Hydrochloric Acid → alpha-Tocopherol

HRID 1419524Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1419524 reaction equation
[CH3:1][C:2]1[C:8]([CH3:9])=[C:7]([OH:10])[C:6]([CH3:11])=[CH:5][C:3]=1O.Cl.[CH3:13][CH:14]([CH2:16][CH2:17][CH2:18][CH:19]([CH2:21][CH2:22][CH2:23][CH:24]([CH2:26][CH2:27][CH2:28][C:29]([OH:33])([CH:31]=[CH2:32])[CH3:30])[CH3:25])[CH3:20])[CH3:15]>[Cl-].[Zn+2].[Cl-].C(OCC(C)C)(=O)C>[CH3:9][C:8]1[C:7]([OH:10])=[C:6]([CH3:11])[C:5]2[CH2:32][CH2:31][C@:29]([CH2:28][CH2:27][CH2:26][C@@H:24]([CH2:23][CH2:22][CH2:21][C@@H:19]([CH2:18][CH2:17][CH2:16][CH:14]([CH3:13])[CH3:15])[CH3:20])[CH3:25])([CH3:30])[O:33][C:3]=2[C:2]=1[CH3:1]

Participants

6

Reactant 3

HCID 313Hydrochloric AcidHCID 10453IsophytolHCID 12785Trimethylhydroquinone

Product 1

HCID 14985alpha-TocopherolYield 101.7%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 3007855ZincchlorideCatalystHCID 8038Isobutyl AcetateSolvent

Procedure

To a mixture consisting of 23.3 g (0.153 mol) of 2,3,5-trimethylhydroquinone, 17.5 g (0.128 mol) of zinc chloride, 50 ml of isobutyl acetate and 2.5 g of concentrated hydrochloric acid, 46.1 g (0.153 mol) of isophytol (purity: 98.3%) were added dropwise under stirring at 30°-40° C. over 3 hours. At the same temperature, the reaction mixture was stirred for additional 2 hours. After the reaction mixture was washed with 10 ml of water, the solvent was distilled off. Toluene (100 ml ) was added to the residue to dissolve the same. The resulting solution was washed successively with water, alkaline water and a saturated aqueous solution of NaCl, dried over magnesium sulfate and then concentrated under reduced pressure, whereby 67.0 g of the title compound were obtained as a brown oil (yield: 98.6%, GLC purity: 98.6%, α-tocopheryl acetate content: 0.2%, isobutyl acetate recovery rate: 92%).

Workup

  1. additionwere added dropwise
  2. stirringAt the same temperature, the reaction mixture was stirred for additional 2 hours
  3. washAfter the reaction mixture was washed with 10 ml of water
  4. distillationthe solvent was distilled off
  5. additionToluene (100 ml ) was added to the residue
  6. dissolutionto dissolve the same
  7. washThe resulting solution was washed successively with water
  8. dry with materialalkaline water and a saturated aqueous solution of NaCl, dried over magnesium sulfate
  9. concentrationconcentrated under reduced pressure

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-900d575c0f494c85a3cc28c42d7c0a4d
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1999_03
Patent number
US05886197

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