Acetic acid, 2-(triphenylphosphoranylidene)-, ethyl ester → Ethyl 4-(3-bromophenyl)butanoate

HRID 265672Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 265672 reaction equation
[Br:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[C:4]([CH2:8][CH:9]=O)[CH:5]=[CH:6][CH:7]=1.[C:11]([CH:16]=P(C1C=CC=CC=1)(C1C=CC=CC=1)C1C=CC=CC=1)([O:13][CH2:14][CH3:15])=[O:12]>>[Br:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[C:4]([CH2:8][CH2:9][CH2:16][C:11]([O:13][CH2:14][CH3:15])=[O:12])[CH:5]=[CH:6][CH:7]=1

Participants

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Reactant 2

HCID 70670Acetic acid, 2-(triphenylphosphoranylidene)-, ethyl esterHCID 20387554(3-Bromophenyl)acetaldehyde

Product 1

HCID 11492759Ethyl 4-(3-bromophenyl)butanoate

Procedure

In the preferred compounds of the invention the two R1 substituents are methyl, and the R2 and R3 substituents are hydrogen. Reaction Scheme 2 illustrates a synthetic process for preparing 7-bromo-3,4-dihydro-4,4-dimethylnaphthalen-1-one (Compound G) which serves as a starting material for the synthesis of several preferred compounds of the invention. Thus, referring now specifically to Reaction Scheme 2, ethyl 3-bromophenylacetate (Compound B, made by esterification of 3-bromophenylacetic acid) is reduced with diisobutylaluminum hydride (DIBAL-H) to yield (3-bromophenyl)acetaldehyde. (3-Bromophenyl)acetaldehyde is reacted in a Wittig reaction with (carbethoxymethylene)triphenylphosphorane to provide a mixture of E and Z ethyl 4-(3-bromophenyl)but-2-enoates. The latter compounds are hydrogenated to yield ethyl 4-(3-bromophenyl)butanoate (Compound D). Compound D is reacted with the Grignard reagent derived from methylbromide to give the tertiary alcohol 5-(3-bromophenyl)-2-methylpentan-2-ol (Compound E) (It should be apparent to those skilled in the art, that the choice of the Grignard reagent used in this reaction step determines the nature of the R1 substituent in the resulting compounds of the invention.) Compound E is then treated with acid to cyclize it and to form 6-bromo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1,1-dimethylnaphthalene (Compound F). Compound F is oxidized with chromium trioxide to yield 7-bromo-3,4-dihydro-4,4-dimethylnaphthalen-1(2H)-one (Compound G). Compound G is covered by Formula 10 and in accordance with Reaction Scheme 1 serves as a starting material in the synthesis of several preferred compounds of the invention.

Workup

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Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-363a8580971745348b07a67ce9b7731c
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1997_07
Patent number
US05648503

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