Sodium Methoxide → 1-Ethyl-2-(methoxymethyl)-4-nitrobenzene

HRID 1862895Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1862895 reaction equation
[CH3:1][O-:2].[Na+].Cl[CH2:5][C:6]1[CH:11]=[C:10]([N+:12]([O-:14])=[O:13])[CH:9]=[CH:8][C:7]=1[CH2:15][CH3:16]>CO>[CH3:1][O:2][CH2:5][C:6]1[CH:11]=[C:10]([N+:12]([O-:14])=[O:13])[CH:9]=[CH:8][C:7]=1[CH2:15][CH3:16]

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 10942334Sodium MethoxideHCID 123759392-(Chloromethyl)-1-ethyl-4-nitrobenzene

Product 1

HCID 1165461-Ethyl-2-(methoxymethyl)-4-nitrobenzene

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 887MethanolSolvent

Conditions

Temperature
3 °C

Procedure

Sodium methoxide is added portionwise to a solution of 150.0 g of α-chloro-2-ethyl-5-nitrotoluene in 1.15 l. of methanol maintained between 18° C. and 30° C. The mixture is refluxed for 2 hours, cooled to 3° C., and filtered. The filtrate is concentrated under vacuum and the resulting slurry shaken with saturated aqueous sodium chloride and methylene chloride. The methylene chloride layer is washed, filtered through sodium sulfate, and stirred over magnesium sulfate. The filtered solution is concentrated under vacuum to yield 133.89 g of a dark brown liquid. The crude product is fractionated by vacuum distillation to yield a yellow liquid with boiling point 113° C. to 115° C. at 0.35 mm Hg which solidifies to light yellow prisms with mp 21.5° C. to 23.5° C.

Workup

  1. temperatureThe mixture is refluxed for 2 hours
  2. filtrationfiltered
  3. concentrationThe filtrate is concentrated under vacuum
  4. washThe methylene chloride layer is washed
  5. filtrationfiltered through sodium sulfate
  6. stirringstirred over magnesium sulfate
  7. concentrationThe filtered solution is concentrated under vacuum

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-5a72cbdb366d4358965e4fe61f7eb102
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1979_09
Patent number
US04166908

Reaction notes

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