Methyl phenylacetate → HCID 12940471, compound

HRID 1973980Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1973980 reaction equation
[C:1]1([CH2:7][C:8]([O:10][CH3:11])=[O:9])[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1.[Cl-].[Al+3].[Cl-].[Cl-].[C:16]1(=[O:22])[O:21][C:19](=[O:20])[CH2:18][CH2:17]1>C(=S)=S>[C:19]([CH2:18][CH2:17][C:16]([C:4]1[CH:5]=[CH:6][C:1]([CH2:7][C:8]([O:10][CH3:11])=[O:9])=[CH:2][CH:3]=1)=[O:22])([OH:21])=[O:20]

Participants

5

Procedure

To a mixture of 18 g. of methyl phenylacetate, 26 g. of aluminum chloride and 150 ml. of carbon disulfide, 20 g. of succinic anhydride are added. The reaction mixture is allowed to stand for two hours at 35°C; then it is added to a liter of ice water and extracted with methylene chloride. The extracts are combined, washed, dried, and evaporated to give methyl p-(3'-carboxy-1'-oxopropyl)-phenylacetate. This derivative is reduced with sodium borohydride and dehydroxylated with palladium charcoal catalyst by the procedures described in Part A of Example 2 to afford methyl p-(3'-carboxypropyl)-phenylacetate. This derivative is refluxed in 50 ml. of thionyl chloride for three hours and then it is evaporated. The residue, containing methyl p-(3'-chlorocarbonylpropyl)-phenylacetate, is taken up in ml. of benzene containing 40 g. of aluminum chloride, The resulting mixture is stirred for two hours at 20° C; then it is added to a liter of ice and water and extracted with methylene chloride. The extracts are combined, washed with water to neutrality, dried over sodium sulfate, and evaporated to give 7-(methoxycarbonylmethyl)-1-tetralone.

Workup

  1. additionTo a mixture of 18 g
  2. extractionextracted with methylene chloride
  3. washwashed
  4. customdried
  5. customevaporated

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-c00d87e2c5e446e29f9b13c491d59a8e
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1976_12
Patent number
US03998966

Reaction notes

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