Acetic Acid → Ethyl 2-fluoro-4-nitrobenzoate

Temperature

90 °C

To a mixture of 2-fluoro-4-nitrotoluene (1.0 g, 6.4 mmol, Aldrich) and Na2Cr2O7 (2.74 g, 8.4 mmol) in 13.7 ml of HOAc was added slowly 6.83 ml of H2SO4. This mixture was slowly heated to 90° C. for 1 h to give a greenish heterogeneous solution. The mixture was cooled to room temperature and diluted with ethyl acetate. The PH of the solution was adjusted to 4 with NaOH (aq.). The mixture was extracted with more ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with NaHCO3 (sat.), then brine and dried over Na2SO4. After filtration, the solution was concentrated to dryness which then was dissolved in 6 ml of SOCl2, and heated at 80° C. for 1 h. The excess of SOC2 was removed under reduced pressure and the residue was dissolved in 5 ml of CH2Cl2, 2 ml of EtOH and 2 ml of pyridine. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 h and concentrated to dryness. Ethyl 2-fluoro-4-nitrobenzoate was obtained as a white solid after column chromatography of the residue with ethyl acetate/hexane (1/9). This solid was then dissolved in 10 ml of ethyl acetate, and Pd/C (50 mg) was added. Hydrogenation with a hydrogen balloon converted ethyl 2-fluoro-4-nitrobenzoate into the title compound.

1. customto give a greenish heterogeneous solution
2. temperatureThe mixture was cooled to room temperature
3. extractionThe mixture was extracted with more ethyl acetate
4. washThe organic layer was washed with NaHCO3 (sat.)
5. dry with materialbrine and dried over Na2SO4
6. filtrationAfter filtration
7. concentrationthe solution was concentrated to dryness which
8. dissolutionthen was dissolved in 6 ml of SOCl2
9. temperatureheated at 80° C. for 1 h
10. customThe excess of SOC2 was removed under reduced pressure
11. dissolutionthe residue was dissolved in 5 ml of CH2Cl2
12. concentrationconcentrated to dryness

ORD record

ord-02db25a36f7747c2bc21e176f58bb82e

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2000_03

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US06034244