Sodium borohydride → 4-Hydroxymethyl-2-triethylsilylfuran

HRID 1681490Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1681490 reaction equation
[BH4-].[Na+].[CH2:3]([Si:5]([CH2:15][CH3:16])([CH2:13][CH3:14])[C:6]1[O:7][CH:8]=[C:9]([CH:11]=[O:12])[CH:10]=1)[CH3:4]>CO>[OH:12][CH2:11][C:9]1[CH:10]=[C:6]([Si:5]([CH2:13][CH3:14])([CH2:15][CH3:16])[CH2:3][CH3:4])[O:7][CH:8]=1

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 4311764Sodium borohydrideHCID 108784383-Furancarboxaldehyde, 5-(triethylsilyl)-

Product 1

HCID 150370354-Hydroxymethyl-2-triethylsilylfuran

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 887MethanolSolvent

Procedure

Sodium borohydride (353 mg, 0.93 mmol) was added portionwise to a solution of 2-triethylsilyl-4-furaldehyde (1.64 g, 7.79 mmol) in methanol (10 ml) at 0°. After 1 hour, most of the methanol was evaporated and the residue dissolved in a minimum amount of dilute hydrochloric acid. Extraction (ethyl acetate), drying (magnesium sulfate) and evaporation gave an oil, which was purified by flash chromatography on silica using 20% ethyl ether/hexane. Fractions with Rf of about 0.07 (10% ethyl ether/hexane) gave after evaporation the title alcohol as a colorless oil.

Workup

  1. custommost of the methanol was evaporated
  2. dissolutionthe residue dissolved in a minimum amount of dilute hydrochloric acid
  3. extractionExtraction (ethyl acetate)
  4. customdrying
  5. custom(magnesium sulfate) and evaporation
  6. customgave an oil, which
  7. customwas purified by flash chromatography on silica using 20% ethyl ether/hexane
  8. customFractions with Rf of about 0.07 (10% ethyl ether/hexane) gave
  9. customafter evaporation the title alcohol as a colorless oil

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-2852db8e06894edc826f4b4227060b24
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1992_12
Patent number
US05171863

Reaction notes

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