Hydrochloric Acid → 4,6-Dimethoxynaphthalene-1-carboxylic acid

HRID 1709053Notes

Reaction equation

ClCl.[OH-].[Na+].[CH3:5][O:6][C:7]1[C:16]2[C:11](=[CH:12][CH:13]=[C:14]([O:17][CH3:18])[CH:15]=2)[C:10]([C:19](=[O:21])C)=[CH:9][CH:8]=1.[OH:22]S([O-])=O.[Na+].Cl>O>[CH3:5][O:6][C:7]1[C:16]2[C:11](=[CH:12][CH:13]=[C:14]([O:17][CH3:18])[CH:15]=2)[C:10]([C:19]([OH:21])=[O:22])=[CH:9][CH:8]=1

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Conditions

Temperature: 65 °C

Procedure

A stream of chlorine gas was passed through a cooled solution of NaOH (17.28 g, 0.432 mole) in water (24 ml) containing 100 g of ice until 12.7 g (0.18 mole) of chlorine was absorbed into the solution. Solid (4,6-dimethoxy-1-naphthalenyl)ethanone [9.2 g, 0.04 mole, described by N. P. Buu-Hoi, J. Org. Chem., 21, 1257 (1956)], was added at 20°-22° C. to the chlorine solution. The mixture was stirred at 65° C. for one hr, cooled in an ice bath and treated with NaHSO3 (5 g) in water (20 ml). The mixture was made neutral by the addition of dilute HCl. The resulting precipitate was collected, washed well with water, dried over P2O5 and recrystallized from methanol to give 4,6-dimethoxy-1-naphthalenecarboxylic acid (7.0 g); mp 227°-229° C.; NMR(DMSO-d6) δ3.85 (s, 3H), 4.0 (s, 3H), 7.7 (m, 5H); IR (white mineral oil) 2900, 1670 cm-1 ; UVλmax (MeOH) 339 nm (ε4,910), 328 (4500), 304 (8,180), 240 (40,100); Anal Calcd: C, 67.23% H, 5.21%; Found: C, 67.15% H, 5.23%.

Workup

customwas absorbed into the solution
temperaturecooled in an ice bath
customThe resulting precipitate was collected
washwashed well with water
dry with materialdried over P2O5
customrecrystallized from methanol

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-36b5e9a485b64dc49faa5697ddd207be
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1990_08
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US04946987

Reaction notes

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