Hydrochloric Acid → (2,6-Dimethylphenyl)methanesulfonic acid

Temperature

0 °C

Methanol (2.2 L) and (2,6-dimethyl-phenyl)-methanesulfonic acid sodium salt (185 g) were combined in a multi-necked 5 L flask equipped with overhead stirring. The mixture was cooled to 0° C. and hydrogen chloride (112 g) was passed through the mixture, maintaining an internal temperature of <10° C. The mixture was stirred for 2 h and allowed to warm to room temperature. The mixture was clarified by filtration. The filtrate was concentrated to 600 mL volume at ambient pressure and azeotroped with toluene (3×600 mL). Heptane (1.1 L) was added to the mixture as it cooled to <10° C. The solid product was collected by filtration and washed with heptane (100 mL). The product was dried at 40° C. in vacuo to constant weight to give (2,6-dimethyl-phenyl)-methanesulfonic acid (149 g, 89%). 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSOd6): δ 7.0-6.91 (m, 3H, ArH), 4.40 (s, 2H, CH2), and 2.34 (s, 6H, CH3).

1. customequipped with overhead stirring
2. temperaturemaintaining an internal temperature of <10° C
3. temperatureto warm to room temperature
4. filtrationThe mixture was clarified by filtration
5. concentrationThe filtrate was concentrated to 600 mL volume at ambient pressure
6. customazeotroped with toluene (3×600 mL)
7. additionHeptane (1.1 L) was added to the mixture as it
8. temperaturecooled to <10° C
9. filtrationThe solid product was collected by filtration
10. washwashed with heptane (100 mL)
11. customThe product was dried at 40° C. in vacuo to constant weight

ORD record

ord-5196d0cb70c148188d2fd6b2f1deeb9a

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2008_01

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US07321061B2