Methanol → Methyl 4,5-Dibromo-2-furancarboxylate

HRID 2392071Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2392071 reaction equation
[Br:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[C:4]([C:8]([OH:10])=[O:9])[O:5][C:6]=1[Br:7].S(=O)(=O)(O)O.[CH3:16]O>>[Br:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[C:4]([C:8]([O:10][CH3:16])=[O:9])[O:5][C:6]=1[Br:7]

Participants

4

Conditions

Temperature
50 °C

Procedure

To a solution of 4,5-dibromo-2-furancarboxylic acid (5.7 g, 21.1 mmol) in methanol (106 ml) was added sulfuric acid (11.3 ml, 211 mmol). The resulting solution stirred at 50° C. over 4 days. The reaction mixture was partitioned between H2O-DCM and the aqueous phase was washed several times with DCM. The combined organic fractions were dried over Na2SO4, concentrated and used directly without further purification providing methyl 4,5-dibromo-2-furancarboxylate (5.5 g, 19.4 mmol, 92% yield): LCMS (ES) m/e 283 (M+H)+.

Workup

  1. customThe reaction mixture was partitioned between H2O-DCM
  2. washthe aqueous phase was washed several times with DCM
  3. dry with materialThe combined organic fractions were dried over Na2SO4
  4. concentrationconcentrated
  5. customused directly without further purification

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-82898e4c2a2f42978596197bbc8db0a7
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2012_09
Patent number
US08273782B2

Reaction notes

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