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HRID 1871310Generated: November 3, 2026

2,3-Dimethylfuran → 2-(4-Bromo-benzyl)-4,5-dimethyl-furan

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
Reactant2,3-DimethylfuranHCID 34337—
Reactant4-Bromobenzyl bromideHCID 68527—
SolventTetrahydrofuranHCID 8028—
Product2-(4-Bromo-benzyl)-4,5-dimethyl-furanHCID 2344562041.5%

Reaction Steps

The title compound was prepared according to the procedure in Example 5, step 1 using commercial 2,3-dimethylfuran (5.00 g, 52.0 mmol), commercial 4-bromobenzylbromide (13.0 g, 52.0 mmol) and 2.5M n-BuLi/hexanes (20.8 mL, 52.0 mmol) in THF. Purification on Biotage KP-Sil eluting with 1% EtOAc/pet. ether gave 5.72 g (41%) of the title compound. 1H NMR (DMSO-d6) δ 1.84 (s, 3 H), 2.09 (s, 3 H), 3.83 (s, 2 H), 5.87 (s, 1 H), 7.17 (d, 2 H), 7.49 (d, 2 H).

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS06103708
Source datasetuspto-grants-2000_08
ORD IDord-dba27afb41534ca488ba9efcedc67559
Source noteuspto-grants-2000_08