6-Chloro-1-hexanol → (E)-4-butoxy-3-methoxycinnamic acid 6-hydroxyhexyl ester

HRID 2307523Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2307523 reaction equation
[CH2:1]([O:5][C:6]1[CH:16]=[CH:15][C:9](/[CH:10]=[CH:11]/[C:12]([OH:14])=[O:13])=[CH:8][C:7]=1[O:17][CH3:18])[CH2:2][CH2:3][CH3:4].Cl[CH2:20][CH2:21][CH2:22][CH2:23][CH2:24][CH2:25][OH:26]>C(#N)C.[I-].C([N+](CCCC)(CCCC)CCCC)CCC>[OH:26][CH2:25][CH2:24][CH2:23][CH2:22][CH2:21][CH2:20][O:13][C:12](=[O:14])/[CH:11]=[CH:10]/[C:9]1[CH:15]=[CH:16][C:6]([O:5][CH2:1][CH2:2][CH2:3][CH3:4])=[C:7]([O:17][CH3:18])[CH:8]=1

Participants

5

Reactant 2

HCID 748286-Chloro-1-hexanolHCID 59335643-(4-Butoxy-3-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-enoic acid

Product 1

HCID 20744698(E)-4-butoxy-3-methoxycinnamic acid 6-hydroxyhexyl esterYield 79.3%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 67553Tetrabutylammonium IodideCatalystHCID 6342AcetonitrileSolvent2×

Procedure

1.38 g (5.50 mmol) (E)-4-butyloxy-3-methoxycinnamic acid was suspended in 3 ml acetonitrile. A mixture of 0.84 g (5.50 mmol) 1,8-diazabicyclo[5 4.0]undec-7-ene(1,5-5) (DBU) and 3 ml acetonitrile was added dropwise over a period of 5 minutes. 0.46 g (1.25 mmol) tetrabutylammonium iodide and 0.68 g (5.00 mmol) 6-chlorohexanol was added and the resulting mixture was then refluxed for 6 hours. The reaction mixture was cooled and then extracted using ethyl acetate and water. The ethyl acetate phase was washed with water, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated by rotary evaporation. The residue was purified by chromatography using a silica gel column (120 g) and toluene:ethyl acetate (1:1) as eluant to give 1.39 g (79%) (E)-4-butyloxy-3-methoxycinnamic acid 6-hydroxyhexyl ester as colourless oil.

Workup

  1. additionwas added dropwise over a period of 5 minutes
  2. temperaturethe resulting mixture was then refluxed for 6 hours
  3. temperatureThe reaction mixture was cooled
  4. extractionextracted
  5. washThe ethyl acetate phase was washed with water
  6. dry with materialdried over sodium sulfate
  7. filtrationfiltered
  8. concentrationconcentrated by rotary evaporation
  9. customThe residue was purified by chromatography

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-96b0c7a0bfa341cf9e930b6e154179d3
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2004_12
Patent number
US06831148B2

Reaction notes

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