Methyl iodide → 5-Fluoro-2-nitroanisole

Participants

Reaction Steps

Potassium carbonate(14.5 g, 105.1 mol) and iodomethane(7.1 ml, 114.6 mmol) were added to a solution of 2-nitro-5-fluorophenol(15 g, 95.5 mmol) in ethanol (100 ml), which was then refluxed for 12 hours. The resulting solid was filtered, washed with ethanol, and concentrated. The resulting oily residue was diluted with ethyl acetate and washed with water. The separated organic layer was concentrated and the residual oil was purified by column chromatography(ethylacetate/hexane=1/3) to give 1.65 g of the titled compound. (Yield 9.7%).

Provenance & Evidence