M-Cresol → HCID 1540372, compound
Reaction equation
[CH:1]1[C:6]([OH:7])=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][C:2]=1[CH3:8].Br[CH2:10][C:11]([O:13][CH3:14])=[O:12].C(=O)([O-])[O-].[K+].[K+]>CN(C)C=O>[CH3:8][C:2]1[CH:1]=[C:6]([CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1)[O:7][CH2:10][C:11]([O:13][CH3:14])=[O:12]Participants
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Reactant 3
Product 1
Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1
Procedure
A mixture of m-cresol (10.8 g), methyl bromoacetate (15.3 g) and potassium carbonate (69 g) in dimethylformamide (200 ml) was stirred overnight and partitioned between ethyl acetate and water. The organic phase was washed with water, dried (MgSO4) and evaporated. Purified by chromatography eluting with toluene. Yield 12.7 g.
Workup
- custompartitioned between ethyl acetate and water
- washThe organic phase was washed with water
- dry with materialdried (MgSO4)
- customevaporated
- customPurified by chromatography
- washeluting with toluene
Sources & evidence
- ORD record
- ord-7ef21d5ce979415bbe40009b3a9574ba
- Source dataset
- uspto-grants-2001_03
- Patent number
- US06200981B1
Reaction notes
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