Potassium Carbonate → 2-{2-[2-Methyl-3-(4-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-benzo[b]thiophen-6-yloxy]-ethoxy}-tetrahydro-pyran

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Reaction equation

[CH3:1][C:2]1[S:6][C:5]2[CH:7]=[C:8]([OH:11])[CH:9]=[CH:10][C:4]=2[C:3]=1[C:12]1[CH:17]=[CH:16][C:15]([C:18]([F:21])([F:20])[F:19])=[CH:14][CH:13]=1.C([O-])([O-])=O.[K+].[K+].Br[CH2:29][CH2:30][O:31][CH:32]1[CH2:37][CH2:36][CH2:35][CH2:34][O:33]1>CN(C)C=O>[CH3:1][C:2]1[S:6][C:5]2[CH:7]=[C:8]([O:11][CH2:29][CH2:30][O:31][CH:32]3[CH2:37][CH2:36][CH2:35][CH2:34][O:33]3)[CH:9]=[CH:10][C:4]=2[C:3]=1[C:12]1[CH:13]=[CH:14][C:15]([C:18]([F:21])([F:19])[F:20])=[CH:16][CH:17]=1

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Conditions

Temperature: 120 °C

Procedure

4.0 g (13.0 mmol) 2-Methyl-3-(4-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-benzo[b]thiophen-6-ol (example 26.5) dissolved in 30 ml N,N-dimethylformamide were treated with 2.69 g (19.5 mmol, 1.5 eq) K2CO3 and 3.06 ml (19.5 mmol, 1.5 eq) 2-(2-Bromo-ethoxy)-tetrahydro-pyran. The reaction mixture was stirred at 120° C. for 3 hours, cooled to room temperature, poured into 100 ml of ice-water and extracted 3 times with 50 ml of ether. The combined ether phases were washed with brine, dried over magnesium sulfate and evaporated under reduced pressure. The residue formed was filtered over silica gel with dichloromethane as the eluent giving 5.76 g crude 2-{2-[2-Methyl-3-(4-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-benzo[b]thiophen-6-yloxy]-ethoxy}-tetrahydro-pyran. This crude product was subsequently dissolved in 70 ml of 2N HCl in methanol and the reaction mixture stirred for 1 hour at room temperature. Subsequently, it was poured into a diluted sodium hydroxide/ice solution and extracted 3 times with 150 ml of dichloromethane. The combined dichloromethane phases were washed with brine, dried over magnesium sulfate and evaporated under reduced pressure. The residue formed was chromatographed on silica gel with dichloromethane as the eluent giving 4.3 g (93%) 2-[2-Methyl-3-(4-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-benzo[b]thiophen-6-yloxy]-ethanol as colorless solid, MS: 352 (M+).

Workup

temperaturecooled to room temperature
extractionextracted 3 times with 50 ml of ether
washThe combined ether phases were washed with brine
dry with materialdried over magnesium sulfate
customevaporated under reduced pressure
customThe residue formed
filtrationwas filtered over silica gel with dichloromethane as the eluent

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-2fb0ee9c22a04620825c440fcd1e6117
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2007_02
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US07173043B2

Reaction notes

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