2,5-Difluorobenzaldehyde → 1-(2,5-Difluorophenyl)ethan-1-one

A solution of 2,5-difluorobenzaldehyde (24.6 g) in tetrahydrofuran (100 ml) was added dropwise to an ice-cooled solution (207 ml) of 0.92N magnesium methylbromide in tetrahydrofuran. The resulting solution was stirred at room temperature for 1.5 hours, and the organic phase was washed in an aqueous saturated sodium chloride solution and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, to subsequently distill off the solvents under reduced pressure. To the residue were added anhydrous dichloromethane (500 ml), sodium acetate (14.2 g) and pyridinium chlorochromate (55.94 g), prior to stirring at room temperature for 10 hours. To the resulting mixture was added an aqueous saturated sodium hydrogen carbonate solution, prior to extraction in ethyl acetate three times. The organic phase was washed in water and in an aqueous saturated sodium chloride solution and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, to distill off the solvents under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (developing solvent: hexane:ethyl acetate=85:15), to recover 2′,5′-difluoroacetophenone (22.73 g; yield of 84%). By 1H-NMR (90 MHz, CDCl3), the compound has the peaks shown below.

1. washthe organic phase was washed in an aqueous saturated sodium chloride solution
2. dry with materialdried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate
3. distillationto subsequently distill off the solvents under reduced pressure
4. additionTo the residue were added anhydrous dichloromethane (500 ml), sodium acetate (14.2 g) and pyridinium chlorochromate (55.94 g)
5. stirringto stirring at room temperature for 10 hours
6. additionTo the resulting mixture was added an aqueous saturated sodium hydrogen carbonate solution
7. extractionto extraction in ethyl acetate three times
8. washThe organic phase was washed in water and in an aqueous saturated sodium chloride solution
9. dry with materialdried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate
10. distillationto distill off the solvents under reduced pressure
11. customThe residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (developing solvent: hexane:ethyl acetate=85:15)

ORD record

ord-9b5ae262e48143f788a22aa8f902efee

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2001_01

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US06180659B2