Isopropanol → (2-Methylsulfanylphenyl)methanol

HRID 1821348Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1821348 reaction equation
C[O:2][C:3](=O)[C:4]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][CH:7]=[CH:6][C:5]=1[S:10][CH3:11].[H-].C([Al+]CC(C)C)C(C)C.CC(O)C.C(C(C(C([O-])=O)O)O)([O-])=O.[Na+].[K+]>C1(C)C=CC=CC=1>[CH3:11][S:10][C:5]1[CH:6]=[CH:7][CH:8]=[CH:9][C:4]=1[CH2:3][OH:2]

Participants

6

Conditions

Temperature
0 °C

Procedure

To a solution of 2-methylsulfanylbenzoic acid methyl ester (0.30 g, 1.7 mmol) in toluene (3.0 mL), diisobutylaluminum hydride (0.94 mol/L toluene solution, 3.9 mL, 3.7 mmol) was added dropwise at −78° C. and the solution was stirred for 3.5 hours. The reaction mixture was added with 2-propanol (0.20 mL), warmed to 0° C., and added with saturated aqueous potassium sodium tartrate solution to separate the mixture into organic layer and aqueous layer. The obtained organic layer was concentrated under reduced pressure and the residue was purified by silica gel chromatography (hexane/ethyl acetate=90/10 to 70/30) to obtain (2-methylsulfanylphenyl)methanol (0.22 g, 87%).

Workup

  1. customto separate the mixture into organic layer and aqueous layer
  2. concentrationThe obtained organic layer was concentrated under reduced pressure
  3. customthe residue was purified by silica gel chromatography (hexane/ethyl acetate=90/10 to 70/30)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-b23d453984154667bfaaa84e7354ce25
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2009_10
Patent number
US07605272B2

Reaction notes

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