Lithium Hydroxide → ({[2-(4-Methoxyphenyl)-5,5-dimethyl-1,3-dioxan-2-yl]methyl}thio)acetic acid

HRID 254087Notes

Reaction equation

[CH3:1][O:2][C:3]1[CH:8]=[CH:7][C:6]([C:9]2([CH2:17][S:18][CH2:19][C:20]([O:22]CC)=[O:21])[O:14][CH2:13][C:12]([CH3:16])([CH3:15])[CH2:11][O:10]2)=[CH:5][CH:4]=1.[Li+].[OH-]>O>[CH3:1][O:2][C:3]1[CH:8]=[CH:7][C:6]([C:9]2([CH2:17][S:18][CH2:19][C:20]([OH:22])=[O:21])[O:14][CH2:13][C:12]([CH3:16])([CH3:15])[CH2:11][O:10]2)=[CH:5][CH:4]=1

Participants

Conditions

Temperature: 0 °C

Procedure

Ethyl ({[2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-5,5-dimethyl-1,3-dioxan-2-yl]methyl}thio)acetate (5.95 g, 16.8 mmol) was dissolved in THP (75 ml) and cooled to 0° C. LiOH (2.11 g, 50.4 mmol) in water (40 ml) was added and the mixture was stirred for 90 minutes. Water was added and the mixture was extracted twice with diethyl ether. The aqueous layer was acidified using 2M HCl until pH=4 and extracted twice with CH2Cl2. The combined CH2Cl2 layers were dried (Na2SO4) and concentrated under reduced pressure to afford 5.4 g (>98%) of the title compound as a white solid. 1H-NMR (CDCl3, 200 MHz): δ 0.6 (s, 3H), 1.4 (s, 3H), 3.0 (s, 2H), 3.4 (s, 2H), 3.5 (s, 4H), 3.9 (s, 3H), 6.9 (d, 2H), 7.4 (d, 2H).

Workup

extractionthe mixture was extracted twice with diethyl ether
extractionextracted twice with CH2Cl2
dry with materialThe combined CH2Cl2 layers were dried (Na2SO4)
concentrationconcentrated under reduced pressure

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-8909f83d352d401cbbb6872adefa3786
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2011_01
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US07871998B2

Reaction notes

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