Vanillin → 2-(4-Formyl-2-methoxyphenoxy)ethyl acetate

HRID 80008

Reaction equation

HRID 80008 reaction equation
[OH:1][C:2]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][C:5]([CH:6]=[O:7])=[CH:4][C:3]=1[O:10][CH3:11].C([O-])([O-])=O.[K+].[K+].[C:18]([O:21][CH2:22][CH2:23]Br)(=[O:20])[CH3:19]>CC(C)=O.C(OCC)C>[C:18]([O:21][CH2:22][CH2:23][O:1][C:2]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][C:5]([CH:6]=[O:7])=[CH:4][C:3]=1[O:10][CH3:11])(=[O:20])[CH3:19]

Participants

6

Reactant 3

HCID 1183VanillinHCID 11430Potassium CarbonateHCID 135641-Acetoxy-2-bromoethane

Product 1

HCID 21704232-(4-Formyl-2-methoxyphenoxy)ethyl acetateYield 75.2%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 180AcetoneSolventHCID 3283Diethyl EtherSolvent

Procedure

A mixture of 4-hydroxy-3-methoxy-benzaldehyde (2.5 g, 16.4 mmol), K2CO3 (6.81 g, 49.3 mmol) and 2-bromoethyl acetate (5.49 g, 32.9 mmol) in acetone (50 mL) is refluxed for 48 h before it is diluted with diethyl ether (250 mL) and washed with water (2×200 mL). The washings are extracted with diethyl ether (200 mL). The combined organic extracts are dried over MgSO4 and concentrated. The remaining residue is purified by column chromatography on silica gel eluting with heptane/EA 1:1 to afford the title compound (2.94 g) as colourless solid. 1H NMR (CDCl3): δ 9.85 (s, 1H), 7.45-7.41 (m, 2H), 6.99 (d, J=7.6 Hz, 1H), 4.51-4.47 (m, 2H), 4.34-4.30 (m, 2H), 3.94 (s, 3H), 2.11 (s, 3′-1).

Workup

  1. temperatureis refluxed for 48 h before it
  2. washwashed with water (2×200 mL)
  3. extractionThe washings are extracted with diethyl ether (200 mL)
  4. dry with materialThe combined organic extracts are dried over MgSO4
  5. concentrationconcentrated
  6. customThe remaining residue is purified by column chromatography on silica gel eluting with heptane/EA 1:1

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-104096b1ab484dd39f16421339c64a7e
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2014_09
Patent number
USRE045174E1

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