Oxalyl chloride → Ethanone, 2-chloro-1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)- (9CI)

Temperature

2.5 °C

Tetrahydropyran-2-carboxylic acid (3.3g) in dry dichloromethane (60ml) was treated with oxalyl chloride (4.8g, 3.3ml) and DMF (2-3 drops). After the initial effervescence had ceased the mixture was left for a further 1h at ambient temperature. The solvent and excess oxalyl chloride were removed in vacuo and the resultant oil [vmax (CH2Cl2)1830cm-1 ] was dissolved in dichloromethane (20ml). This acid chloride solution was then added dropwise to a freshly prepared ethereal solution of diazomethane (ca 2 fold excess) cooled to 0-5° C., t.l.c. analysis (60% ethyl acetate in hexane) showed a single mobile spot, i.r. spectrum of a sample showed clean conversion to the diazoketone [vmax (CH2Cl2) 2100cm-1 ]. Hydrogen chloride gas was bubbled through the solution until no further starting material was observed by t.l.c. The mixture was washed with brine, dried and the solvent removed in vacuo and the residue purified by flash chromatography on silica gel. The title compound was obtained as a pale yellow oil, (2.8g, 68%); vmax (CH2Cl2) 1740cm-1 ; δH (CDCl3) 1.4-1.7 (4H, m), 1.91-1.98 (2H, m), 3.42-3.53 (1H, m), 3.95-4.07 (2H, m) and 4.48 (2H, s) [Mass spectrum: +ve ion (NH3), MH+ (163), MNH4+ (180)].

1. customThe solvent and excess oxalyl chloride were removed in vacuo
2. dissolutionthe resultant oil [vmax (CH2Cl2)1830cm-1 ] was dissolved in dichloromethane (20ml)
3. additionThis acid chloride solution was then added dropwise to a freshly prepared ethereal solution of diazomethane (ca 2 fold excess)
4. customHydrogen chloride gas was bubbled through the solution until
5. washThe mixture was washed with brine
6. customdried
7. customthe solvent removed in vacuo
8. customthe residue purified by flash chromatography on silica gel

ORD record

ord-c988389bbb354b4e89a3fb9d83ab199f

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2000_02

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US06020329