Acetone → (R)-2-(5-Bromo-2-fluoro-phenoxymethyl)-oxirane

HRID 2043557Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2043557 reaction equation
[Br:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[CH:4][C:5]([F:9])=[C:6]([OH:8])[CH:7]=1.C(=O)([O-])[O-].[K+].[K+].[CH3:16][C:17]([CH3:19])=[O:18]>>[Br:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[CH:4][C:5]([F:9])=[C:6]([CH:7]=1)[O:8][CH2:16][C@H:17]1[CH2:19][O:18]1

Participants

4

Reactant 3

HCID 180AcetoneHCID 11430Potassium CarbonateHCID 183421Phenol, 5-bromo-2-fluoro-

Product 1

HCID 86603895(R)-2-(5-Bromo-2-fluoro-phenoxymethyl)-oxiraneYield 82%

Procedure

A solution of the crude 5-bromo-2-fluorophenol (4.0 g) prepared using literature procedure [EP0238272] and (2R)-glycidyl 3-nitrobenzenesulfonate (5.37 g) in dry acetone (175 mL) was treated with potassium carbonate (8.58 g) and refluxed under nitrogen for 12 h. The reaction was cooled, filtered and filtrate was concentrated in vacuo and the residue was flash chromatographed (20% ethyl acetate/hexanes) to yield the desired product (4.25 g) in 82% yield. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ7.15-6.96 (m, 3H), 4.33 and 4.30 (dd, 1H), 4.02 and 4.00 (dd, 1H), 3.41-3.37 (m, 1H), 2.97 (m, 1H), 2.78 (m, 1H).

Workup

  1. temperaturerefluxed under nitrogen for 12 h
  2. temperatureThe reaction was cooled
  3. filtrationfiltered
  4. concentrationfiltrate was concentrated in vacuo
  5. customchromatographed (20% ethyl acetate/hexanes)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-9a6d9e9ae11549e3b68c6ca56d05bfa2
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2013_11
Patent number
US08586631B2

Reaction notes

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