2-Fluoro-4-nitroanisole → 1-Fluoro-4-(isocyanomethyl)-2-methoxy-5-nitrobenzene

HRID 576583

Reaction equation

HRID 576583 reaction equation
[CH3:1]C(C)([O-])C.[K+].[F:7][C:8]1[CH:13]=[C:12]([N+:14]([O-:16])=[O:15])[CH:11]=[CH:10][C:9]=1[O:17][CH3:18].ClC1C=CC(OC[C:26]#[N:27])=CC=1>CN(C=O)C>[F:7][C:8]1[CH:13]=[C:12]([N+:14]([O-:16])=[O:15])[C:11]([CH2:1][N+:27]#[C-:26])=[CH:10][C:9]=1[O:17][CH3:18]

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 2231042-Fluoro-4-nitroanisoleHCID 3064442-(4-Chlorophenoxy)acetonitrileHCID 23665647Potassium tert-butoxide

Product 1

HCID 867126191-Fluoro-4-(isocyanomethyl)-2-methoxy-5-nitrobenzeneYield 24.4%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 6228DimethylformamideSolvent2×

Procedure

Potassium t-butoxide (15.74 g, 140 mmol) in DMF (50 mL) was added to a solution of 2-fluoro-1-methoxy-4-nitrobenzene (12 g, 70.1 mmol) and 2-(4-chlorophenoxy)acetonitrile (11.75 g, 70.1 mmol) in DMF (100 mL) at −20° C. The reaction mixture was stirred for 1 h and then quenched with water. The aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate. Organic layer was separated, washed with brine, dried over sodium sulphate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The crude product was purified by flash chromatography using 3% ethyl acetate in hexane to afford title compound (3.6 g, 23.21%) as a solid. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 8.05 (d, J=10.84 Hz, 1H), 7.27-7.23 (m, 1H), 4.28 (s, 2H), 4.05 (s, 3H); ESI-MS m/z=209 (M−H)−; LCMS Purity: 95%

Workup

  1. customquenched with water
  2. extractionThe aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate
  3. customOrganic layer was separated
  4. washwashed with brine
  5. dry with materialdried over sodium sulphate
  6. filtrationfiltered
  7. concentrationconcentrated in vacuo
  8. customThe crude product was purified by flash chromatography

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-86656cf8dfcf4b7886ed57f417020fc1
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2015_05
Patent number
US09040517B2

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