Water → 3-(3-Bromopropoxy-4-methoxyphenyl)phenylmethanone

HRID 1456696Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1456696 reaction equation
O[C:2]1[CH:3]=[C:4]([CH:13]=[CH:14][C:15]=1[O:16][CH3:17])[C:5]([C:7]1[CH:12]=[CH:11][CH:10]=[CH:9]C=1)=O.[H-].[Na+].[Br:20][CH2:21][CH2:22][CH2:23]Br.[OH2:25].CN(C)[CH:28]=[O:29]>>[Br:20][CH2:21][CH2:22][CH2:23][O:25][C:3]1[CH:2]=[C:15]([O:16][CH3:17])[CH:14]=[CH:13][C:4]=1[C:5]1[CH:7]=[C:12]([CH:28]=[O:29])[CH:11]=[CH:10][CH:9]=1

Participants

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Procedure

A solution of 3-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzophenone (4.6 g, 20 mmol) in dimethylformamide (35 ml) was treated with sodium hydride (600 mg, 25 mmol) at 0° C. for 20 minutes, then 1,3-dibromopropane (5 g, 24.7 mmol) was added in one portion. The mixture was heated at 90--C for 1 hour, and then stirred at room temperature for 2 hours. At the end of the reaction, the mixture was poured into water (500 ml) and extracted with ethyl acetate (400 ml). The ethyl acetate solution was washed with water, brine and dried over anhydrous MGSO4. The solvent was removed and the crude oil was purified by flash chromatography over a silica gel column (SiO2, 85 g; eluted with 3:1 hexane:dichloromethane, 1.6 l; 3:7 hexane: dichloromethane, 1.4 l). The pure product thus obtained weighed 4.67 g, (66%) as an oil. Recrystallization twice from isopropyl ether (500 ml) gave analytically pure 3-(3-bromopropoxy-4-methoxyphenyl)phenylmethanone (2.42 g), m.p.=81°-83° C.

Workup

  1. temperatureThe mixture was heated at 90
  2. customAt the end of the reaction
  3. extractionextracted with ethyl acetate (400 ml)
  4. washThe ethyl acetate solution was washed with water, brine
  5. customdried over anhydrous MGSO4
  6. customThe solvent was removed
  7. customthe crude oil was purified by flash chromatography over a silica gel column (SiO2, 85 g; eluted with 3:1 hexane:dichloromethane, 1.6 l; 3:7 hexane: dichloromethane, 1.4 l)
  8. customThe pure product thus obtained
  9. customRecrystallization twice from isopropyl ether (500 ml)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-5318242ad4f84f9bb8d2ce31f70429d5
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1998_12
Patent number
US05843977

Reaction notes

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