Imidazole → 5-Chloro-3-(2-iodoethyl)-1-benzofuran
Reaction equation
[Cl:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[CH:4][C:5]2[O:9][CH:8]=[C:7]([CH2:10][CH2:11]O)[C:6]=2[CH:13]=1.C1(P(C2C=CC=CC=2)C2C=CC=CC=2)C=CC=CC=1.[I:33]I.N1C=CN=C1>C1COCC1>[Cl:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[CH:4][C:5]2[O:9][CH:8]=[C:7]([CH2:10][CH2:11][I:33])[C:6]=2[CH:13]=1Participants
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Reactant 4
Product 1
Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1
Procedure
To a stirred solution of 2-(5-chloro-1-benzofuran-3-yl)ethanol (980 mg, 5 mmol) in anhydrous THF (50 ml), triphenylphosphine (1.572 g, 6 mmol), iodine (1.518 g, 6 mmol) and imidazole (408 mg, 6 mmol) were added at room temperature. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 4 hrs and quenched with water. It was then extracted with chloroform, washed well with 5% Na2S2O3 and the organic layer dried over anhydrous MgSO4. It was filtered and concentrated. The residue was purified by silica-gel column chromatography by eluting it with 30% ethyl acetate:hexane. The product, 2-(5-chloro-1-benzofuran-3-yl)ethyl iodide, was obtained as brown liquid; Yield: 1.2 g (80%); (M+H): 306.
Workup
- customquenched with water
- extractionIt was then extracted with chloroform
- washwashed well with 5% Na2S2O3
- dry with materialthe organic layer dried over anhydrous MgSO4
- filtrationIt was filtered
- concentrationconcentrated
- customThe residue was purified by silica-gel column chromatography
- washby eluting it with 30% ethyl acetate
Sources & evidence
- ORD record
- ord-206758ebe1294df69d4a87f8d9861735
- Source dataset
- uspto-grants-2007_10
- Patent number
- US07276603B2
Reaction notes
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