Methyl p-toluenesulfonate → 5-Carboxy-2,3-dimethylbenzoxazolium p-toluene-sulfonate

HRID 1199331Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1199331 reaction equation
[C:1]([C:4]1[CH:5]=[CH:6][C:7]2[O:11][C:10]([CH3:12])=[N:9][C:8]=2[CH:13]=1)([OH:3])=[O:2].[CH3:14][O:15][S:16]([C:19]1[CH:24]=[CH:23][C:22]([CH3:25])=[CH:21][CH:20]=1)(=[O:18])=[O:17]>CC(C)=O>[C:22]1([CH3:25])[CH:21]=[CH:20][C:19]([S:16]([O-:18])(=[O:15])=[O:17])=[CH:24][CH:23]=1.[C:1]([C:4]1[CH:5]=[CH:6][C:7]2[O:11][C:10]([CH3:12])=[N+:9]([CH3:14])[C:8]=2[CH:13]=1)([OH:3])=[O:2]

Participants

4

Conditions

Temperature
200 °C

Procedure

5-Carboxy-2-methylbenzoxazole (8.9 g) and methyl-p-toluenesulfonate (11.16 g) were combined and heated to 200° C. with stirring for 10 minutes. The mixture became a brown liquid and mild boiling occurred. The reaction was cooled to room temperature and the liquid solidified. Acetone (50 ml) was added, and with constant heating at reflux, the product was broken up with a spatula. The resulting slurry was heated at reflux for 15 minutes with rapid stirring and the off-white product was collected by filtration. This product was slurried again in refluxing acetone for 30 minutes, filtered, washed with ligroin P950, and dried to yield 9.3 g of 5-carboxy-2,3-dimethylbenzoxazolium p-toluene-sulfonate (Intermediate D).

Workup

  1. temperatureThe reaction was cooled to room temperature
  2. temperaturewith constant heating
  3. temperatureat reflux
  4. temperatureThe resulting slurry was heated
  5. temperatureat reflux for 15 minutes
  6. stirringwith rapid stirring
  7. filtrationthe off-white product was collected by filtration
  8. temperaturein refluxing acetone for 30 minutes
  9. filtrationfiltered
  10. washwashed with ligroin P950
  11. customdried

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-843074d0e71b4b2081be344810b31649
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1990_02
Patent number
US04900653

Reaction notes

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