D-1,4-Dithiothreitol → (5-tert-Butyl-4-mercapto-2-methyl-phenoxy)acetic acid methyl ester

HRID 1003876Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1003876 reaction equation
[CH3:1][O:2][C:3](=[O:20])[CH2:4][O:5][C:6]1[CH:11]=[C:10]([C:12]([CH3:15])([CH3:14])[CH3:13])[C:9]([S:16]C#N)=[CH:8][C:7]=1[CH3:19].SC[C@H]([C@@H](CS)O)O>CCO>[CH3:1][O:2][C:3](=[O:20])[CH2:4][O:5][C:6]1[CH:11]=[C:10]([C:12]([CH3:13])([CH3:14])[CH3:15])[C:9]([SH:16])=[CH:8][C:7]=1[CH3:19]

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 446094D-1,4-DithiothreitolHCID 54333600(5-Tert-butyl-2-methyl-4-thiocyanato-phenoxy)acetic acid methyl ester

Product 1

HCID 54427811(5-tert-Butyl-4-mercapto-2-methyl-phenoxy)acetic acid methyl ester

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 702EthanolSolvent

Procedure

1.00 g (3.4 mmol) of (5-tert-butyl-2-methyl-4-thiocyanato-phenoxy)acetic acid methyl ester prepared in Example KKK was combined with 3.16 g (20 mmol) dithiothreitol (DTT) in a solution of 10 mL 0.02 M K2PO4 buffer and 40 mL of EtOH. The reaction was refluxed overnight, then cooled and partially concentrated. After dilution with water, the mixture was extracted with EtOAc, and the organic layer washed with saturated aqueous brine, dried (Na2SO4) and concentrated. The residue was chromatographed on silica gel eluting with 3:1 hexanes:EtOAc, to give the title compound. 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 1.44 (s, 9 H), 2.19 (s, 3 H), 3.46 (s, 1 H), 3.80 (s, 3 H), 4.62 (s, 2 H), 6.76 (s, 1 H), 7.06 (s, 1 H).

Workup

  1. temperatureThe reaction was refluxed overnight
  2. temperaturecooled
  3. concentrationpartially concentrated
  4. extractionAfter dilution with water, the mixture was extracted with EtOAc
  5. washthe organic layer washed with saturated aqueous brine
  6. dry with materialdried (Na2SO4)
  7. concentrationconcentrated
  8. customThe residue was chromatographed on silica gel eluting with 3:1 hexanes

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-08f0dc64142c47b081b837ce5de682e9
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2000_04
Patent number
US06046355

Reaction notes

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