1-Naphthol → 1-Naphthalenol, potassium salt (1:1)

HRID 1633209Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1633209 reaction equation
[H-].[K+:2].[C:3]1([OH:13])[C:12]2[C:7](=[CH:8][CH:9]=[CH:10][CH:11]=2)[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=1.[H][H]>O1CCCC1>[C:3]1([O-:13])[C:12]2[C:7](=[CH:8][CH:9]=[CH:10][CH:11]=2)[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=1.[K+:2]

Participants

5

Procedure

Potassium hydride (93.6 mg as a 35% oil dispersion, 0.82 mmol) was suspended in anhydrous tetrahydrofuran (2.5 mL) under nitrogen. 1-Naphthol (72 mg, 0.5 mmole) was added and the mixture was stirred until hydrogen evolution ceased (about 5 minutes) to produce potassium naphtholate. N-Fluoro-N-t-butyl-p-toluenesulfonamide (122 mg, 0.5 mmole) was dissolved in anhydrous tetrahydrofuran (2.5 mL) and the solution was added dropwise to the potassium naphtholate. After 20 minutes the reaction mixture was diluted with ether (100 mL), washed with aqueous 1N oxalic acid solution (30 mL), water (30 mL), and saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution (30 mL), and then dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. Filtration, removal of solvent under reduced pressure, and purification by flash column chromatography (silica, 25% methylene chloride in hexane) yielded 2-fluoro-1-naphthol (49 mg, 60% yield) as a white crystalline solid. This material, and an additional sample prepared by this procedure, were analyzed and provided the following results: 1H NMR (90 MHz, CDCl3) δ5.58 (b, 1H, OH), 7.00-8.30 (m, 6H, aromatic); 19F NMR (94.1 MHz, CDCl3) -146.78(m); HRMS calcd. for C10H7OF: 162.0480; found: 162.0439.

Workup

  1. custom(about 5 minutes)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-b8330700d6e74bc8b3aba7ee26790616
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1984_10
Patent number
US04479901

Reaction notes

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