Methanol → 2-(2,4-Dichlorophenylthio)pyrrole-3-carboxylic Acid

HRID 1703259Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1703259 reaction equation
[Cl:1][C:2]1[CH:7]=[C:6]([Cl:8])[CH:5]=[CH:4][C:3]=1[S:9][C:10]1[NH:14][CH:13]=[C:12](C(OC)=O)[CH:11]=1.[OH-:19].[Na+].[CH3:21][OH:22]>>[Cl:1][C:2]1[CH:7]=[C:6]([Cl:8])[CH:5]=[CH:4][C:3]=1[S:9][C:10]1[NH:14][CH:13]=[CH:12][C:11]=1[C:21]([OH:22])=[O:19]

Participants

4

Procedure

Methyl 5-(2,4-dichlorophenylthio)pyrrole-3-carboxylate (3.6 g.) was combined with 40 ml. of methanol and 40 ml. of 1 N sodium hydroxide and refluxed for 2.5 hours. The methanol was allowed to evaporate, the aqueous residue diluted with approximately one volume of water and extracted with ether. The aqueous phase was acidified with conc. hydrochloric acid and the heavy oil which precipitated extracted into ethyl acetate. The ethyl acetate extracts were combined, washed with saturated brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered and evaporated in vacuo to crude product (3.4 g., m.p. 160°-164° C.). Recrystallization from methanol/water gave purified 5-(2,4-dichlorophenylthio)pyrrole-3-carboxylic acid (2.3 g., m.p. 166°-168° C.).

Workup

  1. customto evaporate
  2. additionthe aqueous residue diluted with approximately one volume of water
  3. extractionextracted with ether
  4. customthe heavy oil which precipitated
  5. extractionextracted into ethyl acetate
  6. washwashed with saturated brine
  7. dry with materialdried over anhydrous sodium sulfate
  8. filtrationfiltered
  9. customevaporated in vacuo to crude product (3.4 g., m.p. 160°-164° C.)
  10. customRecrystallization from methanol/water
  11. customgave
  12. custompurified 5-(2,4-dichlorophenylthio)pyrrole-3-carboxylic acid (2.3 g., m.p. 166°-168° C.)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-cb8ff54d66c348b4a0ba88b76c8ee472
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1982_09
Patent number
US04351843

Reaction notes

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