Ethylene Glycol → 1-(Benzo[b]thiophen-5-yl)-2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)ethanol

HRID 362987Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 362987 reaction equation
[CH3:1][C:2](C)([O-:4])[CH3:3].[K+].[CH2:7]([OH:10])[CH2:8][OH:9].[S:11]1[CH:15]=[CH:14][C:13]2[CH:16]=C(C3CO3)[CH:18]=[CH:19][C:12]1=2.C(OCC)(=O)C>CS(C)=O>[S:11]1[CH:15]=[CH:14][C:13]2[CH:16]=[C:1]([CH:2]([OH:4])[CH2:3][O:9][CH2:8][CH2:7][OH:10])[CH:18]=[CH:19][C:12]1=2

Participants

6

Conditions

Temperature
80 °C

Procedure

A mixture of 5.7 g of potassium tert-butoxide and 57 ml of ethylene glycol was heated to 80° C. Thereto was added, in 1.5 hours, a solution of 18 g of 2-(benzo[b]thiophen-5-yl)oxirane dissolved in 30 ml of dimethyl sulfoxide. The resulting mixture was stirred at the same temperature for 30 minutes. The reaction mixture was added to a mixture of 120 ml of ice water and 80 ml of ethyl acetate. The organic layer was separated. The aqueous layer was extracted twice each with 30 ml of ethyl acetate. The extracts were combined with the previously separated organic layer. The combined organic layer was washed with water and a saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution in this order, and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solvent was removed by distillation under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by column chromatography (eluant: chloroform/ethanol=20/1) to obtain 9.1 g of 1-(benzo[b]thiophen-5-yl)-2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)ethanol.

Workup

  1. additionThereto was added, in 1.5 hours
  2. customThe organic layer was separated
  3. extractionThe aqueous layer was extracted twice each with 30 ml of ethyl acetate
  4. washThe combined organic layer was washed with water
  5. dry with materiala saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution in this order, and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate
  6. customThe solvent was removed by distillation under reduced pressure
  7. customThe residue was purified by column chromatography (eluant: chloroform/ethanol=20/1)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-54207842e7424b12ab3f48caaf815edf
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1999_02
Patent number
US05872117

Reaction notes

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