Hydrochloric Acid → 3,5-Diethyl-4-[3-(4-trifluoromethoxyphenoxy)propyloxy]phenol

HRID 363099Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 363099 reaction equation
Br[C:2]1[CH:7]=[C:6]([CH3:8])[C:5]([O:9][CH2:10][CH2:11][CH2:12][O:13][C:14]2[CH:19]=[CH:18][C:17]([O:20][C:21]([F:24])([F:23])[F:22])=[CH:16][CH:15]=2)=[C:4]([CH2:25][CH3:26])[CH:3]=1.C([Li])CCC.COB([O:37][CH3:38])OC.Cl>O1CCCC1>[CH2:7]([C:6]1[CH:8]=[C:38]([OH:37])[CH:3]=[C:4]([CH2:25][CH3:26])[C:5]=1[O:9][CH2:10][CH2:11][CH2:12][O:13][C:14]1[CH:19]=[CH:18][C:17]([O:20][C:21]([F:22])([F:23])[F:24])=[CH:16][CH:15]=1)[CH3:2]

Participants

6

Conditions

Temperature
-70 °C

Procedure

Then, 7.0 g of 4-bromo-2-ethyl-6-methyl-1-[3-(4-trifluoromethoxyphenoxy)propyloxy]benzene was dissolved in 200 ml of tetrahydrofuran, followed by stirring at -70° C., to which 10.0 ml of n-butyl lithium solution (in hexane, 1.58 mol/liter) was added dropwise, followed by further stirring at -70° C. for 2 hours. To this reaction mixture was added dropwise a solution of 2.4 g of trimethoxy borane dissolved in 60 ml of tetrahydrofuran. The reaction mixture was stirred for 1 hour, while warming to room temperature, and 13 ml of 10% aqueous hydrochloric acid solution was added in small portions, followed by stirring at room temperature for 20 minutes. The tetrahydrofuran layer was washed with water, dried with anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and concentrated, to which 50 ml of toluene was added, and the mixture was heated at 70° C. under stirring, to which 6 ml of 30% aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution was added dropwise. The mixture was heated under reflux for 1 hours, and washed once with water, and twice with 10% aqueous ammonium ferrous sulfate solution and once with water. The toluene layer was dried with anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and concentrated to obtain a crude product. The crude product was subjected to silica gel chromatography, which afforded 4.3 g of 3,5-diethyl-4-[3-(4-trifluoromethoxyphenoxy)propyloxy]phenol (50% yield), nD25.4 1.5060.

Workup

  1. additionwas added dropwise
  2. stirringThe reaction mixture was stirred for 1 hour
  3. temperaturewhile warming to room temperature
  4. stirringby stirring at room temperature for 20 minutes
  5. washThe tetrahydrofuran layer was washed with water
  6. dry with materialdried with anhydrous magnesium sulfate
  7. concentrationconcentrated, to which 50 ml of toluene
  8. additionwas added
  9. temperaturethe mixture was heated at 70° C.
  10. stirringunder stirring, to which 6 ml of 30% aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution
  11. additionwas added dropwise
  12. temperatureThe mixture was heated
  13. temperatureunder reflux for 1 hours
  14. washwashed once with water
  15. dry with materialThe toluene layer was dried with anhydrous magnesium sulfate
  16. concentrationconcentrated
  17. customto obtain a crude product

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-3486236f69a04eb387b024391d7343a2
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1999_02
Patent number
US05872137

Reaction notes

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