Hydrochloric Acid → 4-(Phenylthio)benzoic acid

HRID 1501009Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1501009 reaction equation
[C:1]1([S:7][C:8]2[CH:17]=[CH:16][C:11]([C:12]([O:14]C)=[O:13])=[CH:10][CH:9]=2)[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1.O.[OH-].[Li+].O1CCCC1.Cl>O.CO>[C:1]1([S:7][C:8]2[CH:17]=[CH:16][C:11]([C:12]([OH:14])=[O:13])=[CH:10][CH:9]=2)[CH:2]=[CH:3][CH:4]=[CH:5][CH:6]=1

Participants

7

Reactant 4

HCID 313Hydrochloric AcidHCID 8028TetrahydrofuranHCID 168937Lithium hydroxide, monohydrateHCID 11075685Methyl 4-(phenylsulfanyl)benzoate

Product 1

HCID 2385984-(Phenylthio)benzoic acidYield 96%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 887MethanolSolventHCID 962WaterSolvent

Conditions

Temperature
20 °C

Procedure

A mixture of methyl 4-(phenylthio)benzoate (5 g, 20.4 mmol), lithium hydroxide monohydrate (1.1 g, 26 mmol), tetrahydrofuran (5 mL), methanol (1 mL) and water (1 mL) was stirred at 20° C. for 4 hours. The mixture was neutralized to pH=1 with concentrated hydrochloric acid and then extracted with ethyl acetate (15 mL×3). The combined organic phase was dried by sodium sulfate, and then filtered. The filtrate was concentrated in vacuo to give 4-(phenylthio)benzoic acid as a white solid (4.5 g, 96%). LRMS (M+H+) m/z: calcd 230.04. found 230.

Workup

  1. extractionextracted with ethyl acetate (15 mL×3)
  2. dry with materialThe combined organic phase was dried by sodium sulfate
  3. filtrationfiltered
  4. concentrationThe filtrate was concentrated in vacuo

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-a73e462b27f049859ff57e76dab98f9e
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2015_12
Patent number
US09206128B2

Reaction notes

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