Toluene → 3-Fluoro-4-phenylmethoxyaniline

HRID 2106121Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2106121 reaction equation
C([O-])=O.[NH4+].[CH2:5]([O:12][C:13]1[CH:18]=[CH:17][C:16]([N+:19]([O-])=O)=[CH:15][C:14]=1[F:22])[C:6]1[CH:11]=[CH:10][CH:9]=[CH:8][CH:7]=1.C1(C)C=CC=CC=1>[Fe].O>[CH2:5]([O:12][C:13]1[CH:18]=[CH:17][C:16]([NH2:19])=[CH:15][C:14]=1[F:22])[C:6]1[CH:7]=[CH:8][CH:9]=[CH:10][CH:11]=1

Participants

6

Reactant 3

HCID 1140TolueneHCID 2723923Ammonium formateHCID 220309121-(Benzyloxy)-2-fluoro-4-nitrobenzene

Product 1

HCID 219518923-Fluoro-4-phenylmethoxyanilineYield 101.3%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 23925IronCatalystHCID 962WaterSolvent

Procedure

A mixture of iron powder (45.2 g, 0.809 g atoms), ammonium formate (53.6 g, 0.850 mol), 1-benzyloxy-2-fluoro-4-nitrobenzene (50.0 g, 0.200 mol), toluene (400 mL) and water (400 mL) was heated to reflux overnight. The mixture was filtered through Celite and washed with hot ethyl acetate. The combined organic layers were washed with water and brine, then dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated to afford 4-benzyloxy-3-fluoroaniline (44 g, 100%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, d6-DMSO): δ 7.43-7.26 (m, 5H), 6.90 (dd, 1H), 6.49 (dd, 1H), 6.34 (m, 1H), 4.99 (br s, 2H), 4.98 (s, 2H); 13C NMR (100 MHz, d6-DMSO): 6171.1, 155.1, 152.7, 144.9, 138.0, 137.2, 129.6, 129.0, 128.5, 118.9, 110.0, 102.9, 72.5; IR (cm−1): 1510, 1454, 1277, 1215, 1126, 1007, 957, 843, 800, 789, 739, 694, 604; LC/MS (M+H=218).

Workup

  1. temperaturewas heated
  2. temperatureto reflux overnight
  3. filtrationThe mixture was filtered through Celite
  4. washwashed with hot ethyl acetate
  5. washThe combined organic layers were washed with water and brine
  6. dry with materialdried over sodium sulfate
  7. concentrationconcentrated

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-f25c9a66360c49f388dee228016f7ee3
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2009_08
Patent number
US07579473B2

Reaction notes

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