2,4-Dichlorobenzoyl chloride → 2',4'-Dichlorobutyrophenone

HRID 2228599Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2228599 reaction equation
[Cl:1][C:2]1[CH:10]=[C:9]([Cl:11])[CH:8]=[CH:7][C:3]=1[C:4](Cl)=[O:5].[CH2:12]([Mg]Cl)[CH2:13][CH3:14]>C1COCC1.[Cu]I>[Cl:1][C:2]1[CH:10]=[C:9]([Cl:11])[CH:8]=[CH:7][C:3]=1[C:4](=[O:5])[CH2:12][CH2:13][CH3:14]

Participants

5

Reactant 2

HCID 666452,4-Dichlorobenzoyl chlorideHCID 178455855HCID 178455855, compound

Product 1

HCID 131756172',4'-Dichlorobutyrophenone

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 24350Copper(1+) iodide; Copper(I) iodide; Cuprous iodide; Cuprous iodide (CuI)CatalystHCID 8028TetrahydrofuranSolvent

Conditions

Temperature
-20 °C

Procedure

A mixture of 2,4-dichlorobenzoyl chloride (4.5 g) and copper (I) iodide (200 mg) in dry THF (30 ml) was cooled to −20° C. under argon. Then a solution of n-propyl magnesium chloride (2 M in ether, 11.0 ml) was added dropwise. Ten minutes after addition was complete, the cooling bath was removed and the mixture stirred for 1 hour. Water was carefully added, followed by extraction with toluene. The toluene layer was washed with dilute HCl, water, saturated sodium bicarbonate solution, dried and concentrated in vacuo to give 1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)butan-1-one (4.0 g).

Workup

  1. additionTen minutes after addition
  2. customthe cooling bath was removed
  3. additionWater was carefully added
  4. extractionfollowed by extraction with toluene
  5. washThe toluene layer was washed with dilute HCl, water, saturated sodium bicarbonate solution
  6. customdried
  7. concentrationconcentrated in vacuo

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-75a0f47ea51041fd9a2cd7e65ca9eecc
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2002_07
Patent number
US06417185B1

Reaction notes

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