Carbon Tetrachloride → 4-(Benzenesulfonyl)benzyl chloride

HRID 1644699Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1644699 reaction equation
C1(P(C2C=CC=CC=2)C2C=CC=CC=2)C=CC=CC=1.[C:20]([Cl:24])(Cl)(Cl)Cl.[C:25]1([S:31]([C:34]2[CH:39]=[CH:38][C:37](CO)=[CH:36][CH:35]=2)(=[O:33])=[O:32])[CH:30]=[CH:29][CH:28]=[CH:27][CH:26]=1>O1CCCC1>[C:25]1([S:31]([C:34]2[CH:39]=[CH:38][C:37]([CH2:20][Cl:24])=[CH:36][CH:35]=2)(=[O:33])=[O:32])[CH:26]=[CH:27][CH:28]=[CH:29][CH:30]=1

Participants

5

Conditions

Temperature
100 °C

Procedure

Triphenylphosphine (5.98 g, 22.8 mmol), carbon tetrachloride (9 mL, 93 mmol), (4-benzenesulfonyl-phenyl)-methanol (2.83 g, 11.4 mmol) and tetrahydrofuran (42 mL) were combined and heated at 100° C. for 4 hours. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature, then partitioned between ethyl acetate (100 mL) and water (100 mL). The organic phase was dried over MgSO4, filtered, and concentrated to give the crude product as an oily solid. A solution of this crude product and dichloromethane was evaporated over silica gel, and the resulting silica gel supported crude product was loaded onto an Analogix SuperFlash™ column. Flash chromatography (15%-35% ethyl acetate in hexanes) afforded 3.09 g (100%) of 4-(benzenesulfonyl)benzyl chloride as a white, crystalline solid. 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ ppm 7.89-8.04 (m, 4 H), 7.53-7.75 (m, 5 H), 4.81 (s, 2 H).

Workup

  1. temperatureThe reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature
  2. custompartitioned between ethyl acetate (100 mL) and water (100 mL)
  3. dry with materialThe organic phase was dried over MgSO4
  4. filtrationfiltered
  5. concentrationconcentrated
  6. customto give the crude product as an oily solid
  7. customA solution of this crude product and dichloromethane was evaporated over silica gel

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-743f64c70db14f888aabdba500ce5dc8
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2012_02
Patent number
US08124629B2

Reaction notes

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