Dimethylformamide → Methyl 5-formyl-2-methoxybenzoate

Reaction equation

[CH:1]([C:3]1[CH:11]=[C:7]([C:8]([OH:10])=[O:9])[C:6](O)=[CH:5][CH:4]=1)=[O:2].CI.[C:15](=O)([O-])[O-].[K+].[K+].CN(C)[CH:23]=[O:24]>>[CH:1]([C:3]1[CH:4]=[CH:5][C:6]([O:24][CH3:23])=[C:7]([CH:11]=1)[C:8]([O:10][CH3:15])=[O:9])=[O:2]

Participants

Reactant 4

HCID 6228Dimethylformamide

HCID 6328Methyl iodide

HCID 11430Potassium Carbonate

HCID 692265-Formylsalicylic acid

Product 1

HCID 10856352Methyl 5-formyl-2-methoxybenzoate

Procedure

5-Formyl salicylic acid (2.0 g, 12.0 mmol), methyl iodide (1.5 mL, 25 mmol) and potassium carbonate (3.06 g, 22.2 mmol) were combined in dimethylformamide (15 mL). After stirring at room temperature for 16 h, the solvent was removed in vacuo and the crude product dissolved in ethyl acetate, washed with water (2×), brine (2×), dried over sodium sulfate, concentrated, and purified by column chromatography to afford 1.85 g (79%). 1H-NMR (CDCl3, 500 MHz) δ 9.91 (s, 1H), 8.31 (d, J=2.1 Hz, 1H), 8.02 (dd, J=8.5, 2.5 Hz, 1H), 7.11 (d, J=8.6 Hz, 1H), 3.99 (s, 3H), 3.91 (s, 3H). Mass spec.: 195.05 (MH)+.