Methyl chloroformate → 2-Bromo-4-tert-butylphenyl methyl carbonate

HRID 471915Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 471915 reaction equation
[Br:1][C:2]1[CH:7]=[C:6]([C:8]([CH3:11])([CH3:10])[CH3:9])[CH:5]=[CH:4][C:3]=1[OH:12].C(N(CC)CC)C.Cl[C:21]([O:23][CH3:24])=[O:22]>CN(C1C=CN=CC=1)C.ClCCl>[C:21](=[O:22])([O:23][CH3:24])[O:12][C:3]1[CH:4]=[CH:5][C:6]([C:8]([CH3:9])([CH3:11])[CH3:10])=[CH:7][C:2]=1[Br:1]

Participants

6

Reactant 3

HCID 6586Methyl chloroformateHCID 8471TriethylamineHCID 751472-Bromo-4-tert-butylphenol

Product 1

HCID 593949442-Bromo-4-tert-butylphenyl methyl carbonateYield 90.4%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 142844-(Dimethylamino)pyridineCatalystHCID 6344DichloromethaneSolvent

Procedure

2-Bromo-4-tert-butyl phenol (15.0 g, 65.5 mmol) and DMAP (400 mg, 3.3 mmol) was dissolved in dichloromethane (75 mL) and triethylamine (18.25 mL, 130.9 mmol), cooled to 0° C., then treated with methyl chloroformate (7.6 mL, 98.2 mmol) and allowed to warm to room temperature over 2 h. The reaction was quenched with water and the layers separated. The aqueous layer was extracted with dichloromethane and the combined organic extracts dried over Na2SO4. The solution was filtered and concentrated in vacuo to yield an oil that was purified by silica gel chromatography (20% ethyl acetate/hexane) to yield 2-bromo-4-tert-butylphenyl methyl carbonate (17 g, 90% yield). 1H NMR (400.0 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 7.67 (d, J=2.3 Hz, 1H), 7.47 (dd, J=2.3, 8.5 Hz, 1H), 7.33 (d, J=8.5 Hz, 1H), 3.86 (s, 3H), 1.29-1.26 (m, 9H).

Workup

  1. customThe reaction was quenched with water
  2. customthe layers separated
  3. extractionThe aqueous layer was extracted with dichloromethane
  4. dry with materialthe combined organic extracts dried over Na2SO4
  5. filtrationThe solution was filtered
  6. concentrationconcentrated in vacuo
  7. customto yield an oil that
  8. customwas purified by silica gel chromatography (20% ethyl acetate/hexane)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-318b28e697234ca8a872b0299b5753e0
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2014_01
Patent number
US08633189B2

Reaction notes

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