4-Nitrophenol → Ethyl 2-(4-nitrophenoxy)acetate

HRID 54980

Reaction equation

HRID 54980 reaction equation
[N+:1]([C:4]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][C:7]([OH:10])=[CH:6][CH:5]=1)([O-:3])=[O:2].Cl[CH2:12][C:13]([O:15][CH2:16][CH3:17])=[O:14].C(=O)([O-])[O-].[K+].[K+]>[I-].[K+].C(#N)C>[N+:1]([C:4]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][C:7]([O:10][CH2:12][C:13]([O:15][CH2:16][CH3:17])=[O:14])=[CH:6][CH:5]=1)([O-:3])=[O:2]

Participants

6

Reactant 3

HCID 9804-NitrophenolHCID 7751Ethyl chloroacetateHCID 11430Potassium Carbonate

Product 1

HCID 308938Ethyl 2-(4-nitrophenoxy)acetateYield 73.3%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 4875Potassium IodideCatalystHCID 6342AcetonitrileSolvent

Procedure

The product was made by procedures which are well known in the art, that is, by alkylation of 4-nitrophenol (29.2 g, 0.21 mol) with ethyl chloroacetate (24.5 g, 0.20 mole) in the presence of potassium carbonate (30.4 g, 0.22 mol), potassium iodide (0.5 g) and acetonitrile (150 mL) to afford ethyl 4-nitrophenoxyacetate (33 g, 73.3%), m.p. 75°-76° C. after recrystallization from tert-butylmethyl ether; hydrogenation of the latter (22.5 g) at 50 psi in ethyl acetate (200 mL) in the presence of 10% palladium on Carbon (0.3 g) to afford 22.5 g (97%) of ethyl 4-aminophenoxyacetate, m.p. 157°-158° C.; and treatment of the latter (18.52 g, 0.08 mol) with methanesulfonyl chloride (12.6 g, 0.11 mol) in CH2Cl2 (250 mL) in the presence of pyridine (35 mL) to afford N-[4-(ethoxycarbonylmethoxy)phenyl]methanesulfonamide, 20.06 g (92%), m.p. 77.3°-78.5° C. after recrystallization from ethanol.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-8ca84b6c8a5f4c9ea78b35e1dc641c25
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1997_04
Patent number
US05624922

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