Hydrochloric Acid → 4-Biphenylylacetic acid methyl ester

HRID 1005421Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1005421 reaction equation
[C:1]1([C:11]2[CH:16]=[CH:15][CH:14]=[CH:13][CH:12]=2)[CH:6]=[CH:5][C:4]([CH2:7][C:8]([OH:10])=[O:9])=[CH:3][CH:2]=1.Cl.[CH3:18]O>>[CH3:18][O:9][C:8](=[O:10])[CH2:7][C:4]1[CH:3]=[CH:2][C:1]([C:11]2[CH:12]=[CH:13][CH:14]=[CH:15][CH:16]=2)=[CH:6][CH:5]=1

Participants

4

Procedure

To a solution of 4-biphenylacetic acid (10 g, 47 mmol) in methanol (150 mL) was added concentrated HCl (3 mL). The mixture was heated under reflux for 16 hours, cooled to rt, and the solvent was evaporated. Chromatography of the residue over silica gel (petroleum ether followed by ethyl acetate/petroleum ether 1/4) gave 4-biphenylacetic acid methyl ester (10.4 g, 98%).

Workup

  1. temperatureThe mixture was heated
  2. temperatureunder reflux for 16 hours
  3. customthe solvent was evaporated

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-222d54d649a9420e8a0f0f3797bde1cf
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2000_04
Patent number
US06054470

Reaction notes

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