tert-Butanol → tert-Butyl (4-methylphenyl)acetate

HRID 2292591Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2292591 reaction equation
[CH3:1][C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][C:5]([CH2:8][C:9]([OH:11])=[O:10])=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.[C:12](O)([CH3:15])([CH3:14])[CH3:13].C1(N=C=NC2CCCCC2)CCCCC1>CN(C1C=CN=CC=1)C.ClCCl>[CH3:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[CH:4][C:5]([CH2:8][C:9]([O:11][C:12]([CH3:15])([CH3:14])[CH3:13])=[O:10])=[CH:6][CH:7]=1

Participants

6

Reactant 3

HCID 6386tert-ButanolHCID 10868DicyclohexylcarbodiimideHCID 248474p-Tolylacetic acid

Product 1

HCID 12362014tert-Butyl (4-methylphenyl)acetate

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 142844-(Dimethylamino)pyridineCatalystHCID 6344DichloromethaneSolvent2×

Conditions

Temperature
25 °C

Procedure

450 g (3 mol) of 4-methylphenyl-acetic acid (Aldrich), 1.13 l (12 mol) of tert-butanol and 90 g (0.74 mol) of 4-(N,N-dimethylamino)pyridine are dissolved in 2 l of dichloromethane. After addition of 680 g (3.3 mol of dicyclohexylcarbodiimide, dissolved in 400 ml of dichloromethane, the mixture is stirred at 25° C. for 20 h, the precipitated urea is filtered off with suction and washed with 200 ml of dichloromethane, and the organic phase is washed twice each with 500 ml of 2M hydrochloric acid and water. The organic phase is concentrated and distilled.

Workup

  1. filtrationthe precipitated urea is filtered off with suction
  2. washwashed with 200 ml of dichloromethane
  3. washthe organic phase is washed twice each with 500 ml of 2M hydrochloric acid and water
  4. concentrationThe organic phase is concentrated
  5. distillationdistilled

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-f449b6f75f4649c2bd91b0f0e6cdcd80
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1997_11
Patent number
US05684014

Reaction notes

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