4-Benzyloxy-3-chloronitrobenzene → 4-Benzyloxy-3-chloroaniline

HRID 222040Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 222040 reaction equation
[CH2:1]([O:8][C:9]1[CH:14]=[CH:13][C:12]([N+:15]([O-])=O)=[CH:11][C:10]=1[Cl:18])[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1>C(O)(=O)C.[Fe]>[CH2:1]([O:8][C:9]1[CH:14]=[CH:13][C:12]([NH2:15])=[CH:11][C:10]=1[Cl:18])[C:2]1[CH:3]=[CH:4][CH:5]=[CH:6][CH:7]=1

Participants

4

Reactant 1

HCID 3085094-Benzyloxy-3-chloronitrobenzene

Product 1

HCID 12682854-Benzyloxy-3-chloroanilineYield 88.1%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 23925IronCatalystHCID 176Acetic AcidSolvent

Procedure

1-Benzyloxy-2-chloro-4-nitrobenzene (10.0 g, 37.9 mmol) and iron powder (10.6 g, 189.6 mmol) were mixed in 250 mL acetic acid and were stirred at rt overnight. The reaction mixture was filtered through a pad of Celite®, and washed with EtOAc. The filtrate was concentrated in vacuo and neutralized with saturated Na2CO3 solution. The contents were extracted with EtOAc (6×300 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with brine, dried over MgSO4, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo. The resulting crude material was triturated with Hex/EtOAc (2:1) to furnish 4-Benzyloxy-3-chloro-phenylamine (7.8 g, 88%) as a white solid. 1H-NMR (DMSO-d6) δ 7.43-7.30 (m, 5H), 6.90 (d, 1H), 6.63 (d, 1H), 6.46 (dd, 1H), 4.99 (s, 2H), 4.92 (s, 2H); LCMS RT=2.09 min; [M+H]+=234.5.

Workup

  1. filtrationThe reaction mixture was filtered through a pad of Celite®
  2. washwashed with EtOAc
  3. concentrationThe filtrate was concentrated in vacuo
  4. extractionThe contents were extracted with EtOAc (6×300 mL)
  5. washThe combined organic layers were washed with brine
  6. dry with materialdried over MgSO4
  7. filtrationfiltered
  8. concentrationconcentrated in vacuo
  9. customThe resulting crude material was triturated with Hex/EtOAc (2:1)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-2c92ca0611c24f42908c1d68d0a42869
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2012_06
Patent number
US08207172B2

Reaction notes

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