Lithium Hydroxide → (S)-2-(2-Methoxyphenyl)propanoic acid

HRID 375422Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 375422 reaction equation
[OH-].[Li+].C[C@H]1[C@H](C2C=CC=CC=2)OC(=O)N1[C:16](=[O:27])[C@H:17]([C:19]1[CH:24]=[CH:23][CH:22]=[CH:21][C:20]=1[O:25][CH3:26])[CH3:18].C(OCC)(=[O:30])C>O1CCCC1.O>[CH3:26][O:25][C:20]1[CH:21]=[CH:22][CH:23]=[CH:24][C:19]=1[C@H:17]([CH3:18])[C:16]([OH:27])=[O:30]

Participants

6

Reactant 3

HCID 3939Lithium HydroxideHCID 8857Ethyl AcetateHCID 54310187(4S,5S)-4-methyl5-phenyl-3-[(S)-2-(2-methoxyphenyl)propionyl]2-oxazolidinone

Product 1

HCID 11137716(S)-2-(2-Methoxyphenyl)propanoic acid

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 962WaterSolventHCID 8028TetrahydrofuranSolvent

Procedure

1.52 g of lithium hydroxide are added to a solution, cooled to +5° C., of 4.1 g of (4S,5S)-4-methyl-5-phenyl-3-[(S)-2-(2-methoxyphenyl)propionyl]-oxazolidin-2-one in 60 cm3 of tetrahydrofuran and 30 cm3 of water. The reaction mixture is stirred at this temperature for 3 hours and, after returning to room temperature, ethyl acetate is subsequently added, the mixture is decanted, the aqueous phase is acidified with an aqueous 1N solution of hydrochloric acid and extracted with ethyl acetate and the organic phase is dried over magnesium sulphate and concentrated to dryness under reduced pressure (2.7 kPa). The solid obtained is recrystallized from hexane, filtered off and dried. 0.4 g of (S)-2-(2-methoxyphenyl)propionic acid is obtained in the form of white crystals which melt at 102° C. [α]D20 =+84.6° (c=1; CHCl3).

Workup

  1. customafter returning to room temperature
  2. customthe mixture is decanted
  3. extractionextracted with ethyl acetate
  4. dry with materialthe organic phase is dried over magnesium sulphate
  5. concentrationconcentrated to dryness under reduced pressure (2.7 kPa)
  6. customThe solid obtained
  7. customis recrystallized from hexane
  8. filtrationfiltered off
  9. customdried

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-713f448867fd4ad69d65f77a5424c924
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1996_01
Patent number
US05484804

Reaction notes

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