Cerium(III) chloride → Methyl 4-(4-hydroxy-4-methylcyclohex-1-en-1-yl)benzoate

HRID 1785841Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1785841 reaction equation
[Cl-].[Ce+3].[Cl-].[Cl-].[CH3:5][Li].[Cl-].[Li+].[O:9]=[C:10]1[CH2:15][CH2:14][C:13]([C:16]2[CH:25]=[CH:24][C:19]([C:20]([O:22][CH3:23])=[O:21])=[CH:18][CH:17]=2)=[CH:12][CH2:11]1>C1COCC1.C(OCC)C.C(OCC)(=O)C>[OH:9][C:10]1([CH3:5])[CH2:15][CH2:14][C:13]([C:16]2[CH:17]=[CH:18][C:19]([C:20]([O:22][CH3:23])=[O:21])=[CH:24][CH:25]=2)=[CH:12][CH2:11]1

Participants

8

Reactant 4

HCID 24636Cerium(III) chlorideHCID 433294Lithium ChlorideHCID 22730167Methyl 4-(4-oxocyclohex-1-en-1-yl)benzoateHCID 178418348HCID 178418348, compound

Product 1

HCID 22730725Methyl 4-(4-hydroxy-4-methylcyclohex-1-en-1-yl)benzoate

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 3

HCID 3283Diethyl EtherSolventHCID 8028TetrahydrofuranSolvent2×HCID 8857Ethyl AcetateSolvent

Procedure

A suspension of anhydrous cerium(III) chloride (2.71 g, 11 mmol) in THF (10 mL) at −78° C. was slowly treated with 1.5M methyllithium complexed with lithium chloride in diethyl ether (6.7 mL), warmed to room temperature over 2 hours, and added to a solution of Example 420C (1.15 g, 5.0mmol) in THF (10 mL) at −78° C. The reaction was gradually warmed to room temperature over 4 hours, diluted with ethyl acetate (100 mL), washed with water (45 mL) and brine (10 mL), dried (MgSO4), filtered, and concentrated. The concentrate was purified by flash column chromatography on silica gel with 10-30% ethyl acetate/hexanes to provide the desired product.

Workup

  1. temperatureThe reaction was gradually warmed to room temperature over 4 hours
  2. washwashed with water (45 mL) and brine (10 mL)
  3. dry with materialdried (MgSO4)
  4. filtrationfiltered
  5. concentrationconcentrated
  6. customThe concentrate was purified by flash column chromatography on silica gel with 10-30% ethyl acetate/hexanes

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-21e914593c374e0cac9a20bb9660e89a
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2009_03
Patent number
US07504512B2

Reaction notes

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