Sodium Carbonate → 2-(2-methylphenyl)thiophene
Reaction equation
C(=O)([O-])[O-].[Na+].[Na+].[CH3:7][C:8]1[CH:13]=[CH:12][CH:11]=[CH:10][C:9]=1B(O)O.Br[C:18]1[S:19][CH:20]=[CH:21][CH:22]=1>C1(C)C=CC=CC=1.C(O)C.C1C=CC(P(C2C=CC=CC=2)C2C=CC=CC=2)=CC=1.C1C=CC(P(C2C=CC=CC=2)C2C=CC=CC=2)=CC=1.C1C=CC(P(C2C=CC=CC=2)C2C=CC=CC=2)=CC=1.C1C=CC(P(C2C=CC=CC=2)C2C=CC=CC=2)=CC=1.[Pd]>[C:8]1([CH3:7])[CH:13]=[CH:12][CH:11]=[CH:10][C:9]=1[C:18]1[S:19][CH:20]=[CH:21][CH:22]=1Participants
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Procedure
Sodium carbonate (5 ml., 2M aqueous solution) followed by 2-methylphenylboronic acid (0.294 g, 2.4 mmol) were added to a solution of 2-bromothiophene (0.542 g, 2 mmol) and tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)-palladium(O) (100 mg) in toluene (5 ml) and ethanol (5 ml) under nitrogen. The mixture was refluxed for 2 hours, cooled to room temperature and extracted with ethyl acetate (2×50 ml). The combined organic layers was dried over MgSO4 and evaporated. The residue was flash chromatographed on silica gel using hexane as eluent to afford 1.2 g of 2-(2-tolyl)thiophene as a colorless gum.
Workup
- temperatureThe mixture was refluxed for 2 hours
- extractionextracted with ethyl acetate (2×50 ml)
- dry with materialThe combined organic layers was dried over MgSO4
- customevaporated
- customchromatographed on silica gel
Sources & evidence
- ORD record
- ord-023c8716ea724cabad96baaf9801e811
- Source dataset
- uspto-grants-2001_12
- Patent number
- US06331637B1
Reaction notes
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