Methanol → 3-(3-Chloro-benzo[b]thiophen-2-yl)-propan-1-ol

HRID 2264637Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2264637 reaction equation
C[O:2][C:3](=O)[CH2:4][CH2:5][C:6]1[S:10][C:9]2[CH:11]=[CH:12][CH:13]=[CH:14][C:8]=2[C:7]=1[Cl:15].[Li+].[BH4-].CO.[OH-].[Na+]>CCOCC>[Cl:15][C:7]1[C:8]2[CH:14]=[CH:13][CH:12]=[CH:11][C:9]=2[S:10][C:6]=1[CH2:5][CH2:4][CH2:3][OH:2]

Participants

6

Reactant 4

HCID 887MethanolHCID 14798Sodium HydroxideHCID 4148881Lithium borohydrideHCID 667607513-(3-Chloro-benzo[b]thiophen-2-yl)-propionic acid methyl ester

Product 1

HCID 219644313-(3-Chloro-benzo[b]thiophen-2-yl)-propan-1-olYield 79%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 3283Diethyl EtherSolvent

Procedure

An ice cold solution of 3.63 g (14.3 mmol) of 15 in 60 mL of ether was treated with LiBH4 (621 mg, 28.5 mmol) and methanol (2 mL). After 30 min., 30 mL of 0.5 M NaOH solution was added. The mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate (2×25 mL) and the combined ethyl acetate solution washed with brine (50 mL), dried (MgSO4), filtered and evaporated. The residue was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel (5-20% ethyl acetate/hexane) to give 2.57 g (11.3 mmol, 79%) of the alcohol (16).

Workup

  1. extractionThe mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate (2×25 mL)
  2. washthe combined ethyl acetate solution washed with brine (50 mL)
  3. dry with materialdried (MgSO4)
  4. filtrationfiltered
  5. customevaporated
  6. customThe residue was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel (5-20% ethyl acetate/hexane)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-ce80c7a4c9fc4967b9088b40be903387
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2010_12
Patent number
US07855226B2

Reaction notes

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