Ethylene Glycol → 4-benzylsulfanylanisole

HRID 2253537Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2253537 reaction equation
I[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][C:5]([O:8][CH3:9])=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.[CH2:10]([SH:17])[C:11]1[CH:16]=[CH:15][CH:14]=[CH:13][CH:12]=1.C([O-])([O-])=O.[K+].[K+].C(O)CO>[Cu]I.CC(O)C>[CH2:10]([S:17][C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][C:5]([O:8][CH3:9])=[CH:4][CH:3]=1)[C:11]1[CH:16]=[CH:15][CH:14]=[CH:13][CH:12]=1

Participants

7

Reactant 4

HCID 174Ethylene GlycolHCID 7509Benzyl mercaptanHCID 11430Potassium CarbonateHCID 696764-Iodoanisole

Product 1

HCID 109004474-benzylsulfanylanisoleYield 90%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 24350Copper(1+) iodide; Copper(I) iodide; Cuprous iodide; Cuprous iodide (CuI)CatalystHCID 3776IsopropanolSolvent

Procedure

The general procedure in example 39 was followed. 4-Iodoanisole (234 mg, 1.0 mmol), benzylmercaptan (117 μL, 1.0 mmol), CuI (10 mg, 0.05 mmol), K2CO3 (276 mg, 2.0 mmol), ethylene glycol (111 μL, 2.0 mmol) and 2-Propanol (1.0 mL) were used to obtain the 4-benzylsulfanylanisole (206 mg, 90% yield) as colorless solid. Column chromatographic solvent (hexane/ethyl acetate=50/1). Melting point; 48-50° C. Rf=0.3 (hexane/ethyl acetate=40/1). 1H NMR (CDCl3, 300 MHz) δ 7.14-7.24 (m, 7 H), 6.76 (dt, 2 H, J=8.7 Hz, 2.1 Hz), 3.97 (s, 2 H),3.76 (s, 3 H). 13C NMR (CDCl3, 75 MHz) δ 159.3, 138.3, 134.3, 129.1, 128.5, 127.2, 126.2, 114.6, 55.6, 41.6. IR (neat, cm−1) 3043, 3012, 2982, 2861. MS (EI) m/z (relative intensity) 230 (30), 91 (100). Anal Cald for C14H14OS, Cald. C: 73.01, H: 6.13; Found C: 72.86, H: 5.93.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-6f177b85520948939dfa4555daaece3a
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2008_01
Patent number
US07323608B2

Reaction notes

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