Hydrochloric Acid → Benzoic acid, 3-formyl-4-hydroxy-, methyl ester

HRID 1297540Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1297540 reaction equation
[OH:1][C:2]1[CH:11]=[CH:10][C:5]([C:6]([O:8][CH3:9])=[O:7])=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.[CH3:12]S(O)(=O)=O.C1N2CN3CN(C2)CN1C3.Cl.[OH2:28]>>[CH:12]([C:11]1[CH:10]=[C:5]([CH:4]=[CH:3][C:2]=1[OH:1])[C:6]([O:8][CH3:9])=[O:7])=[O:28]

Participants

6

Conditions

Temperature
100 °C

Procedure

To a mixture of methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate (20 g, 131 mmol) and methanesulfonic acid (80 mL), hexamethylenetetramine (20 g, 144 mmol) was added in small portions at room temperature. After stirring at 100° C. for 3.5 hours, concentrated hydrochloric acid (10 mL) and water (300 mL) were added. The reaction mixture was extracted twice with ethyl acetate and the organic phase was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. After the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure, the resulting residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (hexane:ethyl acetate=80:20–65:35) to give methyl 3-formyl-4-hydroxy-benzoate (7.24 g, 31%, mp 87.5–89.0° C.) as a colorless powder.

Workup

  1. additionwas added in small portions at room temperature
  2. extractionThe reaction mixture was extracted twice with ethyl acetate
  3. dry with materialthe organic phase was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate
  4. distillationAfter the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure
  5. customthe resulting residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (hexane:ethyl acetate=80:20–65:35)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-1752a981502549c8bb89bc930130be5e
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2007_07
Patent number
US07250522B2

Reaction notes

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