Methyl iodide → Methyl 3,5-dibromo-4-methoxybenzoate

Reaction equation

[CH3:1][O:2][C:3](=[O:13])[C:4]1[CH:9]=[C:8]([Br:10])[C:7]([OH:11])=[C:6]([Br:12])[CH:5]=1.[CH3:14]I>>[CH3:1][O:2][C:3](=[O:13])[C:4]1[CH:5]=[C:6]([Br:12])[C:7]([O:11][CH3:14])=[C:8]([Br:10])[CH:9]=1

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 6328Methyl iodide

HCID 726975Methyl 3,5-dibromo-4-hydroxybenzoate

Product 1

HCID 21086155Methyl 3,5-dibromo-4-methoxybenzoate

Procedure

3,5-Dibromo-4-methoxybenzoic acid methyl ester was prepared from 3,5-dibromo-4-hydroxybenzoic acid methyl ester by following Method C using methyl iodide as an alkylating agent in quantitative yield. The product was used without further purification.

Workup

customThe product was used without further purification

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-834ee061903746239f419578b267c467
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2010_04
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US07691843B2

Reaction notes

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