Ethanol → (2,4-Dimethylthiophen-3-yl)methanol

HRID 1764580Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1764580 reaction equation
[BH4-].[Na+].[CH3:3][C:4]1[S:5][CH:6]=[C:7]([CH3:11])[C:8]=1[CH:9]=[O:10].C(O)C>O>[CH3:3][C:4]1[S:5][CH:6]=[C:7]([CH3:11])[C:8]=1[CH2:9][OH:10]

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 702EthanolHCID 4311764Sodium borohydrideHCID 111477702,4-Dimethylthiophene-3-carbaldehyde

Product 1

HCID 12875266(2,4-Dimethylthiophen-3-yl)methanol

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 962WaterSolvent

Procedure

0.68 G. (18 mmol) of sodium borohydride was added in three portions to a solution of 10.08 g. (72 mmol) of 2,4-dimethylthiophene-3-carboxaldehyde in 120 ml. of ethanol. After 15 min., the reaction mixture was poured into water, extracted with ether, dried and the solvent evaporated. The resulting residue was recrystallized from hexane to yield 2,4-dimethyl-3-hydroxymethylthiophene, m.p. 80°-81° C.

Workup

  1. extractionextracted with ether
  2. customdried
  3. customthe solvent evaporated
  4. customThe resulting residue was recrystallized from hexane

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-9de143da0569409cada6b67f02900fa2
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1978_09
Patent number
US04116975

Reaction notes

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