Water → HCID 67071651, compound

Temperature

-78 °C

To a solution of 3-(3-methoxy-phenyl)-3-methyl-butan-2-one (6.570 g, 34.172 mmol) in methylene chloride (100 mL) cooled to −78° C. was added boron tribromide (102 mL, 1 M solution in methylene chloride, Aldrich). The mixture was stirred at −78° C. for 1 h, warmed up to 0° C. for 1 h then put in the freezer (−20° C.) for 72 h. At 0° C., water was added to quench the excess boron tribromide (CAUTION: Violent reaction). The product was extracted with petroleum ether. The organic layers were washed with brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated. The crude residue was purified by flash chromatography (40 g of silica gel, eluting with 5-20% ethyl acetate in hexane) to give 3-(3-hydroxy-phenyl)-3-methyl-butan-2-one as a yellow oil (5 g, 82%).

1. temperaturewarmed up to 0° C. for 1 h
2. waitthen put in the freezer (−20° C.) for 72 h
3. customto quench the excess boron tribromide (CAUTION: Violent reaction)
4. extractionThe product was extracted with petroleum ether
5. washThe organic layers were washed with brine
6. dry with materialdried over anhydrous sodium sulfate
7. concentrationconcentrated
8. customThe crude residue was purified by flash chromatography (40 g of silica gel, eluting with 5-20% ethyl acetate in hexane)

ORD record

ord-29cb31603e5c4295acd943767905fd3d

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2010_12

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US07851626B2