7-Nitro-1-tetralone → 1-Methylene-7-nitro-tetralin

HRID 1597345Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1597345 reaction equation
[N+:1]([C:4]1[CH:13]=[C:12]2[C:7]([CH2:8][CH2:9][CH2:10][C:11]2=O)=[CH:6][CH:5]=1)([O-:3])=[O:2].[CH2:15]([Li])CCC>C1COCC1.[Br-].C[P+](C1C=CC=CC=1)(C1C=CC=CC=1)C1C=CC=CC=1>[CH2:15]=[C:11]1[C:12]2[C:7](=[CH:6][CH:5]=[C:4]([N+:1]([O-:3])=[O:2])[CH:13]=2)[CH2:8][CH2:9][CH2:10]1

Participants

5

Reactant 2

HCID 384457-Nitro-1-tetraloneHCID 178418339Butyllithium

Product 1

HCID 223825081-Methylene-7-nitro-tetralinYield 152%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 74505Methyltriphenyliphosphonium bromideCatalystHCID 8028TetrahydrofuranSolvent2×

Procedure

7-Nitro-1-tetralone (1.00 g, 5.23 mmol) was dissolved in dry THF (5 mL) and added to a solution of methyltriphenylphosphonium bromide (2.00 g, 5.60 mmol) and n-butyllithium (2.5 M in hexanes, 2.2 mL, 5.5 mmol) in THF (10 mL) cooled by an ice water bath. The mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature and stirred overnight. It was poured into ice water (45 mL) and extracted with EtOAc (3×20 mL). The extract was washed with NaCl solution, dried (MgSO4), filtered and concentrated to give a black solid (1.504 g). It was dissolved in CHCl3 and flash chromatographed over silica gel (65 g) eluting with EtOAc/hexane (1:20) to afford a white solid (263 mg, 27% yield): mp 45-47° C.

Workup

  1. temperaturecooled by an ice water bath
  2. extractionextracted with EtOAc (3×20 mL)
  3. washThe extract was washed with NaCl solution
  4. dry with materialdried (MgSO4)
  5. filtrationfiltered
  6. concentrationconcentrated

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-566c803fb5c240d198af64f7c4f03597
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2001_09
Patent number
US06294566B1

Reaction notes

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