Methanol → 1-Bromo-4-phenylbutane

HRID 1862647Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1862647 reaction equation
[C:1]1([CH2:7][CH2:8][CH2:9][CH2:10]O)[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1.[Br-:12].[Br-].C1(P(C2C=CC=CC=2)C2C=CC=CC=2)C=CC=CC=1.CO>C(#N)C>[C:1]1([CH2:7][CH2:8][CH2:9][CH2:10][Br:12])[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 887MethanolHCID 76889BenzenebutanolHCID 12890784Triphenylphosphane dibromide

Product 1

HCID 2596681-Bromo-4-phenylbutaneYield 106.3%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 6342AcetonitrileSolvent

Procedure

To a solution of 4-phenyl-1-butanol (21.75 g) in acetonitrile (300 mL) was added triphenylphosphine dibromide (67.23 g) in portions with stirring over 10 min. After stirring over night under nitrogen, methanol (4 mL) was added and after 1.5 h, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure. Hexanes (200 mL) and ˜75 g silica gel were added to the residue and the mixture was filtered and the filter cake was eluted with hexanes. The clear filtrate was concentrated to give 32.8 g of clear colorless liquid. This product was again eluted through silica gel using 1.5 L hexanes to give the title compound (24.7 g) as a colorless liquid.

Workup

  1. stirringAfter stirring over night under nitrogen
  2. customthe solvent was removed under reduced pressure
  3. additionHexanes (200 mL) and ˜75 g silica gel were added to the residue
  4. filtrationthe mixture was filtered
  5. washthe filter cake was eluted with hexanes
  6. concentrationThe clear filtrate was concentrated

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-643c8eb536284c3797cdbbc7cd11732a
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2003_03
Patent number
US06538002B1

Reaction notes

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