Carbon Dioxide → 2-Methyl-1-benzothiophene-7-carboxylic acid
Reaction equation
Br[C:2]1[C:7]2[S:8][C:9]([CH3:11])=[CH:10][C:6]=2[CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.C([Li])CCC.[C:17](=[O:19])=[O:18]>O1CCCC1.C(OCC)C>[CH3:11][C:9]1[S:8][C:7]2[C:2]([C:17]([OH:19])=[O:18])=[CH:3][CH:4]=[CH:5][C:6]=2[CH:10]=1Participants
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Conditions
- Temperature
- -78 °C
Procedure
The solution of 7-bromo-2-methylbenzo[b]thiophene (508) (0.908 g, 4.0 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (16 mL) was cooled to −78° C. under nitrogen. n-butyllithium (2.40 mL, 6.0 mmol, 1.0M in Hexanes) was added dropwise. After the addition was complete, the reaction mixture was stirred at −78° C. for 1 h, then poured on to the mixture of dry ice in ethyl ether (30 mL). The reaction was stirred to reach room temperature for 5 hours, followed by washing with 1N HCl, brine and dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo. The obtained white solid was washed with hexanes to provide 2-methylbenzo[b]thiophene-7-carboxylic acid (509) (0.240 g, 31.2%). LC-MS ESI m/z: found 191.0 [M−H]−.
Workup
- additionAfter the addition
- stirringThe reaction was stirred
- waitto reach room temperature for 5 hours
- washby washing with 1N HCl, brine
- dry with materialdried over sodium sulfate
- filtrationfiltered
- concentrationconcentrated in vacuo
- washThe obtained white solid was washed with hexanes
Sources & evidence
- ORD record
- ord-f3339f28b72d496fb6a0334c0c657429
- Source dataset
- uspto-grants-2013_12
- Patent number
- US08598374B2
Reaction notes
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