Diethyl Ether → 1-[1-(3,4-Dichlorophenyl)cyclopentyl]ethanone

HRID 266885Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 266885 reaction equation
C[Mg]I.[Cl:4][C:5]1[CH:6]=[C:7]([C:12]2(C#N)[CH2:16][CH2:15][CH2:14][CH2:13]2)[CH:8]=[CH:9][C:10]=1[Cl:11].CC[O:21][CH2:22][CH3:23]>>[Cl:4][C:5]1[CH:6]=[C:7]([C:12]2([C:22](=[O:21])[CH3:23])[CH2:16][CH2:15][CH2:14][CH2:13]2)[CH:8]=[CH:9][C:10]=1[Cl:11]

Participants

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Procedure

Methylmagnesium iodide (3M solution in ether; 100 ml) was added dropwise at 0° C. under nitrogen to a stirred solution of 1-(3,4-dichlorophenyl) cyclopentanecarbonitrile (48 g) in ether (100 ml), then the mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 24 hours. The resulting solid was collected by filtration, washed with ether, and added in portions to an ice-cold mixture of water (200 ml) and concentrated hydrochloric acid (125 ml). The mixture was heated at 95° C. for 1 hour, then allowed to cool to ambient temperature. The product was extracted into ether (5×100 ml), and the combined extracts were washed with water (2×100 ml), dried over magnesium sulphate, and the solvent removed in vacuo. The residue was distilled to give 1-[1-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)cyclopentyl]ethanone as a pale yellow oil (31.9 g), b.p. 124°-128° C./0.5 mbar.

Workup

  1. filtrationThe resulting solid was collected by filtration
  2. washwashed with ether
  3. additionadded in portions to an ice-cold mixture of water (200 ml) and concentrated hydrochloric acid (125 ml)
  4. temperatureThe mixture was heated at 95° C. for 1 hour
  5. temperatureto cool to ambient temperature
  6. extractionThe product was extracted into ether (5×100 ml)
  7. washthe combined extracts were washed with water (2×100 ml)
  8. dry with materialdried over magnesium sulphate
  9. customthe solvent removed in vacuo
  10. distillationThe residue was distilled

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-0f35a9426e714904a682221b0f8c4343
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1997_07
Patent number
US05652271

Reaction notes

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