4-Hydroxybenzyl Alcohol → Bromocresol

HRID 2276651Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2276651 reaction equation
P(Br)(Br)[Br:2].N1C=CC=CC=1.[OH:11][C:12]1[CH:19]=[CH:18][C:15]([CH2:16]O)=[CH:14][CH:13]=1>C1COCC1>[OH:11][C:12]1[CH:19]=[CH:18][C:15]([CH2:16][Br:2])=[CH:14][CH:13]=1

Participants

5

Conditions

Temperature
-20 °C

Procedure

To a stirred solution of PBr3 (1.38 g, 5.0 mmol) in dry THF (2 ml) at −5° C. was added a solution of dry pyridine (0.201 ml) in dry THF (0.4 ml). A solution of 4-Hydroxybenzyl alcohol (1.89 g, 15.2 mmol) in dry THF (23 ml) was added drop wise to the reaction mixture. The reaction mixture was allowed to stand at room temperature for 18 hours, then diluted with THF and filtered through celite pad. The filtrate was evaporated, the resulting semisolid was redissolved in dry toluene (16 ml). The solution was maintained at −20° C. for 2 hours, and then filtered through celite pad to provide the title compound as a light yellow solution which was used without further purification.

Workup

  1. filtrationfiltered through celite pad
  2. customThe filtrate was evaporated
  3. dissolutionthe resulting semisolid was redissolved in dry toluene (16 ml)
  4. filtrationfiltered through celite pad

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-38a3a9000d7347b9bb8736af364bb0bf
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2015_09
Patent number
US09133073B2

Reaction notes

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