Lithium hypochlorite → 5-(Octadecyloxy)thiophene-2-carboxylic acid

HRID 328378Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 328378 reaction equation
Cl[O-:2].[Li+].[C:4]([C:7]1[S:8][C:9]([O:12][CH2:13][CH2:14][CH2:15][CH2:16][CH2:17][CH2:18][CH2:19][CH2:20][CH2:21][CH2:22][CH2:23][CH2:24][CH2:25][CH2:26][CH2:27][CH2:28][CH2:29][CH3:30])=[CH:10][CH:11]=1)(=[O:6])C.[OH-].[K+]>>[CH2:13]([O:12][C:9]1[S:8][C:7]([C:4]([OH:6])=[O:2])=[CH:11][CH:10]=1)[CH2:14][CH2:15][CH2:16][CH2:17][CH2:18][CH2:19][CH2:20][CH2:21][CH2:22][CH2:23][CH2:24][CH2:25][CH2:26][CH2:27][CH2:28][CH2:29][CH3:30]

Participants

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Procedure

When in Example 2, 1-bromooctadecane is substituted for 1-bromohexadecane, 2-octadecyloxythiophene is obtained. A mixture of 35.3 g (0.1 mole) of 2-octadecyloxythiophene and 12.3 g (0.12 mole) of acetic anhydride is cooled in an ice bath. While rapidly stirring this mixture, 1.4 g of boron trifluoride etherate is added, and the mixture is heated to 100° C with stirring for 1 hour after which it is cooled to room temperature. Ice water is added, and the mixture is extracted with chloroform. The chloroform solution is evaporated to dryness under reduce pressure to give 2-acetyl-5-octadecyloxythiophene. In 500 ml of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide 2-acetyl-5-octadecyloxythiophene is combined with 35.0 g (0.6 mole) of lithium hypochlorite. The mixture is stirred vigorously on a steam bath overnight, then allowed to cool to room temperature and extracted with ether. The aqueous extract is acidified with hydrochloric acid to precipitate 5-octadecyloxy-2-thiophenecarboxylic acid.

Workup

  1. extractionextracted with ether
  2. extractionThe aqueous extract
  3. customto precipitate 5-octadecyloxy-2-thiophenecarboxylic acid

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-a0279a13c17849c78c32a31d83bd1f86
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1977_04
Patent number
US04017514

Reaction notes

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