Hydrochloric Acid → 2-(6-Methoxy-2-naphthyl)propionic acid

HRID 1973991Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1973991 reaction equation
[OH-].[Na+].[CH3:3][O:4][C:5]1[CH:6]=[C:7]2[C:12](=[CH:13][CH:14]=1)[CH:11]=[C:10]([CH:15]([CH3:20])[C:16]([O:18]C)=[O:17])[CH:9]=[CH:8]2.Cl>CO>[CH3:3][O:4][C:5]1[CH:6]=[C:7]2[C:12](=[CH:13][CH:14]=1)[CH:11]=[C:10]([CH:15]([CH3:20])[C:16]([OH:18])=[O:17])[CH:9]=[CH:8]2

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 313Hydrochloric AcidHCID 14798Sodium HydroxideHCID 529084(RS)-Naproxen methyl ester

Product 1

HCID 13022-(6-Methoxy-2-naphthyl)propionic acid

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 887MethanolSolvent

Conditions

Temperature
60 °C

Procedure

To a mixture of 20 g. of sodium hydroxide and 400 ml. of methanol are added 24.5 g. of methyl 6-methoxy-2-naphthyl-α-methylacetate. The resulting reaction mixture is heated to 60° C for five hours. The cooled mixture is neutralized by the addition of aqueous 1N hydrochloric acid and extracted with methylene chloride. The extracts are combined, washed with water to neutrality, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, and evaporated to give 6-methoxy-2-naphthyl-α-methylacetic acid.

Workup

  1. additionTo a mixture of 20 g
  2. customThe resulting reaction mixture
  3. extractionextracted with methylene chloride
  4. washwashed with water to neutrality
  5. dry with materialdried over sodium sulfate
  6. filtrationfiltered
  7. customevaporated

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-49236a36ac9f42a4b7671a7743e0aaa4
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1976_12
Patent number
US03998966

Reaction notes

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