3-(Bromomethyl)benzoic acid → 3-[2-Cyano-2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-[(4-methylphenyl)thio]ethyl]benzoic acid

HRID 1078758Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1078758 reaction equation
[CH3:1][O:2][C:3]1[CH:4]=[C:5]([CH:11]([S:14][C:15]2[CH:20]=[CH:19][C:18]([CH3:21])=[CH:17][CH:16]=2)[C:12]#[N:13])[CH:6]=[CH:7][C:8]=1[O:9][CH3:10].C([Li])CCC.[C:27]([C:30]1[CH:31]=[C:32]([CH:35]=[CH:36][CH:37]=1)[CH2:33]Br)([OH:29])=[O:28]>O1CCCC1.CCCCCC>[C:12]([C:11]([C:5]1[CH:6]=[CH:7][C:8]([O:9][CH3:10])=[C:3]([O:2][CH3:1])[CH:4]=1)([S:14][C:15]1[CH:16]=[CH:17][C:18]([CH3:21])=[CH:19][CH:20]=1)[CH2:33][C:32]1[CH:31]=[C:30]([CH:37]=[CH:36][CH:35]=1)[C:27]([OH:29])=[O:28])#[N:13]

Participants

6

Reactant 3

HCID 2456503-(Bromomethyl)benzoic acidHCID 105421673,4-Dimethoxy-alpha[(4-methylphenyl)thio]benzeneacetonitrileHCID 178418339Butyllithium

Product 1

HCID 105988973-[2-Cyano-2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-[(4-methylphenyl)thio]ethyl]benzoic acidYield 85.1%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 8028TetrahydrofuranSolvent2×HCID 8058HexaneSolvent

Conditions

Temperature
-78 °C

Procedure

To a cold (-78° C.) solution of 1.86 g of 3,4-dimethoxy-α-[(4-methylphenyl)thio]benzene acetonitrile in 15 mL of tetrahydrofuran is added drop-wise a solution of 2.9 mL of n-butyl lithium (2.2M) in hexane. This solution is stirred at -78° C. for 35 minutes. A solution of 0.67 g of m-carboxybenzyl bromide in 51mL of anhydrous tetrahydrofuran is added drop-wise, stirred at -78° C. for 40 minutes and then at room temperature for 15 minutes. The mixture is quenched with water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The ethyl acetate extract is washed with brine, dried and filtered. The filtrate is evaporated in vacuo to yield a yellow oil. This oil is purified by flash chromatography using methylene chloride/methyl alcohol (95:5) to yield 1.15 g of the desired product as a yellow foam.

Workup

  1. stirringstirred at -78° C. for 40 minutes
  2. waitat room temperature for 15 minutes
  3. customThe mixture is quenched with water
  4. extractionextracted with ethyl acetate
  5. extractionThe ethyl acetate extract
  6. washis washed with brine
  7. customdried
  8. filtrationfiltered
  9. customThe filtrate is evaporated in vacuo
  10. customto yield a yellow oil
  11. customThis oil is purified by flash chromatography

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-e9d73a4d377f4cd3b67dfe531f8c0c2a
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1996_08
Patent number
US05550149

Reaction notes

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