Water → 1-Bromo-4-(methoxymethyl)benzene

In THF (200 ml) was dissolved 4-bromobenzyl alcohol (19.8 g), and to the solution was added under ice-cooling 65% sodium hydride (3.6 g). The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes, and to the mixture was added dropwise under ice-cooling iodomethane (8.0 ml). The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 hours. The reaction mixture was added to water, and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate, washed with saturated brine and dried with magnesium sulfate. Under reduced pressure, the solvent was evaporated, and the residue was purified with silica gel column chromatography (hexane/ethyl acetate=12/1) to give 1-bromo-4-(methoxymethyl)benzene (14.8 g). In THF (10 ml) was dissolved 1-bromo-4-(methoxymethyl)benzene (12.8 g), and to the mixture was added dropwise at−78° C. 1.6M n-butyllithium/hexane (42.4 ml). The mixture was stirred for 1 hour, and to the mixture was added dropwise a solution of trimethyl borate (19.2 g) in THF (38.4 ml). The mixture was stirred for30 minutes and warmed to room temperature. To the mixture was added 5% sulfuric acid (124 ml), and the mixture was stirred for 15 minutes. The reaction mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate, washed with saturated brine and dried with magnesium sulfate. Under reduced pressure, the solvent was evaporated, and the residue was washed with hexane/isopropylether to give 4-(methoxymethyl)phenyl borate (6.3 g).

1. additionto the solution was added under ice-
2. additionto the mixture was added dropwise under ice-
3. stirringThe mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 hours
4. extractionthe mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate
5. washwashed with saturated brine
6. dry with materialdried with magnesium sulfate
7. customUnder reduced pressure, the solvent was evaporated
8. customthe residue was purified with silica gel column chromatography (hexane/ethyl acetate=12/1)

ORD record

ord-b545d1a725b145edadf89557909e3286

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2001_05

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US06235771B1