Benzoyl Peroxide → 2-(Bromomethyl)-1-chloro-4-methoxybenzene

HRID 576927

Reaction equation

HRID 576927 reaction equation
[Cl:1][C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][C:5]([O:8][CH3:9])=[CH:4][C:3]=1[CH3:10].C1C(=O)N([Br:18])C(=O)C1.C(OOC(=O)C1C=CC=CC=1)(=O)C1C=CC=CC=1>C(Cl)(Cl)(Cl)Cl>[Br:18][CH2:10][C:3]1[CH:4]=[C:5]([O:8][CH3:9])[CH:6]=[CH:7][C:2]=1[Cl:1]

Participants

5

Procedure

To a solution of the 1-chloro-4-methoxy-2-methylbenzene (2.0 g, 12.77 mmol) in anhydrous carbon tetrachloride (50 mL), NBS (2.29 g, 12.98 mmol) and benzoyl peroxide (0.154 g, 0.64 mmol) was added. The reaction mixture was heated to reflux overnight. Then, the reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and filtered. The filtrate was evaporated to provide crude 2-(bromomethyl)-1-chloro-4-methoxybenzene, which was used for the next step without any further purification; 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6): δ 3.74 (s, 3H), 4.66 (s, 2H), 7.01 (d, J=8.9 Hz, 1H), 7.19 (s, 1H), 7.38 (d, J=8.9 Hz, 1H).

Workup

  1. temperatureThe reaction mixture was heated
  2. temperatureto reflux overnight
  3. filtrationfiltered
  4. customThe filtrate was evaporated

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-2da1d7db5d564acf8b4fc88aa3599a3e
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2015_05
Patent number
US09040538B2

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