Sodium Hydroxide → 2-(6-Fluoro-1-hydroxy-1-indanyl)acetic acid

HRID 1954855Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1954855 reaction equation
[F:1][C:2]1[CH:10]=[C:9]2[C:5]([CH2:6][CH2:7][C:8]2([CH2:12][C:13]([O:15]CC)=[O:14])[OH:11])=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.[OH-].[Na+]>C(O)C>[F:1][C:2]1[CH:10]=[C:9]2[C:5]([CH2:6][CH2:7][C:8]2([CH2:12][C:13]([OH:15])=[O:14])[OH:11])=[CH:4][CH:3]=1

Participants

4

Procedure

A mixture of ethyl 2-(6-fluoro-1-hydroxy-1-indanyl)acetate (44.0 g, 0.18 mol), 1N sodium hydroxide (180 mL) and absolute ethanol (280 mL) was stirred for 18 h at room temperature. The mixture was concentrated in vacuo, diluted with H2O and extracted with diethyl ether. The aqueous phase was acidified (pH 3) with dilute hydrochloric acid and extracted with diethyl ether. The diethyl ether layer was washed with brine, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo to give 2-(6-fluoro-1-hydroxy-1-indanyl)acetic acid as an amber oil (37.7 g, 100%; Note: This compound spontaneously dehydrated upon standing at room temperature to a mixture of olefins unless immediately reacted with trifluoroacetic acid);

Workup

  1. concentrationThe mixture was concentrated in vacuo
  2. additiondiluted with H2O
  3. extractionextracted with diethyl ether
  4. extractionextracted with diethyl ether
  5. washThe diethyl ether layer was washed with brine
  6. dry with materialdried over sodium sulfate
  7. filtrationfiltered
  8. concentrationconcentrated in vacuo

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-d3627f8adba14a87973e3b5c0fa18d04
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2000_09
Patent number
US06124284

Reaction notes

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