1-Chloro-4-(chloromethyl)benzene → 3-(3-Bromophenyl)-4-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-methyl-2-butanone

HRID 2104286Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2104286 reaction equation
[Br:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[C:4]([CH:8]([CH3:12])[C:9](=[O:11])[CH3:10])[CH:5]=[CH:6][CH:7]=1.[Cl:13][C:14]1[CH:21]=[CH:20][C:17]([CH2:18]Cl)=[CH:16][CH:15]=1.O.[OH-].[Cs+].C(OCC)(=O)C>C(Cl)Cl.[I-].C([N+](CCCC)(CCCC)CCCC)CCC.O>[Br:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[C:4]([C:8]([CH3:12])([CH2:18][C:17]2[CH:20]=[CH:21][C:14]([Cl:13])=[CH:15][CH:16]=2)[C:9](=[O:11])[CH3:10])[CH:5]=[CH:6][CH:7]=1

Participants

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Reactant 4

HCID 77231-Chloro-4-(chloromethyl)benzeneHCID 8857Ethyl AcetateHCID 23679066Caesium hydroxide--water (1/1/1)HCID 664367913-(3-Bromophenyl)butan-2-one

Product 1

HCID 686756483-(3-Bromophenyl)-4-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-methyl-2-butanone

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 3

HCID 67553Tetrabutylammonium IodideCatalystHCID 962WaterSolventHCID 6344DichloromethaneSolvent

Procedure

To a solution of 3-(3-bromophenyl)-2-butanone (2.0 g, 8.8 mmol) in methylene chloride (100 mL) was added 4-chlorobenzyl chloride (1.4 g, 8.8 mmol), tetrabutylammonium iodide (0.16 g, 0.44 mmol) and cesium hydroxide monohydrate (5.9 g, 35 mmol). After stirring at room temperature for 3.5 h, the reaction mixture was poured into ethyl acetate (100 mL) and water (100 mL). The organic layer was separated and the aqueous layer extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organic extracts were washed with brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated to dryness to give the title compound. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CD3OD): δ 7.5-7.1 (m, 4 H), 7.08 (d, 2H), 6.68 (d, 2H), 3.16 (ABq, 2H), 1.98 (s, 3H), 1.42 (s, 3H).

Workup

  1. customThe organic layer was separated
  2. extractionthe aqueous layer extracted with ethyl acetate
  3. washThe combined organic extracts were washed with brine
  4. dry with materialdried over magnesium sulfate
  5. filtrationfiltered
  6. concentrationconcentrated to dryness

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-87c3b91e03534b00ac8b1ef57c417ad4
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2009_08
Patent number
US07576239B2

Reaction notes

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