Boron tribromide → 2,6-Dichloro-3,4-dihydroxybenzaldehyde

Temperature

-65 °C

Into an oven-dried, three-neck round bottom flask, fitted with a thermometer, 1.0 g (4.52 mmol; Aldrich, Milwaukee, Wis.) of 2,6-dichloro-3-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzaldehyde and 45 mL of dichloromethane were added under nitrogen atmosphere. The solution was cooled to −65° C. and 1.32 mL (14 mmol) of boron tribromide was added dropwise. The reaction mixture was left to warm up slowly to room temperature with stirring for 16 hours. The reaction mixture was carefully quenched with the addition of 5 mL of water, then transferred to a single-neck round bottom flask and volatiles were removed in vacuo. The residue was taken up with 50 mL of ethylacetate and washed three times with water and two times with brine. The organic layer was dried over MgSO4, then concentrated to yield 0.9 g (96%) of crude 2,6-dichloro-3,4-dihydroxybenzaldehyde, as an off-white solid, which was used without further purification. H-NMR δ (d6-acetone): 6.85 (1H, s), 9.1 (2H, br s), 10.2 (1H, s). Melting point=213-215° C.

1. additionwere added under nitrogen atmosphere
2. waitThe reaction mixture was left
3. temperatureto warm up slowly to room temperature
4. customThe reaction mixture was carefully quenched with the addition of 5 mL of water
5. customtransferred to a single-neck round bottom flask
6. customvolatiles were removed in vacuo
7. washwashed three times with water and two times with brine
8. dry with materialThe organic layer was dried over MgSO4
9. concentrationconcentrated

ORD record

ord-2f17f69682814ddb837c1618ca112fbb

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2009_12

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US07635423B2