Carbon Dioxide → 2-(4-(4-Chlorobutanoyl)phenyl)-2-methylpropanoic acid

HRID 1066482Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1066482 reaction equation
[Mg].[C:2](=[O:4])=[O:3].Cl.Br[C:7]([C:10]1[CH:15]=[CH:14][C:13]([C:16](=[O:21])[CH2:17][CH2:18][CH2:19][Cl:20])=[CH:12][CH:11]=1)([CH3:9])[CH3:8].ClC(C1C=CC(C(=O)CCCCl)=CC=1)(C)C>C(#N)C.[Br-].C([N+](CC)(CC)CC)C.[Ag]>[Cl:20][CH2:19][CH2:18][CH2:17][C:16]([C:13]1[CH:12]=[CH:11][C:10]([C:7]([CH3:9])([CH3:8])[C:2]([OH:4])=[O:3])=[CH:15][CH:14]=1)=[O:21]

Participants

9

Reactant 5

HCID 280Carbon Dioxide2×HCID 313Hydrochloric AcidHCID 5462224MagnesiumHCID 100635791-Butanone, 1-[4-(1-bromo-1-methylethyl)phenyl]-4-chloro-HCID 234998621-[4-(1-Chloro-1-methyl-ethyl)-phenyl)-4-chloro-butan-1-one

Product 1

HCID 109235672-(4-(4-Chlorobutanoyl)phenyl)-2-methylpropanoic acidYield 66%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 3

HCID 6285Tetraethylammonium BromideCatalystHCID 23954SilverCatalystHCID 6342AcetonitrileSolvent

Procedure

Fit a jacketed glass cell of about 50 mL capacity with an expanded silver mesh cathode (14 cm2 geometric area), a roughly concentric magnesium sacrificial anode, a tube to deliver carbon dioxide gas and a magnetic stir bar. Add a solution of hydrogen chloride remediated 1-[4-(1-bromo-1-methyl-ethyl)-phenyl]-4-chloro-butan-1-one and 1-[4-(1-chloro-1-methyl-ethyl)-phenyl]-4-chloro-butan-1-one (2.79 g, 89 mole %, 3:1 ratio of tertiary benzylic bromide to tertiary benzylic chloride by NMR, approximately 8.6 mmol total active tertiary benzylic halide) in acetonitrile (45 mL) and tetraethylammonium bromide (0.19 g). Close the cell and cool to −10° C. with a continuous carbon dioxide sparge for 169 minutes at an average current density of 13 mA cm−2. Warm to contents of the cell to ambient temperature, drain the contents, acidify with chilled aqueous 6M hydrochloric acid, extract and evaporate the solvent in vacuo to give the title compound (1.53 g, 66%).

Workup

  1. customClose the cell
  2. customsparge for 169 minutes at an average current density of 13 mA cm−2
  3. extractionextract
  4. customevaporate the solvent in vacuo

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-122b855e651a47d49cf2929906556d95
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2001_06
Patent number
US06242606B1

Reaction notes

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