Diethyl Ether → 2,5-Diethoxybenzaldehyde

HRID 2049014Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2049014 reaction equation
[CH2:1]([O:3][C:4]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][C:7]([O:10][CH2:11][CH3:12])=[CH:6][CH:5]=1)[CH3:2].[CH3:13][O:14]C(Cl)Cl.CCOCC>C(Cl)Cl>[CH2:11]([O:10][C:7]1[CH:8]=[CH:9][C:4]([O:3][CH2:1][CH3:2])=[CH:5][C:6]=1[CH:13]=[O:14])[CH3:12]

Participants

5

Procedure

A mixture of 1,4-diethoxybenzene (24.9 g 0.150 mole) and 1,1-dichloromethyl methyl ether (18 g., 0.157 mole) in methylene chloride (80 ml.) was added with stirring during 20 minutes to a solution of stannic chloride (39 g., 0.150 mole) in methylene chloride (150 ml.) at approximately 0° C. The solution was then stirred at this temperature for 5 minutes and quenched by addition of aqueous hydrochloric acid (6 N., 100 ml.) which was added rapidly. The organic phase was separated washed with saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered, and the solvent removed from the filtrate by evaporation under reduced pressure to yield a crystalline solid (29 g.) m.p. 57°-59° C. Recrystallation (from ether) gave 2,5-Diethoxybenzaldehyde (27.1 g., 0.138 mole, 93%) m.p. 60°-61° I.R.: 1738 cm-1 (aldehyde CO).

Workup

  1. additionwas added
  2. customquenched by addition of aqueous hydrochloric acid (6 N., 100 ml.) which
  3. additionwas added rapidly
  4. customThe organic phase was separated
  5. washwashed with saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate
  6. dry with materialdried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate
  7. filtrationfiltered
  8. customthe solvent removed from the filtrate by evaporation under reduced pressure
  9. customto yield a crystalline solid (29 g.) m.p. 57°-59° C

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-d39a3c9629374433a3d4de7c8552e137
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1980_04
Patent number
US04196127

Reaction notes

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