Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 12017994, compound

Ethyl 2-methylthio-2-(5-formyl-2-methoxyphenyl)acetate (4.80 g, 17.9 mmol), ethanol (30 mL) and 10% aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide (20 mL) were mixed and the mixture was stirred for 3 hours at room temperature. The reaction mixture was poured in ice water and made acidic with concentrated hydrochloric acid, which was then extracted with ethyl acetate. The extracte was washed with water, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, and then concentrated to afford 4.00 g of crude 2-methylthio-2-(5-formyl-2-methoxyphenyl)acetic acid as yellow crystals (this compound was used for next reaction without further purification). Next, 2-methylthio-2-(5-formyl-2-methoxyphenyl)acetic acid (4.00 g, 16.4 mmol) and N,N-dimethylformamide (50 mL) were mixed and, after anhydrous potassium carbonate (3.71 g, 26.8 mmol) and benzyl bromide (3.06 g, 17.9 mmol) were added at room temperature under stirring, the mixture was stirred for 5 hours. The reaction mixture was poured in ice water and extracted with ether. The extracted solution was washed with water and brine, and then dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The reaction mixture was concentrated and the residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (eluate n-hexane:ethyl acetate=6:1 v/v) to afford 4.50 g (76%) of the title compound as a light brown oil.

1. extractionwas then extracted with ethyl acetate
2. washThe extracte was washed with water
3. dry with materialdried over anhydrous sodium sulfate
4. concentrationconcentrated

ORD record

ord-868503d25ec543939c4f83d0c6e835e8

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2006_05

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US07049342B2