Carbon Dioxide → 2-Chloro-4-(trifluoromethoxy)benzoic acid

HRID 2256916Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2256916 reaction equation
C([Li])CCC.[Cl:6][C:7]1[CH:12]=[C:11]([O:13][C:14]([F:17])([F:16])[F:15])[CH:10]=[CH:9][C:8]=1Br.[C:19](=[O:21])=[O:20]>CCOCC>[Cl:6][C:7]1[CH:12]=[C:11]([O:13][C:14]([F:17])([F:16])[F:15])[CH:10]=[CH:9][C:8]=1[C:19]([OH:21])=[O:20]

Participants

5

Conditions

Temperature
-78 °C

Procedure

n-Butyllithium (2.5M in hexane, 38 ml) was added to a stirred, cooled solution of 2-chloro-4-trifluoromethoxybromobenzene (25 g) in ether while maintaining the temperature below -70° C. The mixture was stirred at -78° C. for 4 hours then poured onto solid carbon dioxide with stirring. The mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature and acidified to pH1. The layers were separated and the organic layer was washed with water, dried (MgSO4) and filtered. The filtrate was evaporated to dryness and the residue was triturated with cyclohexane and filtered to give 2-chloro-4-trifluoromethoxybenzoic acid as a white solid mp 90.6°-91.2° C.

Workup

  1. temperaturewhile maintaining the temperature below -70° C
  2. stirringwith stirring
  3. temperatureto warm to room temperature
  4. customThe layers were separated
  5. washthe organic layer was washed with water
  6. dry with materialdried (MgSO4)
  7. filtrationfiltered
  8. customThe filtrate was evaporated to dryness
  9. customthe residue was triturated with cyclohexane
  10. filtrationfiltered

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-3587d7e5bc8d45138440fe9800bfdd2f
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1997_08
Patent number
US05656573

Reaction notes

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