1,3-Propanediol → 3-[5-Methyl-3-(2-trifluoromethylbenzyloxy)phenoxy]propanol

HRID 442898

Reaction equation

HRID 442898 reaction equation
[CH3:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[C:4]([O:9][CH2:10][C:11]2[CH:16]=[CH:15][CH:14]=[CH:13][C:12]=2[C:17]([F:20])([F:19])[F:18])[CH:5]=[C:6]([OH:8])[CH:7]=1.C(P(CCCC)CCCC)CCC.[CH2:34](O)[CH2:35][CH2:36][OH:37].N(C(N1CCCCC1)=O)=NC(N1CCCCC1)=O>O1CCCC1.CCCCCC>[CH3:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[C:4]([O:9][CH2:10][C:11]2[CH:16]=[CH:15][CH:14]=[CH:13][C:12]=2[C:17]([F:18])([F:19])[F:20])[CH:5]=[C:6]([CH:7]=1)[O:8][CH2:34][CH2:35][CH2:36][OH:37]

Participants

7

Reactant 4

HCID 104421,3-PropanediolHCID 13831TributylphosphineHCID 730421,1'-(Azodicarbonyl)dipiperidineHCID 536610605-Methyl-3-(2-trifluoromethylbenzyloxy)phenol

Product 1

HCID 541337143-[5-Methyl-3-(2-trifluoromethylbenzyloxy)phenoxy]propanolYield 88.1%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 8028TetrahydrofuranSolventHCID 8058HexaneSolvent

Procedure

To a solution of 5-methyl-3-(2-trifluoromethylbenzyloxy)phenol (1.41 g, 5.0 mmol), as prepared in the preceding step, tri-n-butylphosphine (1.62 g, 8.0 mmol) and 1,3-propanediol (1.90 g, 25 rnmol) in anhydrous tetrahydrofuran (50 mL) was added 1,1'-(azodicarbonyl) dipiperidine (2.01 g, 8.0 mmol). The mixture was stirred at ambient temperature overnight. Hexane (100 mL) was added to the mixture and the precipitates were removed by filtration. The filtrate was evaporated in vacuo, and the residue was purified by flash column chromatography (2:1 hexane/ethyl acetate) to give the title compound as a colorless oil (1.50 g, 84%). 1H-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.74 (d, J=7.8 Hz, 1 H), 7.69 (d, J=7.8 Hz, 1 H), 7.56 (t, J=7.6 Hz, 1 H), 7.41 (t, J=7.7 Hz, 1 H), 6.41 (s, 1 H), 6.37 (s, 2 H), 5.23 (s, 2 H), 4.08 (t, J=6.0 Hz, 2 H), 3.85 (t, J=6.0 Hz, 2 H), 2.29 (s, 3 H), 2.02 (t, J =6.0 Hz, 2 H), 1.76 (s, 1 H).

Workup

  1. customthe precipitates were removed by filtration
  2. customThe filtrate was evaporated in vacuo
  3. customthe residue was purified by flash column chromatography (2:1 hexane/ethyl acetate)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-6c21bbb8c4814f33a07270332c267640
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1999_04
Patent number
US05891909

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