4-Methylbenzenethiol → HCID 58442533, compound

HRID 1843787Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1843787 reaction equation
I[C:2]1[CH:7]=[C:6]([CH3:8])[C:5]([C:9](=[O:11])[CH3:10])=[C:4]([CH3:12])[CH:3]=1.[CH3:13][C:14]1[CH:19]=[CH:18][C:17]([SH:20])=[CH:16][CH:15]=1.[OH-].[K+]>CN(C=O)C.O.[Cu-]=O>[CH3:8][C:6]1[CH:7]=[C:2]([S:20][C:17]2[CH:18]=[CH:19][C:14]([CH3:13])=[CH:15][CH:16]=2)[CH:3]=[C:4]([CH3:12])[C:5]=1[C:9](=[O:11])[CH3:10]

Participants

7

Procedure

A mixture of 1-(4-iodo-2,6-dimethylphenyl)ethanone (1.5 g, 5.5 mmol, 1.0 equiv), 4-methylbenzenethiol (1.02 g, 8.2 mmol, 1.5 equiv), copper(I) oxide (39.2 mg, 0.3 mmol, 0.05 equiv), and potassium hydroxide (614.1 mg, 11.0 mmol, 2.0 equiv) in DMF (4.4 mL) and H2O (1.1 mL) was heated at reflux for 20 h. The mixture was quenched with H2O (10 mL) and extracted with ether (2×20 mL). The organic layer was collected, dried over MgSO4(s), and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel (3.0% EtOAc in hexanes as eluant) to provide 1-(2,6-dimethyl-4-(p-tolylthio)phenyl)ethanone (1.16 g, 4.3 mmol) as yellow oil in 79% yield: 1H NMR (CD3OD, 500 MHz) δ 7.29 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 2 H), 7.20 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 2 H), 6.88 (s, 2 H), 2.45 (s, 3 H), 2.35 (s, 3 H), 2.15 (s, 6 H); ESI-MS: m/z 271.8 (M+H)+.

Workup

  1. temperaturewas heated
  2. temperatureat reflux for 20 h
  3. customThe mixture was quenched with H2O (10 mL)
  4. extractionextracted with ether (2×20 mL)
  5. customThe organic layer was collected
  6. dry with materialdried over MgSO4(s)
  7. concentrationconcentrated under reduced pressure
  8. customThe residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel (3.0% EtOAc in hexanes as eluant)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-481021ada77646b0b1e9fe89bcb380ae
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2015_02
Patent number
US08946268B2

Reaction notes

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