Acetic Anhydride → O-Acetylsyringic Acid

HRID 1826125Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1826125 reaction equation
[C:1]([OH:14])(=[O:13])[C:2]1[CH:12]=[C:9]([O:10][CH3:11])[C:7]([OH:8])=[C:4]([O:5][CH3:6])[CH:3]=1.[C:15](OC(=O)C)(=[O:17])[CH3:16]>O>[C:15]([O:13][C:1](=[O:14])[C:2]1[CH:3]=[C:4]([O:5][CH3:6])[C:7]([OH:8])=[C:9]([O:10][CH3:11])[CH:12]=1)(=[O:17])[CH3:16]

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 7918Acetic AnhydrideHCID 10742Syringic Acid

Product 1

HCID 86760109O-Acetylsyringic AcidYield 92.5%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 962WaterSolvent

Procedure

A suspension of syringic acid 81 (10.0 g, 50.5 mmol) in acetic anhydride (30.0 g, 27.7 mL, 294.1 mmol) was warmed gently until a clear solution was obtained. Fused sodium acetate (0.5 g, 6.10 mmol) was added to the solution which was allowed to stir for 16 hours at room temperature. The solution was poured into water (100 mL) and stirred thoroughly to ensure hydrolysis of any excess anhydride. Crude O-Acetyl-syringic acid was recrystallized from water to afford the product as an off-white powder (11.2 g, 46.7 mmol). H1 NMR (270 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.36 (s, 2H), 5.94 (br s, 1H), 3.87 (s, 6H), 2.35 (s, 3H). HRMS calcd for 240.0634, found 240.0637.

Workup

  1. temperaturewas warmed gently until a clear solution
  2. customwas obtained
  3. stirringstirred thoroughly
  4. customCrude O-Acetyl-syringic acid was recrystallized from water

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-da0211e55035427da6aab4e1f14fdcbd
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2006_05
Patent number
US07049311B1

Reaction notes

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