Chloromethyl Methyl Ether → 1-Bromo-3,5-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-2-(methoxymethoxy)benzene

HRID 1376862Notes

Reaction equation

[Br:1][C:2]1[CH:7]=[C:6]([C:8]([CH3:11])([CH3:10])[CH3:9])[CH:5]=[C:4]([C:12]([CH3:15])([CH3:14])[CH3:13])[C:3]=1[OH:16].C(N(C(C)C)CC)(C)C.[CH3:26][O:27][CH2:28]Cl>[N+](CCCC)(CCCC)(CCCC)CCCC.[I-].C(Cl)Cl>[CH3:26][O:27][CH2:28][O:16][C:3]1[C:4]([C:12]([CH3:15])([CH3:14])[CH3:13])=[CH:5][C:6]([C:8]([CH3:9])([CH3:10])[CH3:11])=[CH:7][C:2]=1[Br:1]

Participants

Conditions

Temperature: 45 °C

Procedure

To a solution of 2-bromo-4,6-di-t-butylphenol (Compound D 2.54 g, 8.88 mmol) and catalytic amount of Bu4NI in 20 ml of dry CH2Cl2 at 0° C. was added diisopropylethylamine (9.51 ml, 53 mmol), followed by methoxymethyl chloride (2.02 ml, 26.6 mmol). The reaction mixture was heated to 45° C. for 12 hours. The reaction mixture was then washed with 10% citric acid, then NaHCO3 (sat.), brine, and dried over MgSO4. After filtration and removal of the solvent under reduced pressure, the residue was purified by column chromatography (pure hexane) to yield the title compound (2.79 g) as a colorless oil. 1H NMR δ 7.40 (d, J=2.44 Hz, 1H), 7.30 (d, J=2.4 Hz, 1H), 5.22 (s, 2H), 3.70 (s, 3H), 1.43 (s, 9H), 1.29 (s, 9H).

Workup

washThe reaction mixture was then washed with 10% citric acid
dry with materialNaHCO3 (sat.), brine, and dried over MgSO4
filtrationAfter filtration and removal of the solvent under reduced pressure
customthe residue was purified by column chromatography (pure hexane)

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-6fcc195d42f04a7cb595ee7bbbd5b268
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1997_09
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US05663357

Reaction notes

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