Citric Acid → [4-Hydroxy-3'-(hydroxymethyl)-6-methylbiphenyl-2-yl]methyl acetate

HRID 1908894Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1908894 reaction equation
[C:1]([O:4][CH2:5][C:6]1[CH:11]=[C:10]([O:12]C(=O)C)[CH:9]=[C:8]([CH3:16])[C:7]=1[C:17]1[CH:22]=[CH:21][CH:20]=[C:19]([CH:23]=[O:24])[CH:18]=1)(=[O:3])[CH3:2].O1CCCC1.[BH4-].[Na+].C(O)(=O)CC(CC(O)=O)(C(O)=O)O>CO>[C:1]([O:4][CH2:5][C:6]1[CH:11]=[C:10]([OH:12])[CH:9]=[C:8]([CH3:16])[C:7]=1[C:17]1[CH:22]=[CH:21][CH:20]=[C:19]([CH2:23][OH:24])[CH:18]=1)(=[O:3])[CH3:2]

Participants

6

Reactant 4

HCID 311Citric AcidHCID 8028TetrahydrofuranHCID 4311764Sodium borohydrideHCID 59342569(4-Acetoxy-3'-formyl-6-methylbiphenyl-2-yl)methyl acetate

Product 1

HCID 59342611[4-Hydroxy-3'-(hydroxymethyl)-6-methylbiphenyl-2-yl]methyl acetateYield 71.4%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 887MethanolSolvent

Procedure

To a solution of (4-acetoxy-3′-formyl-6-methylbiphenyl-2-yl)methyl acetate (1.63 g, 4.99 mmol) in a mixed solvent of tetrahydrofuran (10 mL) and methanol (5 mL) was added sodium borohydride (90%, 0.210 g, 5.00 mmol) under ice-cooling, and the mixture was stirred at the same temperature for 3 hr under nitrogen atmosphere. Aqueous citric acid solution was added to the reaction mixture, and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was washed with saturated brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (ethyl acetate:hexane=20:80-80:20) to give the title compound (1.02 g, yield 71%) as a colorless oil.

Workup

  1. temperaturecooling
  2. extractionthe mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate
  3. washThe extract was washed with saturated brine
  4. dry with materialdried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate
  5. concentrationconcentrated under reduced pressure
  6. customThe residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (ethyl acetate:hexane=20:80-80:20)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-20aeef64b31e40f7961eaa5b46f9ece7
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2013_12
Patent number
US08598226B2

Reaction notes

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