Water → 5-Ethoxymethoxy-benzofuran

HRID 243573Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 243573 reaction equation
[O:1]1[C:5]2[CH:6]=[CH:7][C:8]([OH:10])=[CH:9][C:4]=2[CH:3]=[CH:2]1.[H-].[Na+].[CH2:13]([O:15][CH2:16]Cl)[CH3:14].O>CN(C=O)C>[CH2:13]([O:15][CH2:16][O:10][C:8]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][C:5]2[O:1][CH:2]=[CH:3][C:4]=2[CH:9]=1)[CH3:14]

Participants

6

Reactant 4

HCID 962WaterHCID 18523Chloromethyl ethyl etherHCID 24758Sodium hydrideHCID 11651159Benzofuran-5-ol

Product 1

HCID 592274505-Ethoxymethoxy-benzofuran

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 6228DimethylformamideSolvent

Procedure

To a stirred solution of benzofuran-5-ol (2) (257 mg, 1.92 mmol) in DMF (3 mL), NaH (81 mg, 1.92 mmol, 57% dispersion in oil) was added at 0° C. The reaction mixture was warmed to room temperature and stirred 1 hour. Chloromethyl ethyl ether (214 μL, 2.30 mmol) was then added drop wise to 0° C. and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for additional 1 hour. Water (10 mL) was added and the reaction mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate (2×50 mL). The organic extracts were washed with water, brine, dried over Na2SO4, and concentrated in vacuo. Purification of the crude product by flash column chromatography using 10% ethyl acetate in hexane afforded compound (3) (273 mg) as a colourless oil.

Workup

  1. stirringthe mixture was stirred at room temperature for additional 1 hour
  2. extractionthe reaction mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate (2×50 mL)
  3. washThe organic extracts were washed with water, brine
  4. dry with materialdried over Na2SO4
  5. concentrationconcentrated in vacuo
  6. customPurification of the crude product by flash column chromatography

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-3f7c74a205cd41d89deebff94fec576a
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2014_02
Patent number
US08653274B2

Reaction notes

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