Hydrochloric Acid → 5-(3-methoxyphenyl)pentanoic Acid

HRID 1163288Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1163288 reaction equation
[CH3:1][O:2][C:3]1[CH:4]=[C:5]([CH2:9][CH2:10][CH2:11][CH2:12][C:13]([O:15]CC)=[O:14])[CH:6]=[CH:7][CH:8]=1.C(O)C.[OH-].[Na+].Cl>O.O1CCCC1>[CH3:1][O:2][C:3]1[CH:4]=[C:5]([CH2:9][CH2:10][CH2:11][CH2:12][C:13]([OH:15])=[O:14])[CH:6]=[CH:7][CH:8]=1

Participants

7

Reactant 4

HCID 313Hydrochloric AcidHCID 702EthanolHCID 14798Sodium HydroxideHCID 13816374Ethyl 5-(3-methoxyphenyl)pentanoate

Product 1

HCID 105844855-(3-methoxyphenyl)pentanoic AcidYield 99.8%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 962WaterSolventHCID 8028TetrahydrofuranSolvent

Procedure

To a solution of ethyl 5-(3-methoxyphenyl)pentanoate (6.01 g, 25.4 mmol) in a mixed solvent of ethanol (50 mL) and tetrahydrofuran (50 mL) was added 2 M aqueous sodium hydroxide solution (25 mL), and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 3 hr. Water was added to the reaction mixture, and the mixture was acidified with 1 M hydrochloric acid and extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was washed with saturated brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure to give the title compound (5.28 g, yield 99%) as a red-brown oil.

Workup

  1. extractionextracted with ethyl acetate
  2. washThe extract was washed with saturated brine
  3. dry with materialdried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate
  4. concentrationconcentrated under reduced pressure

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-c0b0f89b0532444b91ab1d837d173020
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2010_10
Patent number
US07820837B2

Reaction notes

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