N-bromobutanimide → 2-Bromomethyl-3-(4-fluoro-phenoxy)-benzoic acid ethyl ester

HRID 2077126Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2077126 reaction equation
[CH2:1]([O:3][C:4](=[O:20])[C:5]1[CH:10]=[CH:9][CH:8]=[C:7]([O:11][C:12]2[CH:17]=[CH:16][C:15]([F:18])=[CH:14][CH:13]=2)[C:6]=1[CH3:19])[CH3:2].[Br:21]N1C(=O)CCC1=O>C(Cl)(Cl)(Cl)Cl.C(OOC(=O)C1C=CC=CC=1)(=O)C1C=CC=CC=1>[CH2:1]([O:3][C:4](=[O:20])[C:5]1[CH:10]=[CH:9][CH:8]=[C:7]([O:11][C:12]2[CH:13]=[CH:14][C:15]([F:18])=[CH:16][CH:17]=2)[C:6]=1[CH2:19][Br:21])[CH3:2]

Participants

5

Reactant 2

HCID 67184N-bromobutanimideHCID 671103423-(4-Fluoro-phenoxy)-2-methyl-benzoic acid ethyl ester

Product 1

HCID 671101412-Bromomethyl-3-(4-fluoro-phenoxy)-benzoic acid ethyl esterYield 101.5%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 7187Benzoyl PeroxideCatalystHCID 5943Carbon TetrachlorideSolvent

Procedure

A mixture of 3-(4-fluoro-phenoxy)-2-methyl-benzoic acid ethyl ester (2.63 g, 9.60 mmol), N-bromosuccinimide (1.79 g, 10.08 mmol) and benzoyl peroxide (116 mg, 0.48 mmol) in carbon tetrachloride (35 mL) was refluxed for 4 h before it was cooled to room temperature and partitioned between dichloromethane and water. The organic layer was washed with saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution, brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo to give the title compound as a yellow oil (3.44 g): 1H NMR (CDCl3, 200 MHz): δ=7.67 (m, 1H), 7.27 (m, 2H), 7.01 (m, 4H), 5.09 (s, 3H), 4.42 (q, J=7.2 Hz, 2H), 1.44 (t, J=7.2 Hz, 3H).

Workup

  1. temperaturewas refluxed for 4 h before it
  2. custompartitioned between dichloromethane and water
  3. washThe organic layer was washed with saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution, brine
  4. dry with materialdried over anhydrous sodium sulfate
  5. concentrationconcentrated in vacuo

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-c758cc127cfc4a1f9f5ffa40f03940ef
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2011_04
Patent number
US07928120B2

Reaction notes

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