1,2-Dichloroethane → Ethyl 4-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-4-oxobutanoate

HRID 2245393Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2245393 reaction equation
[C:1]([C:5]1[CH:10]=[CH:9][CH:8]=[CH:7][CH:6]=1)([CH3:4])([CH3:3])[CH3:2].[Cl-].[Al+3].[Cl-].[Cl-].C([CH:17]([CH2:21][C:22](Cl)=[O:23])[C:18](Cl)=[O:19])C.[OH2:25].Cl[CH2:27][CH2:28]Cl>>[CH2:27]([O:25][C:22](=[O:23])[CH2:21][CH2:17][C:18](=[O:19])[C:8]1[CH:9]=[CH:10][C:5]([C:1]([CH3:4])([CH3:3])[CH3:2])=[CH:6][CH:7]=1)[CH3:28]

Participants

6

Reactant 5

HCID 111,2-DichloroethaneHCID 962WaterHCID 7366Tert-ButylbenzeneHCID 6451240Aluminum(III) ChlorideHCID 218646082-Ethylbutanedioyl dichloride

Product 1

HCID 19700489Ethyl 4-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-4-oxobutanoate

Procedure

To a solution of t-butylbenzene (2.00 g) in 1,2-dichloroethane (30 mL) was added aluminum chloride (2.2 g) in ice bath. Ethyl succinyl chloride (2.3 mL) was added dropwise to the mixture, which was stirred at room temperature for 23 hours. The reaction solution was poured into water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with 1N hydrochloric acid, water and brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel (n-hexane:ethyl acetate=9:1→5:1) to give the title compound (629 mg) having the following physical data.

Workup

  1. extractionextracted with ethyl acetate
  2. washThe organic layer was washed with 1N hydrochloric acid, water and brine
  3. dry with materialdried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate
  4. concentrationconcentrated
  5. customThe residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel (n-hexane:ethyl acetate=9:1→5:1)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-e324fb5c0df44de887ab4ffa804d44d6
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2010_03
Patent number
US07683094B2

Reaction notes

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