Iodine → Benzhydrol

HRID 1825316Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1825316 reaction equation
[CH2:1]([O:8]C1C=CC=CC=1Br)[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.[Mg].II.C([C:23]1[CH:30]=[CH:29][C:26](C=O)=[CH:25][CH:24]=1)C(C)C>O1CCCC1>[C:23]1([CH:1]([C:2]2[CH:3]=[CH:4][CH:5]=[CH:6][CH:7]=2)[OH:8])[CH:30]=[CH:29][CH:26]=[CH:25][CH:24]=1

Participants

6

Reactant 4

HCID 807IodineHCID 5618281-(Benzyloxy)-2-bromobenzeneHCID 577537Benzaldehyde, 4-(2-methylpropyl)-HCID 5462224Magnesium

Product 1

HCID 7037BenzhydrolYield 164.2%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 8028TetrahydrofuranSolvent2×

Procedure

A Grignard reagent was prepared from 2-benzyloxybromobenzene (0.20 g), magnesium (0.026 g), a catalytic amount of iodine and tetrahydrofuran (1 mL). The obtained Grignard reagent was added to a solution of 4-isobutylbenzaldehyde (0.16 g) in tetrahydrofuran (2 mL), and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes. The reaction mixture was purified by column chromatography on aminopropyl silica gel (eluent: tetrahydrofuran) to give a diphenylmethanol compound (0.23 g). The obtained diphenylmethanol compound was dissolved in ethanol (3 mL) and concentrated hydrochloric acid (0.1 mL). To the solution was added a catalytic amount of 10% palladium-carbon powder, and the mixture was stirred under a hydrogen atmosphere at room temperature overnight. The catalyst was removed by filtration, and the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel (eluent: dichloromethane/hexane=1/1) to give 2-(4-isobutylbenzyl)phenol (0.10 g).

Workup

  1. customThe reaction mixture was purified by column chromatography on aminopropyl silica gel (eluent: tetrahydrofuran)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-bb0e4761cb10439f93f3ffd3e32b6192
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2006_05
Patent number
US07045665B2

Reaction notes

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