4-tert-Butylphenol → 4-(4-Tert-butylphenoxy)butyl acetate

HRID 1194833Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1194833 reaction equation
[H-].[Na+].[C:3]([C:7]1[CH:12]=[CH:11][C:10]([OH:13])=[CH:9][CH:8]=1)([CH3:6])([CH3:5])[CH3:4].[O-]C1C=CC=CC=1.[C:21]([O:24][CH2:25][CH2:26][CH2:27][CH2:28]Cl)(=[O:23])[CH3:22]>CN(C)C=O>[C:21]([O:24][CH2:25][CH2:26][CH2:27][CH2:28][O:13][C:10]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][C:7]([C:3]([CH3:6])([CH3:4])[CH3:5])=[CH:12][CH:11]=1)(=[O:23])[CH3:22]

Participants

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Procedure

To a stirred slurry of 1.6 g sodium hydride (as 50% dispersion in oil) in 50 ml dry dimethyl formamide was added, dropwise, a solution of 5.0 g p-tert-butylphenol (33.3 mmoles) in 50 ml dry dimethyl formamide and the solution stirred under nitrogen until the phenoxide had totally formed. To the phenoxide was added a solution of 5.0 g 4-chlorobutyl acetate (33.3 mmoles) in 50 ml dry dimethyl formamide and the solution was stirred for fourteen hours. The reaction mixture was partitioned between water/toluene. The organic layer was removed, washed with water, then 1N sodium bicarbonate. The organic layer was removed, dried and evaporated to an orange oil, 5.6 g. The oil was chromatographed on 500 g, 90 to 200 mesh silica gel (CH2Cl2 eluent) yielding pure 4-(p-tert-butylphenoxy)-butyl acetate.

Workup

  1. customhad totally formed
  2. customThe reaction mixture was partitioned between water/toluene
  3. customThe organic layer was removed
  4. washwashed with water
  5. customThe organic layer was removed
  6. customdried
  7. customevaporated to an orange oil, 5.6 g
  8. customThe oil was chromatographed on 500 g, 90 to 200 mesh silica gel (CH2Cl2 eluent)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-2f9e50a2b82f45cb8758d3fe71ba23f7
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1989_03
Patent number
US04816491

Reaction notes

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