Acetic Anhydride → 4-Acetoxy-2-hydroxy-benzoic acid methyl ester

HRID 2212777Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2212777 reaction equation
[CH3:1][O:2][C:3](=[O:12])[C:4]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][C:7]([OH:10])=[CH:6][C:5]=1[OH:11].CCN(CC)CC.[CH3:20][C:21](OC(C)=O)=[O:22]>CCOCC.CN(C1C=CN=CC=1)C>[CH3:1][O:2][C:3](=[O:12])[C:4]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][C:7]([O:10][C:21](=[O:22])[CH3:20])=[CH:6][C:5]=1[OH:11]

Participants

6

Reactant 3

HCID 7918Acetic AnhydrideHCID 8471TriethylamineHCID 16523Methyl 2,4-Dihydroxybenzoate

Product 1

HCID 579902174-Acetoxy-2-hydroxy-benzoic acid methyl esterYield 23.4%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 142844-(Dimethylamino)pyridineCatalystHCID 3283Diethyl EtherSolvent

Procedure

2,4-Dihydroxy-benzoic acid methyl ester (11.76 g, 70 mmol) was dissolved in Et2O (175 mL). Then Et3N (10.78 mL, 77 mmol), Ac2O (7.28 mL, 77 mmol), and DMAP (catalytic amount) were added. The reaction solution was then stirred for one hour at room temperature. Then the reaction solution was concentrated by rotary evaporation and the resulting residue was purified with a silica gel column and dichloromethane as eluent. Obtained 3.44 g 4-Acetoxy-2-hydroxy-benzoic acid methyl ester in 23% yield.

Workup

  1. concentrationThen the reaction solution was concentrated by rotary evaporation
  2. customthe resulting residue was purified with a silica gel column and dichloromethane as eluent

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-a14f8766870043c28a08e1e5d5e1f4cb
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2006_09
Patent number
US07101875B2

Reaction notes

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