Ethyl Acetate → Benzoic Acid

trans-Cinnamic Acid (74 mg) was dissolved in DMF (5 mL), and OsO4 (0.06 mL, 2.5% in tBuOH) was added and stirred for 5 min. OXONE (1.23 g) was added in one portion and the reaction had a final volume (7 mL). The reaction was stirred at room temperature for 3 hours or until the solution becomes colorless. This usually marks the completion of the reaction which was verified by TLC or GC. Na2SO3 (450 mg) was added, to reduce the remaining Os(VIII), and stirred for an additional hour or until solution became dark brown/black. EtOAc was added to extract the products and 1N HCl was used to dissolve the salts. The organic extract was washed with 1N HCl (30 mL×3) and brine (30 mL), dried over Na2SO4, and the solvent was removed under reduced pressure to obtain the crude product. Benzoic acid was obtained in 97% yield without the need for further purification.

1. stirringThe reaction was stirred at room temperature for 3 hours or until the solution
2. customthe completion of the reaction which
3. stirringstirred for an additional hour or until solution
4. extractionto extract the products and 1N HCl
5. dissolutionto dissolve the salts
6. extractionThe organic extract
7. washwas washed with 1N HCl (30 mL×3) and brine (30 mL)
8. dry with materialdried over Na2SO4
9. customthe solvent was removed under reduced pressure
10. customto obtain the crude product

ORD record

ord-65ac855346df47a681bb7de8495799e3

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2004_09

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US06787671B2