Methanol → Benzoic acid, 3-ethyl-

HRID 732024

Reaction equation

HRID 732024 reaction equation
[OH-:1].[Na+].[C:3]([C:6]1[CH:7]=[C:8]([CH:11]=[CH:12][CH:13]=1)[C:9]#N)(=[O:5])C.[CH3:14]O>>[CH2:9]([C:8]1[CH:7]=[C:6]([CH:13]=[CH:12][CH:11]=1)[C:3]([OH:5])=[O:1])[CH3:14]

Participants

4

Reactant 3

HCID 887MethanolHCID 14798Sodium HydroxideHCID 802223-Acetylbenzonitrile

Product 1

HCID 96207Benzoic acid, 3-ethyl-

Conditions

Temperature
90 °C

Procedure

6M Sodium hydroxide (25 mL) was added to 3-acetylbenzonitrile (850 mg, 5.82 mmol) in methanol (25 mL) and then heated at 90° C. overnight. After concentrating the reaction mixture, the aqueous layer was washed with dichloromethane (2×), then acidified pH˜3 with 12M HCl. The precipitate was extracted with ethyl acetate then washed with water and saturated brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate filtered and concentrated to afford 3-ethylbenzoic acid as a colorless oil; 0.800 g (92%). 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm): 8.70 (s, 2H), 8.33 (d, 2H), 8.24 (d, 2H), 7.64 (t, 1H), 2.70 (s, 3H).

Workup

  1. concentrationAfter concentrating the reaction mixture
  2. washthe aqueous layer was washed with dichloromethane (2×)
  3. extractionThe precipitate was extracted with ethyl acetate
  4. washthen washed with water and saturated brine
  5. dry with materialdried over anhydrous sodium sulfate
  6. filtrationfiltered
  7. concentrationconcentrated

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-45d1b5007de248b99efcfa9f609e0ece
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2009_09
Patent number
US07585881B2

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