Resorcinol → 1-(2,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)-2-methylpropan-1-one

HRID 2097295Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2097295 reaction equation
[C:1]1([CH:8]=[CH:7][CH:6]=[C:4]([OH:5])[CH:3]=1)[OH:2].B(F)(F)F.CCOCC.[C:18](O)(=[O:22])[CH:19]([CH3:21])[CH3:20].CC([O-])=O.[Na+]>>[OH:2][C:1]1[CH:3]=[C:4]([OH:5])[CH:6]=[CH:7][C:8]=1[C:18](=[O:22])[CH:19]([CH3:21])[CH3:20]

Participants

5

Conditions

Temperature
90 °C

Procedure

Resorcinol (1 eq) was taken up in BF3.OEt2 (6 eq) and isobutyric acid (1 eq) added. The solution was heated for 1.5 hours at 90° C. than allowed to cool to room temperature. The solution was added drop wise to 10% NaOAc (aq) and allowed to stand for 4 hours, before being extracted in to EtOAc. The organic phases were combined and washed with sat. NaHCO3 (aq), then dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo to give 1-(2,4-dihydroxy-phenyl)-2-methyl-propan-1-one as a red oil which was used without additional purification

Workup

  1. temperatureto cool to room temperature
  2. extractionbefore being extracted in to EtOAc
  3. washwashed with sat. NaHCO3 (aq)
  4. dry with materialdried over magnesium sulfate
  5. filtrationfiltered
  6. concentrationconcentrated in vacuo

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-77b56bb0001543ecaa46372d3ec85951
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2013_05
Patent number
US08450310B2

Reaction notes

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