Sodium Hydroxide → 4-Methoxyphenylacetic Acid

HRID 1776270Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1776270 reaction equation
[CH3:1][O:2][C:3]1[CH:8]=[CH:7][C:6]([CH2:9][C:10]([O:12]CC)=[O:11])=[CH:5][CH:4]=1.[OH-].[Na+]>O>[CH3:1][O:2][C:3]1[CH:4]=[CH:5][C:6]([CH2:9][C:10]([OH:12])=[O:11])=[CH:7][CH:8]=1

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 14798Sodium HydroxideHCID 84174Ethyl 4-methoxyphenylacetate

Product 1

HCID 76904-Methoxyphenylacetic AcidYield 100.3%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 962WaterSolvent

Procedure

To a solution of ethyl 2-(4-methoxyphenyl)acetate (12 g, 0.06 mol) MeOH (150 mL) was added dropwise a solution of NaOH (9.8 g, 0.24 mol) in water (50 mL). The mixture was then stirred at RT for 1 h and concentrated in vacuo, the residue was acidified with HCl (1N) and extracted with EtOAc (2×400 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with water, dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated in vacuo to afford 2-(4-methoxyphenyl)acetic acid (10 g, 67%) as a yellow oil.

Workup

  1. concentrationconcentrated in vacuo
  2. extractionextracted with EtOAc (2×400 mL)
  3. washThe combined organic layers were washed with water
  4. dry with materialdried over Na2SO4
  5. concentrationconcentrated in vacuo

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-8c4d6d9e991a4d219065a491aea1fe80
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2016_02
Patent number
US09265767B2

Reaction notes

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