Hydrochloric Acid → 4-Chloro-3-methylbenzenediazonium tetrafluoroborate

Synthesized according to General Procedure 1. 4-chloro-3-methylaniline (5 g, 35.3 mmol) in water (15 mL) and conc. HCl (9.5 mL, 116.5 mmol) at −5° C. was added a freshly prepared aqueous solution of sodium nitrite (3.2 g, 45.9 mmol) in water (8 mL) slowly over 10 minutes. After stirring for 15 minutes at −5° C. a freshly prepared aqueous solution of sodium tetrafluoroborate (5.4 g, 49.4 mmol) in water (14 mL) was added in one portion causing the formation of a precipitate. The solid was filtered and washed with cold (5° C.) diethyl ether (10 mL). The solid was dissolved in acetone (15 mL) and filtered. To the filtrate was added diethyl ether (15 mL) causing the precipitation of the arenediazonium tetrafluoroborate. The solid was filtered, washed with cold (5° C.) diethyl ether (5 mL) and then air dried overnight to provide 4-chloro-3-methylbenzenediazonium tetrafluoroborate (8.07 g, 33.6 mmol, 95% yield) as a tan solid. 1H-NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 8.68 (d, J=2.2 Hz, 1H), 8.56 (dd, J=2.4, 8.8 Hz, 1H), 8.10 (d, J=8.8 Hz, 1H) and 3.47 (s, 3H) ppm. LC/MS (10%-99% CH3CN (0.035% TFA)/H2O (0.05% TFA), m/z: M+1 obs=125.0; tR=0.24 min.

1. customSynthesized
2. additionwas added in one portion
3. filtrationThe solid was filtered
4. washwashed with cold (5° C.) diethyl ether (10 mL)
5. dissolutionThe solid was dissolved in acetone (15 mL)
6. filtrationfiltered
7. additionTo the filtrate was added diethyl ether (15 mL)
8. customthe precipitation of the arenediazonium tetrafluoroborate
9. filtrationThe solid was filtered
10. washwashed with cold (5° C.) diethyl ether (5 mL)
11. customair dried overnight

ORD record

ord-daab2594ec604669b8e492844c74a51e

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2010_12

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US07846954B2