2-(2-Methylphenoxy)acetic acid → Ethanol, 2-(o-tolyloxy)-

HRID 1613708Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1613708 reaction equation
[CH3:1][C:2]1[CH:12]=[CH:11][CH:10]=[CH:9][C:3]=1[O:4][CH2:5][C:6](O)=[O:7].[H-].[Al+3].[Li+].[H-].[H-].[H-]>>[CH3:1][C:2]1[CH:12]=[CH:11][CH:10]=[CH:9][C:3]=1[O:4][CH2:5][CH2:6][OH:7]

Participants

3

Reactant 2

HCID 746512-(2-Methylphenoxy)acetic acidHCID 21226445Aluminium lithium hydride

Product 1

HCID 22539Ethanol, 2-(o-tolyloxy)-Yield 89%

Procedure

The title compound was prepared by the procedure of Preparation 2 in 89% yield from 2-(methylphenoxy) acetic acid and lithium aluminum hydride.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-1e6ccfce19d64917807b5a63cec67332
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1993_03
Patent number
US05194446

Reaction notes

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