Hydrochloric Acid → 4-(2,4-difluorophenyl)benzoic Acid

HRID 2224725Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2224725 reaction equation
C[O:2][C:3]([C:5]1[CH:10]=[CH:9][C:8]([C:11]2[CH:16]=[CH:15][C:14]([F:17])=[CH:13][C:12]=2[F:18])=[CH:7][CH:6]=1)=[O:4].[OH-].[Na+].Cl>O1CCOCC1>[F:18][C:12]1[CH:13]=[C:14]([F:17])[CH:15]=[CH:16][C:11]=1[C:8]1[CH:9]=[CH:10][C:5]([C:3]([OH:4])=[O:2])=[CH:6][CH:7]=1

Participants

5

Conditions

Temperature
50 °C

Procedure

Combine 4-carbomethoxyphenylboronic acid (1.021 g, 5.67 mmol), 1-bromo-2,4-difluorobenzene (1.000 g, 5.181 mmol.), Pd(OAc)2 (0.113 g, 0.50 mmol), triphenylphosphine (0.149 g, 0.505 mmol), and sodium carbonate (1.664 g, 0.568 mmol). Purge the reaction vessel with argon. Add DMF (20 mL) and water (2.0 mL) with stirring. Place sealed reaction in an 80° C. oil bath and allow to stir for 24 hours. Cool reaction to room temperature, dilute with ethyl acetate, and filter through a short plug of celite with additional ethyl acetate. Wash organics with water, dry over MgSO4, filter, and evaporate. Purification by flash column chromatography yields 2′,4′-difluorobiphenyl-4-carboxylic acid methyl ester as a yellow solid. Dissolve the purified ester in dioxane (5 mL) and add 5M NaOH (1 mL). Stir vigorously at 50° C. for 15 hours. Upon completion, acidify the reaction with conc. HCl and extract with ethyl acetate. Evaporation of the solvent yields 300 mg (24.7%) of the title compound. MS (ES): m/z 233.0 (M−H).

Workup

  1. extractionextract with ethyl acetate
  2. customEvaporation of the solvent

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-d65b1d4b06194919b5b3896e87fa3217
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2008_05
Patent number
US07378447B2

Reaction notes

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