Potassium Carbonate → Methyl 3-[1-(3-isobutylphenyl)ethyl]benzoate

HRID 1034057Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1034057 reaction equation
O[C:2]1[CH:3]=[C:4]([CH:9]=[CH:10][CH:11]=1)[C:5]([O:7][CH3:8])=[O:6].Br[CH:13]([C:15]1[CH:20]=[CH:19][CH:18]=[C:17]([CH2:21][CH:22]([CH3:24])[CH3:23])[CH:16]=1)[CH3:14].C(=O)([O-])[O-].[K+].[K+]>CN(C)C=O>[CH2:21]([C:17]1[CH:16]=[C:15]([CH:13]([C:2]2[CH:3]=[C:4]([CH:9]=[CH:10][CH:11]=2)[C:5]([O:7][CH3:8])=[O:6])[CH3:14])[CH:20]=[CH:19][CH:18]=1)[CH:22]([CH3:24])[CH3:23]

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 11430Potassium CarbonateHCID 88068Methyl 3-HydroxybenzoateHCID 190248461-(1-Bromoethyl)-3-isobutylbenzene

Product 1

HCID 19024733Methyl 3-[1-(3-isobutylphenyl)ethyl]benzoateYield 79.3%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 6228DimethylformamideSolvent

Conditions

Temperature
25 °C

Procedure

A mixture of methyl 3-hydroxybenzoate (939 mg), 1-(1-bromoethyl)-3-isobutylbenzene (1.49 g) and potassium carbonate (1.71 g) in N,N-dimethylformamide (20 ml) was stirred at 25° C. overnight. The mixture was partitioned between ether and 1N hydrochloric acid. The organic layer was separated, washed with water and brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, and evaporated. The residue was chromatographed on silica gel (30 g) eluting with a mixture of ethyl acetate and hexane (1:10) to give methyl 3-[1-(3-isobutylphenyl)ethyl]benzoate (1.45 g) as an oil.

Workup

  1. customThe mixture was partitioned between ether and 1N hydrochloric acid
  2. customThe organic layer was separated
  3. washwashed with water and brine
  4. dry with materialdried over magnesium sulfate
  5. customevaporated
  6. customThe residue was chromatographed on silica gel (30 g)
  7. washeluting with a mixture of ethyl acetate and hexane (1:10)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-ac0066b0eebb4d6e83e1a599dfbb368d
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1994_05
Patent number
US05312829

Reaction notes

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