Bromine → Methyl 4-(2-amino-2-oxoethoxy)-5-bromo-2-methoxybenzoate

HRID 1877636Notes

Reaction equation

[NH2:1][C:2](=[O:17])[CH2:3][O:4][C:5]1[CH:14]=[CH:13][C:8]([C:9]([O:11][CH3:12])=[O:10])=[C:7]([O:15][CH3:16])[CH:6]=1.[Br:18]Br>C(Cl)(Cl)Cl>[NH2:1][C:2](=[O:17])[CH2:3][O:4][C:5]1[C:14]([Br:18])=[CH:13][C:8]([C:9]([O:11][CH3:12])=[O:10])=[C:7]([O:15][CH3:16])[CH:6]=1

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Conditions

Temperature: 0 °C

Procedure

To a 250 mL round-bottomed flask was added methyl 4-(2-amino-2-oxoethoxy)-2-methoxybenzoate (1.2 g, 5.14 mmol) and chloroform (40 mL). The mixture was placed under a nitrogen atmosphere and cooled to 0° C. Bromine (0.263 mL, 5.14 mmol) was added drop wise (in 3 mL of chloroform) and the solution was allowed to warm to room temperature overnight. The orange solid was cooled with an ice bath, filtered, washed sequentially with cold chloroform, then diethyl ether. The product was dried under vacuum giving 1.7 grams (91% yield) of methyl 4-(2-amino-2-oxoethoxy)-5-bromo-2-methoxybenzoate as an orange solid. The LC/MS data was obtained on a Shimadzu analytical LC/Micromass Platform LC (ESI+) at 220 nm using the following set of conditions: Waters Sunfire 5 μm C18, 4.6×30 mm column, with a gradient of 0-100% B (B=90% HPLC grade methanol/0.1% trifluoroacetic acid/10% HPLC grade water), (A=90% HPLC grade water/0.1% trifluoroacetic acid/10% HPLC grade methanol), in 2 minutes with a 1 minute hold at a rate of 4 mL/minute. 1H NMR (400 MHz, THF-d8) δ ppm 3.76 (s, 3H), 3.88 (s, 3H), 4.63 (s, 2H), 6.76 (s, 1H), 7.10 (br. s., 2H), 7.96 (s, 1H). LCMS Rt=1.793 min., m/z 319.1 (M+H), 90% purity.

Workup

temperatureto warm to room temperature overnight
temperatureThe orange solid was cooled with an ice bath
filtrationfiltered
washwashed sequentially with cold chloroform
customThe product was dried under vacuum

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-6a3709dd65db442e9b96612e9a7b435f
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2012_11
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US08309558B2

Reaction notes

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