Water → 1-(5-Methylthiophen-3-yl)ethan-1-one

HRID 2420251Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2420251 reaction equation
[CH3:1][C:2]1[S:3][CH:4]=[C:5]([C:7]([OH:9])=O)[CH:6]=1.[CH2:10](OCC)C.C[Li].O>C(O)C>[CH3:1][C:2]1[S:3][CH:4]=[C:5]([C:7]([CH3:10])=[O:9])[CH:6]=1

Participants

6

Conditions

Temperature
0 °C

Procedure

2-Methylthiophene-4-carboxylic acid (14.2 g., 0.1 mole) prepared by the method of Shvedov et al., Khim. Geterotsikl. Soedin. 1010 (1967); Chem. Abstrs., 69, 51922j (1968) in 250 ml. of ethyl ether is cooled to -10° to 0° C. and an ethereal solution of methyl lithium (4.4 g., 0.2 mole) is added dropwise while maintaining the reaction mixture below 0° C. After stirring for 1 hour at 0° C., a solution of 4 g. of water in 100 ml. of ethanol is added cautiously and the mixture allowed to warm to room temperature. The desired product is then isolated by partitioning the reaction mixture between ether and water and evaporation of the organic extracts.

Workup

  1. temperaturewhile maintaining the reaction mixture below 0° C
  2. temperatureto warm to room temperature

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-2fc3fbe0f80e47b0b95fb786b72ffbff
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1978_08
Patent number
US04110342

Reaction notes

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