Hydrochloric Acid → 6-Chloro-3-fluoro-2-methylbenzoic acid

HRID 1051788Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1051788 reaction equation
[Cl:1][C:2]1[C:7]([C:8]([O:10]C)=[O:9])=[C:6]([CH3:12])[C:5]([F:13])=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.[OH-].[Na+].Cl>O1CCOCC1.O>[Cl:1][C:2]1[C:7]([C:8]([OH:10])=[O:9])=[C:6]([CH3:12])[C:5]([F:13])=[CH:4][CH:3]=1

Participants

6

Reactant 3

HCID 313Hydrochloric AcidHCID 14798Sodium HydroxideHCID 687481521376760-13-2

Product 1

HCID 687529126-Chloro-3-fluoro-2-methylbenzoic acid

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 962WaterSolventHCID 312751,4-DioxaneSolvent

Procedure

Methyl 6-chloro-3-fluoro-2-methylbenzoate 65 (14 g, 69 mmol, 1 eq) and NaOH (13.8 g, 345 mmol, 5 eq) were dissolved in a mixture of 1,4-dioxane (10 mL) and H2O (130 mL), and the resulting mixture was stirred at reflux overnight. The reaction mixture was cooled to RT and neutralized with conc. HCl to adjust the pH value to 1. The mixture was extracted with DCM (3×60 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with brine, dried over Na2SO4 and filtered. The filtrate was concentrated in vacuo to afford the product 6-chloro-3-fluoro-2-methylbenzoic acid 66. The product was used directly in the next step.

Workup

  1. temperatureat reflux overnight
  2. extractionThe mixture was extracted with DCM (3×60 mL)
  3. washThe combined organic layers were washed with brine
  4. dry with materialdried over Na2SO4
  5. filtrationfiltered
  6. concentrationThe filtrate was concentrated in vacuo

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-a2c5149e7d0b4f82a47d25f81a0b628f
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2016_07
Patent number
US09388183B2

Reaction notes

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