Trimethyltin chloride → 2,5‐ bis(triMethylstannyl)th ieno[3,2‐b]thiophene

Temperature

-78 °C

A solution of thieno[3,2-b]thiophene (see Fuller et al., J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 1997, 1, 3465-70) (2.00 g, 14 mmol) is dissolved in anhydrous THF (100 ml) and cooled to −78° C. under nitrogen. A solution of n-butyllithium (12 ml of a 2.5M solution in hexanes, 30 mmol) is added dropwise over 5 min, and the resulting solution is allowed to warm to 20° C. over 30 min and stirred at that temperature for 3 h. The resulting suspension is cooled to −78° C. and trimethyltin chloride (5.9 g, 30 mmol) is added at once as a solid. The reaction is allowed to warm to RT over 4 h and stirred at that temperature for an additional 20 h. The reaction is quenched by the addition of saturated sodium hydrogen carbonate (100 ml). Ethyl acetate (50 ml) is added and the layers separated. The organic layer is washed with sodium carbonate (80 ml of a 2M aqueous solution) and brine (80 ml), dried (sodium sulfate), filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure. The resulting crude product is dry loaded onto a 20 g reverse phase silica column and eluted with acetonitrile. The first fraction is collected, concentrated and recrystallised from acetonitrile to afford the product as white flakes. M/Z cluster centred at 466 (M+). Found C, 30.9; H, 4.4. Calc. for C12H20S2Sn2C, 30.9; H, 4.3. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.26 (s, 2H), 0.39 (s, 18H). 13C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3) δ 147.5, 141.2, 126.1, −8.2.

1. temperatureto warm to 20° C. over 30 min
2. temperatureThe resulting suspension is cooled to −78° C.
3. temperatureto warm to RT over 4 h
4. stirringstirred at that temperature for an additional 20 h
5. customThe reaction is quenched by the addition of saturated sodium hydrogen carbonate (100 ml)
6. additionEthyl acetate (50 ml) is added
7. customthe layers separated
8. washThe organic layer is washed with sodium carbonate (80 ml of a 2M aqueous solution) and brine (80 ml)
9. dry with materialdried (sodium sulfate)
10. filtrationfiltered
11. concentrationconcentrated under reduced pressure
12. dry with materialThe resulting crude product is dry
13. washeluted with acetonitrile
14. customThe first fraction is collected
15. concentrationconcentrated
16. customrecrystallised from acetonitrile
17. customto afford the product as white flakes

ORD record

ord-a75f8e288c2d4f6994212886ca8bf44f

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2010_05

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US07714098B2