tert-Butyl (triphenylphosphoranylidene) acetate → (E)-2-[4-(2-tert-butoxycarbonyl-vinyl)-phenylsulfanyl]-acetic acid ethyl ester

HRID 1370685Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1370685 reaction equation
[CH2:1]([O:3][C:4](=[O:15])[CH2:5][S:6][C:7]1[CH:12]=[CH:11][C:10]([CH:13]=O)=[CH:9][CH:8]=1)[CH3:2].[C:16]([O:20][C:21](=[O:42])[CH:22]=P(C1C=CC=CC=1)(C1C=CC=CC=1)C1C=CC=CC=1)([CH3:19])([CH3:18])[CH3:17]>ClCCl>[CH2:1]([O:3][C:4](=[O:15])[CH2:5][S:6][C:7]1[CH:12]=[CH:11][C:10](/[CH:13]=[CH:22]/[C:21]([O:20][C:16]([CH3:19])([CH3:18])[CH3:17])=[O:42])=[CH:9][CH:8]=1)[CH3:2]

Participants

4

Procedure

A solution of 2.24 g of (4-formyl-phenylsulfanyl)-acetic acid ethyl ester and 4.72 g of (triphenylphosphoranylidene)-acetic acid tert-butyl ester in 50 ml of dichloromethane was kept at 20° for 15 h. The solvent was evaporated in vacuo and the remaining oil was chromatographed on silica gel using dichloromethane/hexane (1:1) as eluent to give 2.53 g of (E)-2-[4-(2-tert-butoxycarbonyl-vinyl)-phenylsulfanyl]-acetic acid ethyl ester as a colorless oil. To a solution of this material in 20 ml of tetrahydrofuran were added 8 ml of 2N aqueous sodium hydroxide, and the mixture was stirred for 2 h at 20°. The clear solution was diluted with 20 ml of ethyl acetate and then extracted with 30 ml of water. The aqueous layer was cooled with ice, acidified to pH 2.8 by the addition of 3N HCl, and the mixture was extracted with 60 ml of ethyl acetate. The organic layer was dried over sodium sulfate, evaporated in vacuo, and the residue was crystallized from ethyl acetate/hexane to give 1.78 g (E)-2-[4-(2-tert-butoxycarbonyl-vinyl)-phenylsulfanyl]-acetic acid as white crystals.

Workup

  1. customThe solvent was evaporated in vacuo
  2. customthe remaining oil was chromatographed on silica gel

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-d54a49527ae14402a822805bb1d45bf8
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2003_06
Patent number
US06583133B1

Reaction notes

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