Acetyl chloride → 1-(2,6-difluoro-4-methoxyphenyl)ethanone

HRID 1465641Notes

Reaction equation

[Cl-].[Al+3].[Cl-].[Cl-].[C:5](Cl)(=[O:7])[CH3:6].[F:9][C:10]1[CH:15]=[C:14]([O:16][CH3:17])[CH:13]=[C:12]([F:18])[CH:11]=1.C([O-])(O)=O.[Na+]>C(Cl)Cl>[F:9][C:10]1[CH:15]=[C:14]([O:16][CH3:17])[CH:13]=[C:12]([F:18])[C:11]=1[C:5](=[O:7])[CH3:6]

Participants

Conditions

Temperature: 0 °C

Procedure

A mixture of aluminium chloride (10.0-15 g, 69.4 mmol, 5.0 equiv) and acetyl chloride (2.0 mL, 28 mmol, 2.0 equiv) in CH2Cl2 (50.0 mL) was stirred at 0° C. for 30 min. The reaction mixture was slowly added with 1,3-difluoro-5-methoxy-benzene (2.0 g, 13.9 mmol, 1.0 equiv) in CH2Cl2 (10.0 mL), and the resultant solution was stirred at room temperature for additional 2.0 h. The solution was basified with saturated aqueous NaHCO3 (20 mL) to pH 8-9. The organic layer was separated, dried over MgSO4(s), and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel (15% EtOAc in hexanes as eluant) to give 1-(2,6-difluoro-4-methoxyphenyl)ethanone (1.5 g, 8.1 mmol) as yellow oil in 58% yield: 1H NMR (CDCl3, 500 MHz) δ 6.46-6.48 (m, 2 H), 3.83 (s, 3 H), 2.56 (s, 3 H); ESI-MS: m/z 187.0 (M+H)+.

Workup

customThe organic layer was separated
dry with materialdried over MgSO4(s)
concentrationconcentrated under reduced pressure
customThe residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel (15% EtOAc in hexanes as eluant)

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-976829f9bf664e168ca55fd2b2e55427
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2015_04
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US08999983B2

Reaction notes

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