Ethyl Bromide → 2-Ethoxybenzonitrile

HRID 1759729Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1759729 reaction equation
[OH:1][C:2]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][CH:7]=[CH:6][C:3]=1[C:4]#[N:5].C(=O)([O-])[O-].[K+].[K+].[CH2:16](Br)[CH3:17]>CC(C)=O>[CH2:16]([O:1][C:2]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][CH:7]=[CH:6][C:3]=1[C:4]#[N:5])[CH3:17]

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 6332Ethyl BromideHCID 11430Potassium CarbonateHCID 119072-Hydroxybenzonitrile

Product 1

HCID 5769222-Ethoxybenzonitrile

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 180AcetoneSolvent

Procedure

25 g (210 mmol) of 2-hydroxybenzonitrile, 87 g of potassium carbonate and 34.3 g (314.8 mmol) of ethyl bromide in 500 ml of acetone are refluxed overnight. The solid is filtered off, the solvent is removed under reduced pressure and the residue is distilled under reduced pressure. This gives 30.0 g (97%) of a colourless liquid.

Workup

  1. filtrationThe solid is filtered off
  2. customthe solvent is removed under reduced pressure
  3. distillationthe residue is distilled under reduced pressure

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-b52ca93a1fe74fcabd56a29aa68a1ba3
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2005_01
Patent number
US06838459B1

Reaction notes

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