Water → 2-[4-(4-Bromo-2-fluorophenoxy)phenoxy]propionic acid methyl ester

HRID 4457

Reaction equation

HRID 4457 reaction equation
[Br:1][C:2]1[CH:15]=[CH:14][C:5]([O:6][C:7]2[CH:12]=[CH:11][C:10]([OH:13])=[CH:9][CH:8]=2)=[C:4]([F:16])[CH:3]=1.Br[CH:18]([CH3:23])[C:19]([O:21][CH3:22])=[O:20].C(=O)([O-])[O-].[K+].[K+].O>CS(C)=O>[CH3:22][O:21][C:19](=[O:20])[CH:18]([O:13][C:10]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][C:7]([O:6][C:5]2[CH:14]=[CH:15][C:2]([Br:1])=[CH:3][C:4]=2[F:16])=[CH:12][CH:11]=1)[CH3:23]

Participants

6

Reactant 4

HCID 962WaterHCID 11430Potassium CarbonateHCID 95576Methyl 2-bromopropionateHCID 135337314-(4-Bromo-2-fluorophenoxy)phenol

Product 1

HCID 135337252-[4-(4-Bromo-2-fluorophenoxy)phenoxy]propionic acid methyl ester

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 679Dimethyl SulfoxideSolvent

Procedure

A mixture of the 4-(4-bromo-2-fluorophenoxy)phenol (5.66 g, 0.02 mol) from Step V, methyl 2-bromoproprionate (3.34 g, 0.02 mol) and potassium carbonate (3.06 g, 0.22 mol) in DMSO (30 ml) was stirred, under an atmosphere of nitrogen, at room temperature for 18 hours. The mixture was poured into water (300 ml), and the resulting mixture extracted with ether (2×100 ml). The ether extracts were combined, washed with water (100 ml), dried (MgSO4), and the solvent evaporated to give the desired 2-[4-(4-bromo-2-fluorophenoxy)phenoxy]propionic acid; methyl ester as a yellow oil (6.0 g, 81%); RI=1.5628; NMR (CDCl3) was consistent with the assigned structure. The carbon and hydrogen content was as follows:

Workup

  1. extractionthe resulting mixture extracted with ether (2×100 ml)
  2. washwashed with water (100 ml)
  3. dry with materialdried (MgSO4)
  4. customthe solvent evaporated

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-1f1e5d760a08437fbcdac96714805542
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1988_02
Patent number
US04725683

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