Hydrochloric Acid → (E)-2-(fluoromethylene)-4-(p-fluorophenyl)butan-1-ol

HRID 1449850Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1449850 reaction equation
[F:1]/[CH:2]=[C:3](\[CH2:9][CH2:10][C:11]1[CH:16]=[CH:15][C:14]([F:17])=[CH:13][CH:12]=1)/[C:4](OCC)=[O:5].C1(C)C=CC=CC=1.[H-].C([Al+]CC(C)C)C(C)C.Cl>O.CO>[F:1]/[CH:2]=[C:3](\[CH2:9][CH2:10][C:11]1[CH:12]=[CH:13][C:14]([F:17])=[CH:15][CH:16]=1)/[CH2:4][OH:5]

Participants

7

Conditions

Temperature
-15 °C

Procedure

Combine ethyl (E)-2-(fluoromethylene)-4-(p-fluorophenyl)butyrate (1.5 g, 6.24 mmol) and toluene (5 mL). Cool to -15° C. Add dropwise, a solution of diisobutylaluminum hydride (10.4 mL, 1.5M in toluene, 15.6 mmol). Warm to ambient temperature. After 18 hours, cool to 0° C. With vigorous stirring add sequentially, methanol (15 mL), an aqueous 5M hydrochloric acid solution (25 mL), and water (35 mL). When gas evolution ceases, extract with toluene. Separate the layers and evaporate organic layer in vacuo to give the title compound. 1H NMR (CDCl3, 300 MHz) δ 2.28 (s, 1H), 2.45 (m, 2H), 2.72 (m, 2H) 3.91 (d, J=3 Hz, 2H), 6.57 (d, J=87 Hz, 1H), 6.96 (m, 2H), 7.13 (m, 2H).

Workup

  1. additionAdd dropwise
  2. temperatureWarm to ambient temperature
  3. temperaturecool to 0° C
  4. additionadd sequentially
  5. extractionWhen gas evolution ceases, extract with toluene
  6. customSeparate the layers
  7. customevaporate organic layer in vacuo

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-ee1314f67af346aa9e894523bf9aa29b
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1997_02
Patent number
US05599986

Reaction notes

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