Acetyl chloride → 1-(2,6-difluoro-4-methoxyphenyl)ethanone

HRID 1843777Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1843777 reaction equation
[Cl-].[Al+3].[Cl-].[Cl-].[C:5](Cl)(=[O:7])[CH3:6].[F:9][C:10]1[CH:15]=[C:14]([O:16][CH3:17])[CH:13]=[C:12]([F:18])[CH:11]=1.C([O-])(O)=O.[Na+]>C(Cl)Cl>[F:9][C:10]1[CH:15]=[C:14]([O:16][CH3:17])[CH:13]=[C:12]([F:18])[C:11]=1[C:5](=[O:7])[CH3:6]

Participants

6

Reactant 4

HCID 6367Acetyl chlorideHCID 516892Sodium BicarbonateHCID 27245183,5-DifluoroanisoleHCID 6451240Aluminum(III) Chloride

Product 1

HCID 38532461-(2,6-difluoro-4-methoxyphenyl)ethanoneYield 58.3%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 6344DichloromethaneSolvent2×

Conditions

Temperature
0 °C

Procedure

A mixture of aluminium chloride (10.0 g, 69.4 mmol, 5.0 equiv) and acetyl chloride (2.0 mL, 28 mmol, 2.0 equiv) in CH2Cl2 (50.0 mL) was stirred at 0° C. for 30 min. The reaction mixture was slowly added with 1,3-difluoro-5-methoxy-benzene (2.0 g, 13.9 mmol, 1.0 equiv) in CH2Cl2 (10.0 mL), and the resultant solution was stirred at room temperature for additional 2.0 h. The solution was basified with saturated aqueous NaHCO3 (20 mL) to pH 8-9. The organic layer was separated, dried over MgSO4(s), and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel (15% EtOAc in hexanes as eluant) at give 1-(2,6-difluoro-4-methoxyphenyl)ethanone (1.5 g, 8.1 mmol) as yellow oil in 58% yield: 1H NMR (CDCl3, 500 MHz) δ 6.46-6.48 (m, 2 H), 3.83 (s, 3 H), 2.56 (s, 3 H); ESI-MS: m/z 187.0 (M+H)+.

Workup

  1. customThe organic layer was separated
  2. dry with materialdried over MgSO4(s)
  3. concentrationconcentrated under reduced pressure
  4. customThe residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel (15% EtOAc in hexanes as eluant)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-ac00a6d13b6e4b9897a03d424b2b6ece
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2015_02
Patent number
US08946268B2

Reaction notes

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