N-bromobutanimide → 2-Bromo-5-fluoro-3-methylbenzo[b]thiophene

HRID 226008Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 226008 reaction equation
[F:1][C:2]1[CH:11]=[CH:10][C:5]2[S:6][CH:7]=[C:8]([CH3:9])[C:4]=2[CH:3]=1.C1C(=O)N([Br:19])C(=O)C1>C(#N)C.O>[Br:19][C:7]1[S:6][C:5]2[CH:10]=[CH:11][C:2]([F:1])=[CH:3][C:4]=2[C:8]=1[CH3:9]

Participants

5

Conditions

Temperature
40 °C

Procedure

A mechanically-stirred solution of 5-fluoro-3-methylbenzo[b]thiophene (50.32 g, 0.303 mol, 1.0 equiv) in acetonitrile (350 mL) is treated with NBS (56.32 g, 0.318 mol, 1.05 equiv). An initial endotherm reduces the reaction temperature to 17° C. A subsequent exotherm then increases the reaction temperature to 40° C. over a 10 min. period, at which time the reaction is cooled to 18-20° C. by application of an ice water bath. The reaction is stirred at RT for an additional 35 min. and the resultant slurry is slowly diluted with water (350 mL). The slurry is stirred for 10 min and the product is filtered, washed with 50:50 acetonitrile:water (100 mL) and dried to a colorless crystalline solid (65.56 g, 88%).

Workup

  1. customto 17° C
  2. temperatureat which time the reaction is cooled to 18-20° C. by application of an ice water bath
  3. stirringThe slurry is stirred for 10 min
  4. filtrationthe product is filtered
  5. washwashed with 50:50 acetonitrile
  6. dry with materialwater (100 mL) and dried to a colorless crystalline solid (65.56 g, 88%)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-d7980c324e7e437d8e60bd8c7dc6666b
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2009_07
Patent number
US07557103B2

Reaction notes

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