Hydrochloric Acid → 5-(Chloromethyl)-6-methylbenzo[d][1,3]dioxole

Temperature

0 °C

To a 1:1 mixture of ethyl ether (100 ml) and conc. HCl (100 ml) at 0° C. was added (3,4-methylenedioxy)toluene (10 ml). Formaldehyde (20 ml, 37% in water) was then added dropwise. The reaction was stirred at 0° C. for 2 hours and at room temperature for an additional 10 hours. The reaction mixture was then diluted with ethyl ether (100 ml) and the two layers were separated. The organic layer was dried (MgSO4), the solid was filtered and the filtrate was concentrated. The residue was then heated with hexane (200 ml) and the insolubles were filtered off the hot solution. The filtrate was concentrated to give a mixture of (3,4-methylenedioxy)-6-methylbenzyl chloride (9.4 g, 63% yield) and bis[(3,4-methylenedioxy)-6-methyl]phenylmethane (3.6 g) as a white solid. This mixture was carried on to the next step without further purification.

1. customthe two layers were separated
2. dry with materialThe organic layer was dried (MgSO4)
3. filtrationthe solid was filtered
4. concentrationthe filtrate was concentrated
5. temperatureThe residue was then heated with hexane (200 ml)
6. filtrationthe insolubles were filtered off the hot solution
7. concentrationThe filtrate was concentrated
8. customto give

ORD record

ord-34709f51a4fa4b45b76086ad428f04d0

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2001_12

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US06331637B1