Hydrochloric Acid → 3-Cyano-4-methoxybenzoic acid

HRID 655449

Reaction equation

HRID 655449 reaction equation
[C:1]([C:3]1[CH:4]=[C:5]([CH:10]=[CH:11][C:12]=1[O:13][CH3:14])[C:6]([O:8]C)=[O:7])#[N:2].CO.[Li+].[OH-].Cl>C1COCC1.O>[C:1]([C:3]1[CH:4]=[C:5]([CH:10]=[CH:11][C:12]=1[O:13][CH3:14])[C:6]([OH:8])=[O:7])#[N:2]

Participants

7

Reactant 4

HCID 313Hydrochloric AcidHCID 887MethanolHCID 3939Lithium HydroxideHCID 2801011Methyl 3-cyano-4-methoxybenzoate

Product 1

HCID 219909723-Cyano-4-methoxybenzoic acidYield 100%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 962WaterSolventHCID 8028TetrahydrofuranSolvent

Procedure

To a stirred solution of methyl 3-cyano-4-methoxybenzoate (1.1 g, 5.70 mmol) in a mixture of THF (70 mL), MeOH (70 mL) and water (5 mL) was added LiOH (0.97 g, 23.01 mmol) at RT and the reaction mixture was then stirred at RT for 1 h. The reaction mixture was acidified to pH ˜2 with 2 N HCl and the aqueous layer was extracted with DCM (3×100 mL). The combined organic extracts were washed with water (50 mL) and brine (50 mL), dried over anhydrous Na2SO4, filtered and evaporated under reduced pressure to afford 3-cyano-4-methoxybenzoic acid (1.0 g, 100%) as a solid.

Workup

  1. extractionthe aqueous layer was extracted with DCM (3×100 mL)
  2. washThe combined organic extracts were washed with water (50 mL) and brine (50 mL)
  3. dry with materialdried over anhydrous Na2SO4
  4. filtrationfiltered
  5. customevaporated under reduced pressure

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-90cbbc102db3407ca3026f0cad53c7bf
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2011_12
Patent number
US08071595B2

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