tert-Butanol → 1,4-Bis(4-nitrophenyl)butane-1,4-dione

HRID 2360094Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2360094 reaction equation
C(NCC)C.C(O)(C)(C)C.Br[CH2:12][C:13]([C:15]1[CH:20]=[CH:19][C:18]([N+:21]([O-:23])=[O:22])=[CH:17][CH:16]=1)=[O:14].[N+:24]([C:27]1[CH:32]=[CH:31][C:30]([C:33](=[O:35])[CH3:34])=[CH:29][CH:28]=1)([O-:26])=[O:25]>C1C=CC=CC=1.[Cl-].[Zn+2].[Cl-].O>[N+:21]([C:18]1[CH:19]=[CH:20][C:15]([C:13](=[O:14])[CH2:12][CH2:34][C:33]([C:30]2[CH:29]=[CH:28][C:27]([N+:24]([O-:26])=[O:25])=[CH:32][CH:31]=2)=[O:35])=[CH:16][CH:17]=1)([O-:23])=[O:22]

Participants

8

Reactant 4

HCID 6386tert-ButanolHCID 7487p-NitroacetophenoneHCID 8021DiethylamineHCID 668402-Bromo-4'-nitroacetophenone

Product 1

HCID 137628911,4-Bis(4-nitrophenyl)butane-1,4-dioneYield 61%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 3

HCID 3007855ZincchlorideCatalystHCID 241BenzeneSolventHCID 962WaterSolvent

Procedure

Anhydrous zinc(II) chloride (2.73 g, 20.00 mmol) was stirred in dry benzene (15 ml) while diethylamine (1.558 ml, 15.00 mmol) and t-butanol (1.435 ml, 15.00 mmol) were added, and the resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature for 90 min to give a cloudy solution. To this mixture was added 2-bromo-1-(4-nitrophenyl)ethanone (2.44 g, 10.00 mmol) and 1-(4-nitrophenyl)ethanone (2.477 g, 15.00 mmol), and the resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight. The mixture was poured into water (50 mL) and extracted with ethyl acetate (3×50 ml). The combined organic layers were dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated. The resulting residue was triturated with dichloromethane to give an orange solid that was collected by filtration and dried to give 1,4-Bis(4-nitrophenyl)butane-1,4-dione (2.0 gm, 61% yield).

Workup

  1. additionwere added
  2. customto give a cloudy solution
  3. stirringthe resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight
  4. extractionextracted with ethyl acetate (3×50 ml)
  5. dry with materialThe combined organic layers were dried over Na2SO4
  6. filtrationfiltered
  7. concentrationconcentrated
  8. customThe resulting residue was triturated with dichloromethane
  9. customto give an orange solid
  10. filtrationthat was collected by filtration
  11. customdried

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-5f585291bbc049b8939e7eeecb4245f8
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2014_04
Patent number
US08686026B2

Reaction notes

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