Sodium Acetate → Methyl 4-(4-oxobutyl)benzoate

HRID 330368Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 330368 reaction equation
[Cr](Cl)([O-])(=O)=O.[NH+]1C=CC=CC=1.C([O-])(=O)C.[Na+].[OH:17][CH2:18][CH2:19][CH2:20][CH2:21][C:22]1[CH:31]=[CH:30][C:25]([C:26]([O:28][CH3:29])=[O:27])=[CH:24][CH:23]=1>C(Cl)Cl.C(OCC)C>[C:26]([C:25]1[CH:30]=[CH:31][C:22]([CH2:21][CH2:20][CH2:19][CH:18]=[O:17])=[CH:23][CH:24]=1)([O:28][CH3:29])=[O:27]

Participants

6

Procedure

To mixture of 4.19 g (1.5 eq) of pyridinium chlorochromate and 1.76 g (1.0 eq) of sodium acetate in 100 mL of dry methylene chloride are added, under nitrogen and with stirring, 2.70 g 1.0 eq) of methyl 4-(4-hydroxybutyl)benzoate in 50 mL of dry methylene chloride. The reaction mixture is stirred 12 hours, diluted with diethyl ether, and filtered. After concentration at reduced pressure, the residue is distilled under vacuum to yield 4-(4-carbomethoxyphenyl)-butanal as an oil, b.p. 131° C. at <1 torr; IR (film) νmax 2950, 2720, 1722, 1612, 1285, and 1110 cm-1 ; 1H NMR (CDCl3) delta 9.77 (m, 1H, --CHO), 7.98 (d, J=9 Hz, 2H, Ar), 7.24 (d, J=8.2 Hz, 2H, Ar), 3.90 (s, 3H, --CH3), 2.72 (t, 2H, benzyl), 2.47 (mm, 2H, --CH2CHO), 1.95 (m, 2H, --CH2).

Workup

  1. additionare added, under nitrogen
  2. stirringThe reaction mixture is stirred 12 hours
  3. filtrationfiltered
  4. concentrationAfter concentration at reduced pressure
  5. distillationthe residue is distilled under vacuum

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-fdcf23cc98204b88a6614a54175865b5
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1990_01
Patent number
US04895946

Reaction notes

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