4,6,4',6'-Tetramethoxy-biphenyl-2,2'-dicarboxylic acid dimethyl ester → (6'-Hydroxymethyl-4,6,2',4'-tetramethoxy-biphenyl-2-yl)-methanol

HRID 1751484Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1751484 reaction equation
C[O:2][C:3]([C:5]1[C:6]([C:15]2[C:16]([C:25](OC)=[O:26])=[CH:17][C:18]([O:23][CH3:24])=[CH:19][C:20]=2[O:21][CH3:22])=[C:7]([O:13][CH3:14])[CH:8]=[C:9]([O:11][CH3:12])[CH:10]=1)=O.[H-].[H-].[H-].[H-].[Li+].[Al+3]>C1COCC1>[OH:2][CH2:3][C:5]1[C:6]([C:15]2[C:20]([O:21][CH3:22])=[CH:19][C:18]([O:23][CH3:24])=[CH:17][C:16]=2[CH2:25][OH:26])=[C:7]([O:13][CH3:14])[CH:8]=[C:9]([O:11][CH3:12])[CH:10]=1

Participants

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Reactant 2

HCID 120747334,6,4',6'-Tetramethoxy-biphenyl-2,2'-dicarboxylic acid dimethyl esterHCID 21226445Aluminium lithium hydride

Product 1

HCID 10958571(6'-Hydroxymethyl-4,6,2',4'-tetramethoxy-biphenyl-2-yl)-methanolYield 79.4%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 8028TetrahydrofuranSolvent2×

Procedure

4,6,4′,6′-tetramethoxy-biphenyl-2,2′-dicarboxylic acid dimethyl ester (2.5 g) was dissolved in THF (96 mL), and 1M LiAlH4 in THF (9.6 mL) was added. After stirring at room temperature for overnight, the mixture was quenched with water and 2N HCl (24 mL) was added. The mixture was evaporated under vacuum and partitioned with DCM (300 mL) and water (200 mL). The organic layer was dried over Na2SO4 and crystallized with DCM to provide (6′-hydroxymethyl-4,6,2′,4′-tetramethoxy-biphenyl-2-yl)-methanol (1.7 g, 77%) as a pale blue white triclinic crystals.

Workup

  1. customthe mixture was quenched with water and 2N HCl (24 mL)
  2. additionwas added
  3. customThe mixture was evaporated under vacuum
  4. custompartitioned with DCM (300 mL) and water (200 mL)
  5. dry with materialThe organic layer was dried over Na2SO4
  6. customcrystallized with DCM

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-eb525b5b6e1540f78325a6d07150dd2e
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2015_10
Patent number
US09156823B2

Reaction notes

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