p-Toluenesulfonic acid → Methyl 3-bromo-5-hydroxybenzoate

HRID 1442804Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1442804 reaction equation
[Br:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[C:4]([CH:8]=[C:9]([OH:11])[CH:10]=1)[C:5]([OH:7])=[O:6].[CH3:12]C1C=CC(S(O)(=O)=O)=CC=1.C([O-])(O)=O.[Na+]>CO>[Br:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[C:4]([CH:8]=[C:9]([OH:11])[CH:10]=1)[C:5]([O:7][CH3:12])=[O:6]

Participants

5

Procedure

A mixture of 3-bromo-5-hydroxybenzoic acid (3.8 g, 18 mmol) and p-TsOH (350 mg, 2.0 mmol) in MeOH (100 mL) was heated at reflux overnight. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature. Saturated aqueous NaHCO3 (100 mL) was added and the mixture was extracted with dichloromethane (100 mL×3). The combined organic layers were washed with brine and water, dried over anhydrous Na2SO4, and concentrated under vacuum to afford methyl 3-bromo-5-hydroxybenzoate (2.9 g, 73%) as a white solid. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.74 (t, J=1.5 Hz, 1H), 7.50 (dd, J=1.2, 2.4 Hz, 1H), 7.23 (t, J=2.1, 1H), 5.68 (brs, 1H), 3.92 (s, 3H).

Workup

  1. temperaturewas heated
  2. temperatureat reflux overnight
  3. extractionthe mixture was extracted with dichloromethane (100 mL×3)
  4. washThe combined organic layers were washed with brine and water
  5. dry with materialdried over anhydrous Na2SO4
  6. concentrationconcentrated under vacuum

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-1f3acc411b154456ab14a68d0fe68001
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2010_02
Patent number
US07659268B2

Reaction notes

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