2-Fluoro-4-nitroanisole → 1-Fluoro-4-(isocyanomethyl)-2-methoxy-5-nitrobenzene

HRID 921016Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 921016 reaction equation
[CH3:1]C(C)([O-])C.[K+].[F:7][C:8]1[CH:13]=[C:12]([N+:14]([O-:16])=[O:15])[CH:11]=[CH:10][C:9]=1[O:17][CH3:18].ClC1C=CC(OC[C:26]#[N:27])=CC=1>CN(C=O)C>[F:7][C:8]1[CH:13]=[C:12]([N+:14]([O-:16])=[O:15])[C:11]([CH2:1][N+:27]#[C-:26])=[CH:10][C:9]=1[O:17][CH3:18]

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 2231042-Fluoro-4-nitroanisoleHCID 3064442-(4-Chlorophenoxy)acetonitrileHCID 23665647Potassium tert-butoxide

Product 1

HCID 867126191-Fluoro-4-(isocyanomethyl)-2-methoxy-5-nitrobenzeneYield 24.4%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 6228DimethylformamideSolvent2×

Procedure

Potassium t-butoxide (15.74 g, 140 mmol) in DMF (50 mL) was added to a solution of 2-fluoro-1-methoxy-4-nitrobenzene (12 g, 70.1 mmol) and 2-(4-chlorophenoxyl)acetonitrile (11.75 g, 70.1 mmol) in DMF (100 mL) at −20° C. The reaction mixture was stirred for 1 h and then quenched with water. The aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate. Organic layer was separated, washed with brine, dried over sodium sulphate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The crude product was purified by flash chromatography using 3% ethyl acetate in hexane to afford title compound (3.6 g, 23.21%) as a solid. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 8.05 (d, J=10.84 Hz, 1H), 7.27-7.23 (m, 1H), 4.28 (s, 2H), 4.05 (s, 3H); ESI-MS m/z=209 (M−H)−; LCMS Purity: 95%

Workup

  1. customquenched with water
  2. extractionThe aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate
  3. customOrganic layer was separated
  4. washwashed with brine
  5. dry with materialdried over sodium sulphate
  6. filtrationfiltered
  7. concentrationconcentrated in vacuo
  8. customThe crude product was purified by flash chromatography

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-3bc4c05f356c41458847ae49013ab8ac
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2016_03
Patent number
US09273069B2

Reaction notes

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