Sulfuric Acid → Methyl 4-(4-fluorophenyl)-4-oxobutanoate

HRID 1490253Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1490253 reaction equation
[F:1][C:2]1[CH:14]=[CH:13][C:5]([C:6]([CH2:8][CH2:9][C:10]([OH:12])=[O:11])=[O:7])=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.S(=O)(=O)(O)O.[C:20](=O)(O)[O-].[Na+]>CO>[F:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[CH:4][C:5]([C:6]([CH2:8][CH2:9][C:10]([O:12][CH3:20])=[O:11])=[O:7])=[CH:13][CH:14]=1

Participants

5

Procedure

To a solution of 3-(4-fluorobenzoyl)-propionic acid (1.98 g, 10.0 mmol) in methanol (25 mL) was added 0.5 mL of conc. sulfuric acid. The resulting solution was stirred at room temperature under argon for 2 hours. The reaction mixture was neutralized with saturated sodium bicarbonate, the methanol was removed via rotary evaporator and the residue was dissolved in 50 mL of ethyl acetate. The resulting solution was washed with saturated sodium bicarbonate (3×50 mL) and brine (50 mL), dried over sodium sulfate and the solvent was removed in vacuo to give Methyl 3-(4-fluorobenzoyl)-propionate (2 g, 94%). IR (film) 3448, 3111, 3076, 3003, 3958, 1734, 1678, 1601, 1423, 1300, 1240, 1155, 1099 cm-1 ; 1H-NMR (CDCl3) δ 7.97 (2H, dd, J=9.0, 5.5 Hz), 7.10 (2H, t, J=8.9 Hz), 3.67 (3H, s) , 3.25 (2H, t, J=6.6 Hz), 2.73 (2H, t, J=6.6 Hz); 13C-NMR (CDCl3) δ 196.50, 173.34, 167.54, 164.17, 132.98, 130.77, 115.91, 115.62, 51.91, 33.31, 28.00.

Workup

  1. customthe methanol was removed via rotary evaporator
  2. dissolutionthe residue was dissolved in 50 mL of ethyl acetate
  3. washThe resulting solution was washed with saturated sodium bicarbonate (3×50 mL) and brine (50 mL)
  4. dry with materialdried over sodium sulfate
  5. customthe solvent was removed in vacuo

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-d32791fb6b5e464abeddf5c0b38db057
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1997_10
Patent number
US05681966

Reaction notes

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