Potassium Iodide → 1-(2-Hydroxy-5-iodophenyl)ethan-1-one

Temperature

65 °C

To a stirring solution of 1-(5-amino-2-hydroxy-phenyl)-ethanone (6.856 g,46 mmol) in 98% sulfuric acid (24 ml) and water (19 ml) was added sodium nitrite (3.30 g, 48 mmol, 1.05 equ) in water (5.5 ml). The reaction was stirred for 35 minutes, then sulfuric acid (4 ml), copper powder (0.17 g, 0.3 mmol, 0.06 equ) and potassium iodide (8.80 g, 53 mmol, 1.16 equ) in water (5.5 ml) added. The mixture was then heated slowly to 65° C. and maintained at 65° C. for 2 hours. The reaction was then cooled, water (25 ml) and sodium hydrogen carbonate added. More water was added, then extracted into a mixture of ethyl acetate and dichloromethane, then ethyl acetate (2×). The combined organic layers were washed with brine then concentrated in vacuo. This mixture was then taken up in ethyl acetate and 2 M HCl, filtered and the organic layer dried (MgSO4) and concentrated in vacuo to give 1-(5-iodo-2-hydroxy-phenyl)-ethanone 52 (1.339 g, 39%) as a purple oil. This was then used in the next reaction.

1. temperaturemaintained at 65° C. for 2 hours
2. temperatureThe reaction was then cooled
3. extractionextracted into a mixture of ethyl acetate and dichloromethane
4. washThe combined organic layers were washed with brine
5. concentrationthen concentrated in vacuo
6. filtration2 M HCl, filtered
7. dry with materialthe organic layer dried (MgSO4)
8. concentrationconcentrated in vacuo

ORD record

ord-b89564d7530e4e97b1355f765cbbd9e2

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2009_10

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US07601754B2