Phenol → 1-Bromo-4-(phenoxymethyl)benzene

HRID 1694003Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1694003 reaction equation
[Br:1][C:2]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][C:5]([CH2:6]Br)=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.[C:10]1([OH:16])[CH:15]=[CH:14][CH:13]=[CH:12][CH:11]=1.C(=O)([O-])[O-].[K+].[K+]>CN(C)C=O>[Br:1][C:2]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][C:5]([CH2:6][O:16][C:10]2[CH:15]=[CH:14][CH:13]=[CH:12][CH:11]=2)=[CH:4][CH:3]=1

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 996PhenolHCID 11430Potassium CarbonateHCID 685274-Bromobenzyl bromide

Product 1

HCID 7261491-Bromo-4-(phenoxymethyl)benzeneYield 89.1%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 6228DimethylformamideSolvent

Procedure

To an N,N-dimethylformamide (50 mL) solution of 4-bromobenzyl bromide (5 g, 20 mmol) and phenol (2.26 g, 24 mmol) was added potassium carbonate (8.29 g, 60 mmol). This mixture was stirred for 1 hour at room temperature. This mixture was partitioned into ethyl acetate and water. The organic layer was separated, washed with water, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and filtered. The filtrate was concentrated under a reduced pressure, and the residue was purified by NH-silica gel column chromatography (heptane:ethyl acetate=4:1) to obtain the title compound (4.69 g, 89%).

Workup

  1. customThis mixture was partitioned into ethyl acetate and water
  2. customThe organic layer was separated
  3. washwashed with water
  4. dry with materialdried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate
  5. filtrationfiltered
  6. concentrationThe filtrate was concentrated under a reduced pressure
  7. customthe residue was purified by NH-silica gel column chromatography (heptane:ethyl acetate=4:1)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-4f8f68be0b06438ea5c091b83532495a
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2012_04
Patent number
US08158657B2

Reaction notes

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