Dimethylformamide → 2,4-Bis-methoxymethoxy-6-methoxymethyl-benzaldehyde

HRID 1798058Notes

Reaction equation

Br[C:2]1[C:7]([CH2:8][O:9][CH3:10])=[CH:6][C:5]([O:11][CH2:12][O:13][CH3:14])=[CH:4][C:3]=1[O:15][CH2:16][O:17][CH3:18].[Li]CCCC.CN([CH:27]=[O:28])C>CCOCC>[CH3:18][O:17][CH2:16][O:15][C:3]1[CH:4]=[C:5]([O:11][CH2:12][O:13][CH3:14])[CH:6]=[C:7]([CH2:8][O:9][CH3:10])[C:2]=1[CH:27]=[O:28]

Participants

Conditions

Temperature: -78 °C

Procedure

To a solution of 2-bromo-1,5-bis-methoxymethoxy-3-methoxymethyl-benzene (5.66 g, 17.59 mmol) in Et2O (60 mL) was added n-BuLi (15.47 mL, 2.5 M in Hexane) at −78° C. After stirring for 1 hour at −78° C., DMF (13.6 mL, 175.8 mmol) was the added and reaction mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature over 3 hours. The reaction was quenched with saturated NH4Cl and extracted with Et2O. The organic extracts were dried and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by silica gel flash column chromatography to give 2,4-bis-methoxymethoxy-6-methoxymethyl-benzaldehyde (3.93 g, 82%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3δ 10.50 (s, 1H), 7.03 (s, 1H), 6.77 (s, 1H), 5.30 (s, 2H), 5.27 (s, 2H), 4.80 (s, 3H), 3.50 (s, 3H), 4.49 (s, 3H).

Workup

additionadded
customreaction mixture
temperatureto warm to room temperature over 3 hours
customThe reaction was quenched with saturated NH4Cl
extractionextracted with Et2O
customThe organic extracts were dried
concentrationconcentrated in vacuo
customThe residue was purified by silica gel flash column chromatography

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-2ffb4afab5834de892ca0971f1354952
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2013_01
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US08343944B2

Reaction notes

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