Ethyl diazoacetate → Ethyl [(3-methoxyphenyl)methoxy]acetate

HRID 2053597Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2053597 reaction equation
[CH3:1][O:2][C:3]1[CH:4]=[C:5]([CH:8]=[CH:9][CH:10]=1)[CH2:6][OH:7].[N+](=[CH:13][C:14]([O:16][CH2:17][CH3:18])=[O:15])=[N-]>ClCCl.CCCCCCC.CC(O)=O.CC(O)=O.CC(O)=O.CC(O)=O.[Rh].[Rh]>[CH2:17]([O:16][C:14](=[O:15])[CH2:13][O:7][CH2:6][C:5]1[CH:8]=[CH:9][CH:10]=[C:3]([O:2][CH3:1])[CH:4]=1)[CH3:18]

Participants

6

Reactant 2

HCID 12192Ethyl diazoacetateHCID 814373-Methoxybenzyl alcohol

Product 1

HCID 28940145Ethyl [(3-methoxyphenyl)methoxy]acetateYield 99.1%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 3

HCID 423677Acetic acid, rhodium salt (4:2)CatalystHCID 6344DichloromethaneSolventHCID 8900HeptaneSolvent

Procedure

To a solution of 3-methoxybenzyl alcohol (1.24 g, 10.0 mmol) in dichloromethane (20 mL) is added rhodium (II) acetate dimer (10 mg) followed by ethyl diazoacetate (0.95 mL, 9.0 mmol). The reaction mixture is stirred at RT for 30 min. The reaction mixture is diluted with heptane, filtered through celite, and the filtrate is evaporated and the residue is vacuum distilled at 150° C. to give 2.00 g of the product 398. 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 7.26 (t, 1H), 6.93 (m, 2H), 6.85 (m, 1H), 4.62 (s, 2H), 4.23 (q, 2H), 4.09 (s, 2H), 3.81 (s, 3H), 1.29 (t, 3H); MS: m/z 224 (M++1).

Workup

  1. filtrationfiltered through celite
  2. customthe filtrate is evaporated
  3. distillationdistilled at 150° C.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-8221ef7d5dab4ced9df7f240cf4fdd1c
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2008_02
Patent number
US07326792B2

Reaction notes

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