Methyl 5-(chloromethyl)-2-furoate → Methyl 5-methyl-2-furancarboxylate

HRID 376596

Reaction equation

HRID 376596 reaction equation
Cl[CH2:2][C:3]1[O:7][C:6]([C:8]([O:10][CH3:11])=[O:9])=[CH:5][CH:4]=1>C(OCC)(=O)C.[Pd]>[CH3:2][C:3]1[O:7][C:6]([C:8]([O:10][CH3:11])=[O:9])=[CH:5][CH:4]=1

Participants

4

Reactant 1

HCID 75065Methyl 5-(chloromethyl)-2-furoate

Product 1

HCID 137628Methyl 5-methyl-2-furancarboxylateYield 94%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 23938PalladiumCatalystHCID 8857Ethyl AcetateSolvent

Procedure

A solution of methyl 5-chloromethyl-2-furoate (5.0g, 28.7mmol) in ethyl acetate (40ml) was hydrogenated over 10% palladium on charcoal (50mg) for 3h. The catalyst was filtered off and washed with ethyl acetate. The combined filtrates were concentrated in vacuo and the residue purified by chromatography on silica gel eluting with 10% ethyl acetate in hexane to yield the title compound as a colourless oil (3.78g, 94%); vmax (CH2Cl2) 1725, 1534, 1522, 1437 and 1311cm-1 ; δH (CDCl3, 90MHz) 2.38 (3H, s), 3.86 (3H, s), 6.12 (1H, br d, J 4Hz) and 7.07 (1H, d, J 4Hz). [Mass spectrum: M+(140)].

Workup

  1. filtrationThe catalyst was filtered off
  2. washwashed with ethyl acetate
  3. concentrationThe combined filtrates were concentrated in vacuo
  4. customthe residue purified by chromatography on silica gel eluting with 10% ethyl acetate in hexane

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-e5864c8f3b0946adbdba3f81e27aa45c
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2000_02
Patent number
US06020329

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