Sodium Bicarbonate → 3-(Methoxymethyl)-4-methylaniline

HRID 1413676Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1413676 reaction equation
[CH3:1][C:2]1[CH:10]=[CH:9][C:8]([N+:11]([O-])=O)=[CH:7][C:3]=1[CH2:4][O:5][CH3:6].O.[S-2].[Na+].[Na+].C(=O)(O)[O-].[Na+]>C(O)C.O>[CH3:6][O:5][CH2:4][C:3]1[CH:7]=[C:8]([CH:9]=[CH:10][C:2]=1[CH3:1])[NH2:11]

Participants

6

Reactant 3

HCID 516892Sodium BicarbonateHCID 12767666Methyl 2-methyl-5-nitrobenzyl etherHCID 19906495Sodium sulfide monohydrate

Product 1

HCID 127676673-(Methoxymethyl)-4-methylanilineYield 96.9%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 702EthanolSolventHCID 962WaterSolvent

Procedure

Methyl 2-methyl-5-nitrobenzyl ether (11.5 g) was dissolved in 125 ml of absolute ethanol. To this was added a solution of sodium sulfide monohydrate (48.3 g) and sodium bicarbonate (16.7 g) in 75 ml of water. The resulting mixture was refluxed until tlc indicated all the starting material was gone. The mixture was then concentrated in vacuo to an oily solid. Methylene chloride was added and the mixture filtered. The methylene chloride layer was separated and dried. After removal of the drying agent, the solvent was concentrated in vacuo to give 9.3 g of a mobile orange liquid.

Workup

  1. temperatureThe resulting mixture was refluxed
  2. concentrationThe mixture was then concentrated in vacuo to an oily solid
  3. additionMethylene chloride was added
  4. filtrationthe mixture filtered
  5. customThe methylene chloride layer was separated
  6. customdried
  7. customAfter removal of the drying agent
  8. concentrationthe solvent was concentrated in vacuo

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-6f17152e10fe44c6a98f43beb717803b
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1981_02
Patent number
US04251264

Reaction notes

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