Cesium carbonate → 3-((3-Bromophenoxy)methyl)pentan-3-ol

HRID 1014582Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1014582 reaction equation
[CH2:1]([C:3]1([CH2:6][CH3:7])[CH2:5][O:4]1)[CH3:2].[Br:8][C:9]1[CH:10]=[C:11]([OH:15])[CH:12]=[CH:13][CH:14]=1.C(=O)([O-])[O-].[Cs+].[Cs+]>CS(C)=O>[Br:8][C:9]1[CH:10]=[C:11]([CH:12]=[CH:13][CH:14]=1)[O:15][CH2:5][C:3]([OH:4])([CH2:6][CH3:7])[CH2:1][CH3:2]

Participants

5

Conditions

Temperature
120 °C

Procedure

2,2-Diethyloxirane (6.5 g of a 60% crude, 40 mmol), 3-bromophenol (5.7 g, 33 mmol), and cesium carbonate (12.0 g, 37 mmol) were combined in anhydrous DMSO (20 mL) in a sealed pressure tube and the reaction was stirred and heated at 120° C. for 2 d. Crude product was extracted from water with diethyl ether. The combined organic was washed with brine, dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated under reduced vacuum. Purification by flash chromatography (0-20% EtOAc/hexanes gradient) gave 3-((3-bromophenoxy)methyl)pentan-3-ol as a colorless oil. Yield (7.1 g, 79%): NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.19 (t, J=8.0 Hz, 1H), 7.05-7.12 (m, 2H), 6.90-6.94 (m, 1H), 4.31 (s, 1H), 3.71 (s, 2H), 1.41-1.55 (m, 4H), 0.80 (t, J=7.6 Hz, 6H).

Workup

  1. extractionCrude product was extracted from water with diethyl ether
  2. washThe combined organic was washed with brine
  3. dry with materialdried over Na2SO4
  4. filtrationfiltered
  5. concentrationconcentrated under reduced vacuum
  6. customPurification by flash chromatography (0-20% EtOAc/hexanes gradient)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-466f74ff937d4efebedbcd92b1522d6c
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2011_07
Patent number
US07982071B2

Reaction notes

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