4-Bromo-3-fluorobenzaldehyde → 1-(4-Bromo-3-fluorophenyl)ethan-1-ol

HRID 1501208Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1501208 reaction equation
[Br:1][C:2]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][C:5]([CH:6]=[O:7])=[CH:4][C:3]=1[F:10].[CH3:11][Mg]Br>O1CCCC1>[Br:1][C:2]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][C:5]([CH:6]([OH:7])[CH3:11])=[CH:4][C:3]=1[F:10]

Participants

4

Procedure

To a solution of 4-bromo-3-fluorobenzaldehyde (5 g, 24.75 mmol) in anhydrous tetrahydrofuran (100 mL) was added methyl magnesium bromide (3 M solution in tetrahydrofuran, 8.21 mL) at −45° C. under the atmosphere of nitrogen then stirred at room temperature. After 2 hours, LC-MS showed the desired product has received. The aqueous of ammonium chloride (15 mL) was added to quench the reaction, and extracted with ethyl acetate (50 mL), combined and concentrated the organic layers. The crude product was purified by column chromatography (petroleum ether/ethyl acetate=1:1) to give 1-(4-bromo-3-fluorophenyl)ethanol (4 g, 78%). LCMS (M+H+) m/z: calcd 217.97. found 218. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CD3OD): δ 7.92-7.87 (m, 1H), 7.23-7.19 (m, 1H), 7.07-7.10 (m, 1H), 4.80 (d, J=6.3 Hz, 1H), 1.41 (t, J=2.7 Hz, 3H).

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-86254549ae6742c5aa12c4c86923c28f
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2015_12
Patent number
US09206128B2

Reaction notes

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