Benzyl Bromide → 3-(4-Benzyloxyphenyl)propionic acid

HRID 386425Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 386425 reaction equation
[OH:1][C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][C:5]([CH2:8][CH2:9][C:10]([OH:12])=[O:11])=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.[H-].[Na+].[CH2:15](Br)[C:16]1[CH:21]=[CH:20][CH:19]=[CH:18][CH:17]=1>CN(C=O)C>[CH2:15]([O:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[CH:4][C:5]([CH2:8][CH2:9][C:10]([OH:12])=[O:11])=[CH:6][CH:7]=1)[C:16]1[CH:21]=[CH:20][CH:19]=[CH:18][CH:17]=1

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 7498Benzyl BromideHCID 103943-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)propionic acidHCID 24758Sodium hydride

Product 1

HCID 5613723-(4-Benzyloxyphenyl)propionic acidYield 72.3%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 6228DimethylformamideSolvent2×

Procedure

4-Hydroxycinnamic acid (700 mg, 4.26 mmol) was dissolved in EtOAc (15 mL) and 10% Pd/C (51 mg, 0.479 mmol) was added. The reaction mixture was stirred under an atmosphere of H2 overnight at room temperature before it was filtered through diatomaceous earth and concentrated in vacuo. No further purification was needed to yield 3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propanoic acid (700 mg, 99%). A solution of 3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propanoic acid (700 mg, 4.21 mmol) in anhydrous DMF (16 mL) at 0° C. was treated with a solution of 60% NaH (450 mg, 18.75 mmol) in DMF dropwise. The reaction mixture was stirred for 10 min before benzyl bromide (0.675 mL, 5.68 mmol) was added. The reaction mixture was stirred overnight at room temperature, quenched with aqueous 1 N HCl and extracted with EtOAc. The combined organic layers were washed with saturated aqueous NH4Cl, saturated aqueous NaCl and dried over Na2SO4. Column chromatography (SiO2, 4×9 cm, 20-40% EtOAc-hexanes gradient) afforded 3-(4-(benzyloxy)phenyl)propanoic acid (780 mg, 72%) as a white solid: 1H NMR (CDCl3, 500 MHz) 7.44 (d, 2H, J=7.4 Hz), 7.40 (t, 2H, J=7.4 Hz), 7.35-7.32 (m, 1H), 7.14 (d, 2H, J=8.8 Hz), 6.92 (d, 2H, J=8.4 Hz), 5.06 (s, 2H), 2.92 (t, 2H, J=7.7 Hz), 2.66 (t, 2H, J=7.7 Hz); 13C NMR (CDCl3, 125 MHz) 179.0, 157.3, 137.0, 132.5, 129.2, 128.5, 127.9, 127.4, 114.9, 70.0, 35.8, 29.7. (See: Xue, C.-B.; He, X.; et al. J. Med. Chem. 2001, 44, 3351-3354)

Workup

  1. additionwas added
  2. customquenched with aqueous 1 N HCl
  3. extractionextracted with EtOAc
  4. washThe combined organic layers were washed with saturated aqueous NH4Cl, saturated aqueous NaCl
  5. dry with materialdried over Na2SO4

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-754c37e7ae0640f98eaf03fea3690f81
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2013_02
Patent number
US08372823B2

Reaction notes

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