Ethanol → Ethyl 4'-(2-hydroxyethoxy)biphenyl-4-carboxylate

HRID 2220633Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2220633 reaction equation
C([O:3][C:4]([CH2:6][O:7][C:8]1[CH:13]=[CH:12][C:11]([C:14]2[CH:19]=[CH:18][C:17]([C:20]([O:22][CH2:23][CH3:24])=[O:21])=[CH:16][CH:15]=2)=[CH:10][CH:9]=1)=O)C.[BH4-].[Na+].O1CCCC1.C(O)C>CO>[OH:3][CH2:4][CH2:6][O:7][C:8]1[CH:9]=[CH:10][C:11]([C:14]2[CH:19]=[CH:18][C:17]([C:20]([O:22][CH2:23][CH3:24])=[O:21])=[CH:16][CH:15]=2)=[CH:12][CH:13]=1

Participants

6

Reactant 4

HCID 702EthanolHCID 8028TetrahydrofuranHCID 4311764Sodium borohydrideHCID 23134185Ethyl 4'-ethoxycarbonylmethoxybiphenyl-4-carboxylate

Product 1

HCID 23090738Ethyl 4'-(2-hydroxyethoxy)biphenyl-4-carboxylate

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 887MethanolSolvent

Conditions

Temperature
60 °C

Procedure

A mixture of ethyl 4′-hydroxybiphenyl-4-carboxylate (2.262 g), ethyl bromoacetate (1.871 g) and potassium carbonate (1.940 g) in N,N-dimethylformamide (50 mL) was stirred at 60° C. for 1 hr. Diethylamine (6.820 g) was added to the reaction mixture. After being stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes, the mixture was partitioned between ethyl acetate and water. The organic layer was washed successively with water and brine, and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure to afford ethyl 4′-ethoxycarbonylmethoxybiphenyl-4-carboxylate (3.06 g) as a crude product. A mixture of the crude ethyl 4′-ethoxycarbonylmethoxybiphenyl-4-carboxylate, sodium borohydride (0.706 g), tetrahydrofuran (40 mL) and ethanol (10 mL) was stirred at 60° C. for 1 hr. Methanol (10 mL) was added to the reaction mixture, and stirred at room temperature for additional 30 minutes. The solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure, and the residue was partitioned between ethyl acetate and 1 mol/L hydrochloric acid. The organic layer was washed with water and brine, and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure to afford the title compound (3.000 g)

Workup

  1. stirringstirred at room temperature for additional 30 minutes
  2. customThe solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure
  3. customthe residue was partitioned between ethyl acetate and 1 mol/L hydrochloric acid
  4. washThe organic layer was washed with water and brine
  5. dry with materialdried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate
  6. customThe solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-d1a47ec1f2354e319fe6a23d47bc135f
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2008_08
Patent number
US07417169B2

Reaction notes

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