(2-Thienylthio)acetone → Thieno(2,3-b)thiophene, 3-methyl-

HRID 10225Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 10225 reaction equation
[S:1]1[CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=[C:2]1[S:6][CH2:7][C:8]([CH3:10])=O>ClC1C=CC=CC=1>[CH3:10][C:8]1[C:3]2[CH:4]=[CH:5][S:1][C:2]=2[S:6][CH:7]=1

Participants

3

Reactant 1

HCID 521033(2-Thienylthio)acetone

Product 1

HCID 137172Thieno(2,3-b)thiophene, 3-methyl-Yield 42%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 7964ChlorobenzeneSolvent

Procedure

A 1M solution of 1-(2-thienylthio)acetone (2.6 g, 15.1 mmol) in chlorobenzene (15 mL) was heated to 110° C. under nitrogen and hot polyphosphoric acid (3 mL) was added. The reaction was heated to reflux overnight. The chlorobenzene layer was decanted off and further chlorobenzene (15 mL x2) was added to the polyphosphoric acid residue and stirred at reflux for 30 minutes. The combined chlorobenzene extracts were concentrated in vacuo and purified by flash column chromatography on silica, eluting with 40% dichloromethane/isohexane, to give 3-methylthieno[2,3-b]thiophene (0.97 g, 42%). 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.34 (1H, dd, J=1.0, 5.2 Hz), 7.16 (1H, d, J=5.2 Hz), 6.94 (1H, t, J=1.1 Hz), 2.40 (3H, d, J=1.1 Hz).

Workup

  1. temperatureThe reaction was heated
  2. temperatureto reflux overnight
  3. customThe chlorobenzene layer was decanted off
  4. additionfurther chlorobenzene (15 mL x2) was added to the polyphosphoric acid residue
  5. temperatureat reflux for 30 minutes
  6. concentrationThe combined chlorobenzene extracts were concentrated in vacuo
  7. custompurified by flash column chromatography on silica
  8. washeluting with 40% dichloromethane/isohexane

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-55636809cd184363ae45824e305f8195
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2006_08
Patent number
US07094777B2

Reaction notes

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