3:9])[CH2:2][CH2:3][CH3:4].[Br:14][CH2:15][C:16]1[CH:21]=[CH:20][C:19]([CH2:22][Br:23])=[CH:18][CH:17]=1>C1(C)C=CC=CC=1>[Br-:14].[Br:23][CH2:22][C:19]1[CH:20]=[CH:21][C:16]([CH2:15][P+:5]([CH2:6][CH2:7][CH2:8][CH3:9])([CH2:10][CH2:11][CH2:12][CH3:13])[CH2:1][CH2:2][CH2:3][CH3:4])=[CH:17][CH:18]=1

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 13831TributylphosphineHCID 693351,4-Bis(bromomethyl)benzene

Product 1

HCID 676569404-(Bromomethyl)benzyltri-n-butylphosphonium bromide

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 1140TolueneSolvent2×

Procedure

A mixture of tri-n-butylphosphine (5.7 g, 28.4 mmol) in toluene (50 mL) was added dropwise to a mixture of α,α'-dibromo-p-xylene (15 g, 56.8 mmol, 2 eq.) in 200 mL of toluene under argon gas. The reaction mixture was allowed to stir for several days at room temperature under argon, after which time the tri-n-butylphosphonium bromide salt had crystallized out of solution. The crystals were filtered and washed three times each with 50 mL portions toluene and hexanes, then air dried: 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ0.93 (t, 9H), 1.45 (m, 12H), 2.40 (m, 6H), 4.33-4.37 (d, 2H), 4.47 (s, 2H), 7.37-7.40 (d, 2H), 7.46-7.49 (dd, 2H).

Workup

  1. customafter which time the tri-n-butylphosphonium bromide salt had crystallized out of solution
  2. filtrationThe crystals were filtered
  3. washwashed three times each with 50 mL portions toluene and hexanes
  4. customair dried

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-02ffd2e7af3e49a7963f3838867e06ee
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1996_01
Patent number
US05484556

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