Hydrochloric Acid → Methyl 4-[(2-benzyloxyphenyl)hydroxymethyl]benzoate

HRID 1826617Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1826617 reaction equation
[CH2:1]([O:8][C:9]1[CH:14]=[CH:13][CH:12]=[CH:11][C:10]=1Br)[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.[Mg].[CH:17]([C:19]1[CH:28]=[CH:27][C:22]([C:23]([O:25][CH3:26])=[O:24])=[CH:21][CH:20]=1)=[O:18].Cl>O1CCCC1.O>[CH2:1]([O:8][C:9]1[CH:14]=[CH:13][CH:12]=[CH:11][C:10]=1[CH:17]([OH:18])[C:19]1[CH:20]=[CH:21][C:22]([C:23]([O:25][CH3:26])=[O:24])=[CH:27][CH:28]=1)[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1

Participants

7

Reactant 4

HCID 313Hydrochloric AcidHCID 15294Methyl 4-FormylbenzoateHCID 5618281-(Benzyloxy)-2-bromobenzeneHCID 5462224Magnesium

Product 1

HCID 21909317Methyl 4-[(2-benzyloxyphenyl)hydroxymethyl]benzoateYield 37.1%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 962WaterSolventHCID 8028TetrahydrofuranSolvent2×

Procedure

A Grignard reagent was prepared from 1-benzyloxy-2-bromobenzene (5.3 g), magnesium (0.49 g) and tetrahydrofuran (160 mL). The obtained Grignard reagent was added to a solution of methyl 4-formylbenzoate (3.3 g) in tetrahydrofuran (60 mL), and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 hour. To the reaction mixture were added water and dilute hydrochloric acid, and the resulting mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with brine and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, and the solvent was removed under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by column chromatography on aminopropyl silica gel (eluent: hexane/ethyl acetate=4/1) to give methyl 4-[(2-benzyloxyphenyl)hydroxymethyl]benzoate (2.6 g).

Workup

  1. extractionthe resulting mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate
  2. washThe organic layer was washed with brine
  3. dry with materialdried over anhydrous sodium sulfate
  4. customthe solvent was removed under reduced pressure
  5. customThe residue was purified by column chromatography on aminopropyl silica gel (eluent: hexane/ethyl acetate=4/1)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-31e2f8f54ce54b2b86fc299f73b9e653
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2006_05
Patent number
US07053060B2

Reaction notes

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