Lithium borohydride → (4-Cyclopentyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)methanol

HRID 534257

Reaction equation

HRID 534257 reaction equation
[CH:1]1([C:6]2[CH:15]=[CH:14][C:9]([C:10](OC)=[O:11])=[CH:8][C:7]=2[C:16]([F:19])([F:18])[F:17])[CH2:5][CH2:4][CH2:3][CH2:2]1.[BH4-].[Li+]>O1CCOCC1>[CH:1]1([C:6]2[CH:15]=[CH:14][C:9]([CH2:10][OH:11])=[CH:8][C:7]=2[C:16]([F:17])([F:18])[F:19])[CH2:2][CH2:3][CH2:4][CH2:5]1

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 4148881Lithium borohydrideHCID 11097668Methyl 4-cyclopentyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)benzoate

Product 1

HCID 58020942(4-Cyclopentyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)methanolYield 16.5%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 312751,4-DioxaneSolvent

Procedure

To a solution of methyl 4-cyclopentyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)benzoate (8.16 g, 30.0 mmol) in 1,4-dioxane (200 mL) was added lithium borohydride solution (2 M in tetrahydrofuran, 30.0 mL, 59.9 mmol). The mixture was heated under reflux for 2.5 h. The mixture was allowed to cool to room temperature and carefully quenched with 1 N aqueous HCl solution to pH 5. The organic layer was separated and the aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organic layers were dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, concentrated under reduced pressure and purified by silica gel column chromatography to give the title compound as a colorless oil (1.21 g). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ ppm 1.56-1.63 (m, 2H), 1.66-1.77 (m, 2H), 1.81-1.91 (m, 2H), 2.03-2.15 (m, 2H), 3.37 (quintet, J=8.00 Hz, 1H), 4.71 (d, J=4.29 Hz, 2H), 7.45-7.47 (m, 1H), 7.49 (d, J=1.14 Hz, 1H), 7.60 (s, 1H).

Workup

  1. temperatureThe mixture was heated
  2. temperatureunder reflux for 2.5 h
  3. customcarefully quenched with 1 N aqueous HCl solution to pH 5
  4. customThe organic layer was separated
  5. extractionthe aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate
  6. dry with materialThe combined organic layers were dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate
  7. concentrationconcentrated under reduced pressure
  8. custompurified by silica gel column chromatography

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-33f821e2fbac472fa87af449b51668fa
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2014_10
Patent number
US08853419B2

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