4-Ethylphenol → HCID 58442373, compound

HRID 1843773Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1843773 reaction equation
Cl[C:2]1[CH:7]=[C:6]([CH3:8])[C:5]([C:9](=[O:11])[CH3:10])=[C:4]([CH3:12])[CH:3]=1.[O-]P([O-])([O-])=O.[K+].[K+].[K+].[CH2:21]([C:23]1[CH:28]=[CH:27][C:26]([OH:29])=[CH:25][CH:24]=1)[CH3:22]>C1(C)C=CC=CC=1.CC([O-])=O.CC([O-])=O.[Pd+2].C(P(C(C)(C)C)C1C=CC=CC=1C1C(C(C)C)=CC(C(C)C)=CC=1C(C)C)(C)(C)C>[CH2:21]([C:23]1[CH:28]=[CH:27][C:26]([O:29][C:2]2[CH:7]=[C:6]([CH3:8])[C:5]([C:9](=[O:11])[CH3:10])=[C:4]([CH3:12])[CH:3]=2)=[CH:25][CH:24]=1)[CH3:22]

Participants

7

Conditions

Temperature
100 °C

Procedure

To a solution of 1-(4-chloro-2,6-dimethylphenyl)ethanone (5.0 g, 27.4 mmol), K3PO4 (11.6 g, 54.7 mmol), 4-ethylphenol (4.01 g, 32.8 mmol) in toluene (54.8 mL) was added 2-di-tert-butylphosphino-2′,4′,6′-triisopropylbiphenyl (349 mg, 0.82 mmol) and Pd(OAc)2 (259 mg, 1.15 mmol). The reaction was heated at 100° C. overnight under N2. The solution was cooled to room temperature and filtered through a small pad of Celite. The cake was washed with ethyl acetate (50 mL) and combined filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by flash column chromatography on silica gel to give 1-(4-(4-ethylphenoxy)-2,6-dimethylphenyl)ethanone (6.0 g) as yellow oil in 82% yield: 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.17 (d, J=8.5 Hz, 2 H), 6.93 (d, J=8.5 Hz, 2 H), 6.63 (s, 2 H), 2.64 (q, J=7.5 Hz, 2 H), 2.47 (s, 3 H), 2.21 (s, 6 H), 1.25 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 3 H).

Workup

  1. temperatureThe solution was cooled to room temperature
  2. filtrationfiltered through a small pad of Celite
  3. washThe cake was washed with ethyl acetate (50 mL)
  4. concentrationwas concentrated under reduced pressure
  5. customThe residue was purified by flash column chromatography on silica gel

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-1dfcdd4cf43f436c9227158d5170f196
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2015_02
Patent number
US08946268B2

Reaction notes

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