Benzoyl Peroxide → 2-[4-(Bromomethyl)-3-methoxyphenyl]-1,3-benzoxazole

HRID 7724

Reaction equation

HRID 7724 reaction equation
[CH3:1][O:2][C:3]1[CH:4]=[C:5]([C:10]2[O:11][C:12]3[CH:18]=[CH:17][CH:16]=[CH:15][C:13]=3[N:14]=2)[CH:6]=[CH:7][C:8]=1[CH3:9].C(OOC(=O)C1C=CC=CC=1)(=O)C1C=CC=CC=1.[Br:37]N1C(=O)CCC1=O>C(Cl)(Cl)(Cl)Cl>[Br:37][CH2:9][C:8]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][C:5]([C:10]2[O:11][C:12]3[CH:18]=[CH:17][CH:16]=[CH:15][C:13]=3[N:14]=2)=[CH:4][C:3]=1[O:2][CH3:1]

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 7187Benzoyl PeroxideHCID 67184N-bromobutanimideHCID 219909682-(3-Methoxy-4-methylphenyl)-1,3-benzoxazole

Product 1

HCID 219909912-[4-(Bromomethyl)-3-methoxyphenyl]-1,3-benzoxazole

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 5943Carbon TetrachlorideSolvent

Procedure

2-(3-Methoxy-4-methylphenyl)-1,3-benzoxazole (1.0 g, 4.1 mmol), carbon tetrachloride (18 mL), benzoyl peroxide (66 mg, 0.3 mmol) and N-bromosuccinimide (970 mg, 5.4 mmol) was heated to reflux conditions under argon and placed under a UV light. After one hour, no starting material was observed by TLC. After cooling mixture to rt, filtered, washing with dichoromethane. After concentrating filtrate in vacuo, the resulting colorless solid was purified by flash chromatography, using a gradient elution of 1:4 EtOAc:hexanes to EtOAc. This afforded the desired intermediate, 2-[4-(bromomethyl)-3-methoxyphenyl]-1,3-benzoxazole, as a colorless solid.

Workup

  1. temperatureto reflux conditions under argon
  2. filtrationfiltered
  3. washwashing with dichoromethane
  4. concentrationAfter concentrating filtrate in vacuo
  5. customthe resulting colorless solid was purified by flash chromatography
  6. washa gradient elution of 1:4 EtOAc

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-a804c7f51ce54084918ff23496b95166
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2006_08
Patent number
US07087601B2

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