7-Nitro-1-tetralone → 1-Methylene-7-nitro-tetralin

HRID 1836278Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1836278 reaction equation
[N+:1]([C:4]1[CH:13]=[C:12]2[C:7]([CH2:8][CH2:9][CH2:10][C:11]2=O)=[CH:6][CH:5]=1)([O-:3])=[O:2].[CH2:15]([Li])CCC>C1COCC1.[Br-].C[P+](C1C=CC=CC=1)(C1C=CC=CC=1)C1C=CC=CC=1>[CH2:15]=[C:11]1[C:12]2[C:7](=[CH:6][CH:5]=[C:4]([N+:1]([O-:3])=[O:2])[CH:13]=2)[CH2:8][CH2:9][CH2:10]1

Participants

5

Reactant 2

HCID 384457-Nitro-1-tetraloneHCID 178418339Butyllithium

Product 1

HCID 223825081-Methylene-7-nitro-tetralinYield 152%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 74505Methyltriphenyliphosphonium bromideCatalystHCID 8028TetrahydrofuranSolvent2×

Procedure

7-Nitro-1-tetralone (1.00 g, 5.23 mmol) was dissolved in dry THF (5 mL) and added to a solution of methyltriphenylphosphonium bromide (2.00 g, 5.60 mmol) and n-butyllithium (2.5 M in hexanes, 2.2 mL, 5.5 mmol) in THF (10 mL) cooled by an ice water bath. The mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature and stirred overnight. It was poured into ice water (45 mL) and extracted with EtOAc (3×20 mL). The extract was washed with NaCl solution, dried (MgSO4), filtered and concentrated to give a black solid (1.504 g). It was dissolved in CHCl3 and flash chromatographed over silica gel (65 g) eluting with EtOAc/hexane (1:20) to afford a white solid (263 mg, 27% yield): mp 45-47° C.

Workup

  1. temperaturecooled by an ice water bath
  2. extractionextracted with EtOAc (3×20 mL)
  3. washThe extract was washed with NaCl solution
  4. dry with materialdried (MgSO4)
  5. filtrationfiltered
  6. concentrationconcentrated

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-989bf6a45a034cbabc581817b8f0e475
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2004_08
Patent number
US06777426B2

Reaction notes

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