3,5-Bis(trifluoromethyl)benzoic acid → Methyl 3,5-di(trifluoromethyl)benzoate radical

HRID 1790024Notes

Reaction equation

[CH3:1][Si](C=[N+]=[N-])(C)C.[F:8][C:9]([F:24])([F:23])[C:10]1[CH:11]=[C:12]([CH:16]=[C:17]([C:19]([F:22])([F:21])[F:20])[CH:18]=1)[C:13]([OH:15])=[O:14]>C1(C)C=CC=CC=1.CO>[CH3:1][O:14][C:13](=[O:15])[C:12]1[CH:11]=[C:10]([C:9]([F:23])([F:24])[F:8])[CH:18]=[C:17]([C:19]([F:22])([F:20])[F:21])[CH:16]=1

Participants

Conditions

Temperature: 0 °C

Procedure

Trimethylsilyldiazomethane (11.5 mL) was added drop-wise to a solution of 3,5-bis-(trifluoromethyl)benzoic acid (2 g) in dry toluene (20 mL) and methanol (0.5 mL) previously cooled to 0° C. under a nitrogen atmosphere. The solution was stirred at r.t. for 1 hr, then concentrated in vacuo to give 3,5-bis-(trifluoromethyl)-benzoic acid methyl ester (2 g) as a colourless oil. A solution of 3,5-bis-(trifluoromethylybenzoic acid methyl ester (2 g) and 1-vinyl-2-pyrrolidinone (863 μL) was added to a mixture of sodium hydride (60% suspension in mineral oil—0.41 g) in dry toluene (30 mL) previously heated to reflux. The mixture was stirred for 12 hrs, then it was partitioned between saturated ammonium chloride solution and AcOEt. The organic layer was dried, concentrated in vacuo and the residue was purified by flash chromatography (CH/AcOEt 8:2) to give the title compound (1.6 g) as a beige oil.

Workup

concentrationconcentrated in vacuo

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-85427b73764646c9b92cca818977921d
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2006_07
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US07071196B2

Reaction notes

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