Dichloromethane → (S)-4-(2',5'-dimethoxy-3',4',6'-trimethylphenyl)-2-methyl-1,2-epoxy-butane

HRID 1380682Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1380682 reaction equation
[CH3:1][O:2][C:3]1[C:8]([CH3:9])=[C:7]([CH3:10])[C:6]([O:11][CH3:12])=[C:5]([CH3:13])[C:4]=1[CH2:14][CH2:15][C@:16]([CH3:30])([OH:29])[CH2:17]OS(C1C=CC=CC=1C)(=O)=O.[OH-].[K+].C(Cl)Cl>C(O)C>[CH3:1][O:2][C:3]1[C:8]([CH3:9])=[C:7]([CH3:10])[C:6]([O:11][CH3:12])=[C:5]([CH3:13])[C:4]=1[CH2:14][CH2:15][C@:16]1([CH3:30])[O:29][CH2:17]1

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 6344DichloromethaneHCID 14797Potassium HydroxideHCID 86740735(S)-4-(2',5'-dimethoxy-3',4',6'-trimethylphenyl)-2-methyl-1-toluenesulphonyloxy-2-butanol

Product 1

HCID 18602184(S)-4-(2',5'-dimethoxy-3',4',6'-trimethylphenyl)-2-methyl-1,2-epoxy-butaneYield 98%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 702EthanolSolvent

Procedure

177 mg of (S)-4-(2',5'-dimethoxy-3',4',6'-trimethylphenyl)-2-methyl-1-toluylsulphonyloxy-2-butanol were dissolved in 1 ml of ethanol and the solution was treated with 0.3 ml of alcoholic potassium hydroxide solution (1.5N). The mixture was left to stand at room temperature for 10 minutes, 30 ml of methylene chloride were then added and the resulting mixture was dried over sodium sulphate and concentrated. There were obtained 105 mg of (S)-4-(2',5'-dimethoxy-3',4',6'-trimethylphenyl)-2-methyl-1,2-epoxybutane. M.p 47°-48° C. [α]D20 +4.91° (c=2.2% in chloroform).

Workup

  1. waitThe mixture was left
  2. dry with materialthe resulting mixture was dried over sodium sulphate
  3. concentrationconcentrated

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-8236878fbec34ae1a987c54d1c8970fc
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1986_04
Patent number
US04582919

Reaction notes

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