2-Chloro-5-nitrobenzoic acid → 2-Methoxy-5-nitrobenzoic acid

HRID 508730Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 508730 reaction equation
Cl[C:2]1[CH:10]=[CH:9][C:8]([N+:11]([O-:13])=[O:12])=[CH:7][C:3]=1[C:4]([OH:6])=[O:5].[CH3:14][O-:15].[Na+]>CO>[CH3:14][O:15][C:2]1[CH:10]=[CH:9][C:8]([N+:11]([O-:13])=[O:12])=[CH:7][C:3]=1[C:4]([OH:6])=[O:5]

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 172872-Chloro-5-nitrobenzoic acidHCID 10942334Sodium Methoxide

Product 1

HCID 2841632-Methoxy-5-nitrobenzoic acidYield 90.6%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 887MethanolSolvent

Procedure

To a solution of 2-chloro-5-nitrobenzoic acid (3.0 g, 0.14 mol) in methanol (500 mL) was added sodium methoxide (28.1 g, 0.520 mol). The reaction mass was refluxed for 15 h. Excess of solvent was removed under vacuum and the reaction mass was diluted with water and acidified with dilute HCl to obtain solid which was filtered off to afford 25.0 g of desired product. 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO d6): δ 3.96 (s, 3H), 7.36 (d, J=9.3 Hz, 1H), 8.37 (d, J=9.0 Hz, 1H), 8.45 (s, 1H), 13.32 (br s, 1H)); MS (m/z): 198.25 (M+H)+.

Workup

  1. temperatureThe reaction mass was refluxed for 15 h
  2. customExcess of solvent was removed under vacuum
  3. additionthe reaction mass was diluted with water
  4. customto obtain solid which
  5. filtrationwas filtered off

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-a29e3098d74d4e289a15c36f63a558be
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2015_08
Patent number
US09096545B2

Reaction notes

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