Hydrochloric Acid → Methyl 4-bromo-2,6-difluorobenzoate

HRID 1921854Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1921854 reaction equation
[Br:1][C:2]1[CH:10]=[C:9]([F:11])[C:5]([C:6]([OH:8])=[O:7])=[C:4]([F:12])[CH:3]=1.S(Cl)(Cl)=O.[CH3:17]N(C=O)C.Cl>C(Cl)Cl.CO>[CH3:17][O:7][C:6](=[O:8])[C:5]1[C:4]([F:12])=[CH:3][C:2]([Br:1])=[CH:10][C:9]=1[F:11]

Participants

7

Reactant 4

HCID 313Hydrochloric AcidHCID 6228DimethylformamideHCID 24386Thionyl ChlorideHCID 27732984-Bromo-2,6-difluorobenzoic acid

Product 1

HCID 26343953Methyl 4-bromo-2,6-difluorobenzoate

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 887MethanolSolventHCID 6344DichloromethaneSolvent

Procedure

To a suspension of 4-Bromo-2,6-difluoro-benzoic acid (5 g, 21 mmol) in DCM (10 mL) is added thionyl chloride (15 mL) and DMF (0.5 mL). The mixture is stirred at room temperature for 2.5 h. It is then cooled to 0° C. and MeOH (20 mL) is added carefully causing vigorous HCl evolution. After stirring for an additional 0.5 h, the clear solution is partitioned between DCM (50 mL) and water (50 mL). The organic layer is washed with saturated NaHCO3, brine, dried over MgSO4 and the solvent is removed under vacuum to afford the title compound as a pale yellow oil which is used without further purification.

Workup

  1. temperatureIt is then cooled to 0° C.
  2. stirringAfter stirring for an additional 0.5 h
  3. customthe clear solution is partitioned between DCM (50 mL) and water (50 mL)
  4. washThe organic layer is washed with saturated NaHCO3, brine
  5. dry with materialdried over MgSO4
  6. customthe solvent is removed under vacuum

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-b98ee801fe4840bb86ffe0ae7048a01a
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2012_05
Patent number
US08173656B2

Reaction notes

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