Methyl iodide → 5-(Methoxycarbonyl)thiophene-2-carboxylic acid

HRID 2103803Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2103803 reaction equation
[S:1]1[C:5]([C:6]([OH:8])=[O:7])=[CH:4][CH:3]=[C:2]1[C:9]([OH:11])=[O:10].[C:12](=O)([O-])[O-].[Na+].[Na+].CI>CN(C)C=O>[CH3:12][O:7][C:6]([C:5]1[S:1][C:2]([C:9]([OH:11])=[O:10])=[CH:3][CH:4]=1)=[O:8]

Participants

5

Procedure

Thiophene-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (1.72 g, 10 mmol) and sodium carbonate (3.18 g, 30 mmol) suspended in dimethylformamide (25 mL) were stirred with methyl iodide (623 μL) at room temperature overnight. The sodium salt of the desired product was extracted with water, and 12 M hydrochloric acid was added to the combined aqueous layer. The desired product was extracted with ethyl acetate, and the combined organic layer was washed with saturated aqueous ammonium chloride, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and purified by silica gel column chromatography to give 0.49 g of the desired product as a colorless solid (yield 28%).

Workup

  1. extractionThe sodium salt of the desired product was extracted with water, and 12 M hydrochloric acid
  2. additionwas added to the combined aqueous layer
  3. extractionThe desired product was extracted with ethyl acetate
  4. washthe combined organic layer was washed with saturated aqueous ammonium chloride
  5. dry with materialdried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate
  6. custompurified by silica gel column chromatography

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-8e3f014662b24a0d8ec7867874ab69c0
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2009_08
Patent number
US07576115B2

Reaction notes

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