Acetaldehyde → 1-(3-(Methoxymethoxy)pyridin-4-yl)ethanol

A solution of 3-(methoxymethoxy)pyridine (9.8 g, 70 mmol) and THF (40 mL) was added to a stirring mixture of tert-butyllithium (91 mL of a 1.7 M solution with pentane, 160 mmol) and THF (100 mL) at −78° C. After 1 h, acetaldehyde (9.9 mL, 180 mmol) was added, and the reaction mixture was stirred for 3 h and then warmed to RT. After 21 h, the reaction mixture was partitioned between ethyl acetate and saturated aqueous NaHCO3, the layers were separated, the organic material was washed with saturated aqueous NaHCO3, brine, dried (Na2SO4), filtered, and the filtrate was concentrated. The residue was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel (1:1 hexane-ethyl acetate) to afford 4.6 g (36%) of 1-(3-(methoxymethoxy)pyridin-4-yl)ethanol as a colorless solid.

1. waitAfter 21 h
2. customthe reaction mixture was partitioned between ethyl acetate and saturated aqueous NaHCO3
3. customthe layers were separated
4. washthe organic material was washed with saturated aqueous NaHCO3, brine
5. dry with materialdried (Na2SO4)
6. filtrationfiltered
7. concentrationthe filtrate was concentrated
8. customThe residue was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel (1:1 hexane-ethyl acetate)

ORD record

ord-89f8d2fa1dd44fbba57fa754e3ab6e56

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2012_05

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US08173810B2