Dimethyl Sulfoxide → Methyl 4-formyl-3-methoxybenzoate

HRID 1042749Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1042749 reaction equation
Br[C:2]1[CH:10]=[CH:9][C:5]([C:6]([OH:8])=[O:7])=[CH:4][C:3]=1[O:11][CH3:12].[C:13]([O-:16])(O)=O.[Na+].[CH3:18]S(C)=O>C(Cl)Cl>[CH3:18][O:8][C:6](=[O:7])[C:5]1[CH:9]=[CH:10][C:2]([CH:13]=[O:16])=[C:3]([O:11][CH3:12])[CH:4]=1

Participants

5

Conditions

Temperature
80 °C

Procedure

To a stirred solution of 4-bromo-3-methoxy-benzoic acid (15.0 g, 58 mmol) in DMSO (150 mL) was added NaHCO3 (20.0 g, 230 mmol). This was heated to 80° C. for 18 hours. The reaction was then cooled to room temperature and the solvent removed under reduced pressure. The crude reaction mixture was then dissolved in DCM (200 mL) and washed with 1N HCl (100 mL), water (100 mL), NaCl (sat.) (100 mL), dried over MgSO4 and then filtered. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure. The crude material was sufficiently pure to use without further purification. The product, 4-formyl-3-methoxybenzoic acid methyl ester, was obtained in 79% yield (8.9 g, 45.8 mmol).

Workup

  1. temperatureThe reaction was then cooled to room temperature
  2. customthe solvent removed under reduced pressure
  3. customThe crude reaction mixture
  4. washwashed with 1N HCl (100 mL), water (100 mL), NaCl (sat.) (100 mL)
  5. dry with materialdried over MgSO4
  6. filtrationfiltered
  7. customThe solvent was removed under reduced pressure
  8. customto use without further purification

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-6ce0373dcd144d05ba1c286424ff420d
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2013_10
Patent number
US08557997B2

Reaction notes

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