Nitric Acid → 3,4-Dimethoxynitrobenzene

HRID 2262862Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2262862 reaction equation
[C:1]1([O:9][CH3:10])[C:2](=[CH:5][CH:6]=[CH:7][CH:8]=1)[O:3][CH3:4].[N+:11]([O-])([OH:13])=[O:12]>CC(O)=O>[N+:11]([C:7]1[CH:8]=[C:1]([O:9][CH3:10])[C:2]([O:3][CH3:4])=[CH:5][CH:6]=1)([O-:13])=[O:12]

Participants

4

Procedure

In SCHEME 5 veratrol (12) is selectively nitrated with 70% HNO3 in AcOH to give 4-nitroveratrol (21). Subsequent reaction of (21) with Buli and TMEDA in THF followed by trimethylborate and hydrochloric acid gives boronic acid (22). Boronic acid (22) is reacted under inert conditions with a brominated aromatic or heteroaromatic ester of generell type (15) under Suzuki-type basic conditions (Pd(PPh3)4 and aqueous sodium bicarbonate in dimethoxyethane) to a biaryl of type (23). Biaryl (23) is further hydrolized with aqueous lithium hydroxide in THF and MeOH or MeCN to give the corresponding carboxylic acid (24) which is converted to a building block of type (25) by reaction with oxalyl chloride in anhydrous dichloromethane.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-f329873e559c4656977675e88076d0b2
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2010_12
Patent number
US07851501B2

Reaction notes

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