Citric Acid → Benzoic acid, 2-chloro-6-(trimethylsilyl)-

HRID 376621Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 376621 reaction equation
[Cl:1][C:2]1[CH:10]=[CH:9][CH:8]=[CH:7][C:3]=1[C:4]([OH:6])=[O:5].CN(CCN(C)C)C.[Li]C(CC)C.C1CCCCC1.[CH3:30][Si:31](Cl)([CH3:33])[CH3:32].C(O)(=O)CC(CC(O)=O)(C(O)=O)O>C1COCC1>[Cl:1][C:2]1[CH:10]=[CH:9][CH:8]=[C:7]([Si:31]([CH3:33])([CH3:32])[CH3:30])[C:3]=1[C:4]([OH:6])=[O:5]

Participants

8

Conditions

Temperature
-100 °C

Procedure

2-Chlorobenzoic acid (3.91 g, 25 mmol), THF (60 mL), and TMEDA (8.6 mL, 57 mmol) were stirred under nitrogen and cooled to -100° C. 1.3M s-BuLi in cyclohexane (0.055 mol, 42.3 mL) was added dropwise keeping the temperature below -80° C. After the addition was complete TMSCl (2.7 g, 25 mmol) was added dropwise and the resulting mixture was allowed to stir and slowly warm to -30 C. 25% citric acid (100 mL) was added and the mixture was extracted with two 50 mL portions of ether, which were then combined and washed three times with water, dried (MgSO4) and concentrated. The crude product was purified by HPLC, eluting with 2:3 ethyl acetate/hexanes. The product was recovered as a white solid in 63% yield. m.p. 129°-131° C.

Workup

  1. customthe temperature below -80° C
  2. additionAfter the addition
  3. additionwas added dropwise
  4. temperatureslowly warm to -30 C
  5. extractionthe mixture was extracted with two 50 mL portions of ether, which
  6. washwashed three times with water
  7. dry with materialdried (MgSO4)
  8. concentrationconcentrated
  9. customThe crude product was purified by HPLC
  10. washeluting with 2:3 ethyl acetate/hexanes
  11. customThe product was recovered as a white solid in 63% yield

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-b77f36d4e1274c6ea405fa7654f4004d
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2000_02
Patent number
USRE036562

Reaction notes

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