tert-Butanol → 2-Nitro-terephthalic acid 1-tert-butyl ester 4-methyl ester

HRID 2068791Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2068791 reaction equation
[CH3:1][O:2][C:3](=[O:16])[C:4]1[CH:12]=[CH:11][C:7]([C:8]([OH:10])=[O:9])=[C:6]([N+:13]([O-:15])=[O:14])[CH:5]=1.[C:17](O)([CH3:20])([CH3:19])[CH3:18].C(OC(OC(C)(C)C)=O)(OC(C)(C)C)=O>C(Cl)Cl.CN(C1C=CN=CC=1)C>[CH3:1][O:2][C:3](=[O:16])[C:4]1[CH:12]=[CH:11][C:7]([C:8]([O:10][C:17]([CH3:20])([CH3:19])[CH3:18])=[O:9])=[C:6]([N+:13]([O-:15])=[O:14])[CH:5]=1

Participants

6

Procedure

Commercially available 2-nitro-terephthalic acid 4-methyl ester (4.84 g, 21.49 mmol) in DCM (54 mL) was treated with tert-butanol (4.05 mL, 42.99 mmol), di-tert-butyl dicarbonate (12.19 g, 55.87 g) and DMAP (0.79 g, 6.45 mmol). After 4 days at room temperature, the reaction was diluted with DCM (100 mL), washed with 1N HCl (100 mL), aqueous NaHCO3 and finally with water. After drying over sodium sulphate and evaporation of the volatiles, the title compound was obtained as a brownish oil in more than quantitative yield (6.51 g). The crude was employed in the following step with no further purification.

Workup

  1. washwashed with 1N HCl (100 mL), aqueous NaHCO3 and finally with water
  2. dry with materialAfter drying over sodium sulphate and evaporation of the volatiles

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-8941e53c42224041b3f3fb139de1bc38
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2012_10
Patent number
US08299057B2

Reaction notes

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