Dimethylformamide → 2-Methyl-6-nitrobenzaldoxime

HRID 397142Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 397142 reaction equation
CN(C=O)C.C[O-].[K+].[N+:9]([C:12]1[CH:17]=[CH:16][CH:15]=[C:14]([CH3:18])[C:13]=1[CH3:19])([O-:11])=[O:10].[N:20](OCCCC)=[O:21]>C(O)(=O)C.O>[CH3:18][C:14]1[CH:15]=[CH:16][CH:17]=[C:12]([N+:9]([O-:11])=[O:10])[C:13]=1[CH:19]=[N:20][OH:21]

Participants

7

Reactant 4

HCID 6228DimethylformamideHCID 67391,2-Dimethyl-3-nitrobenzeneHCID 10996Butyl nitriteHCID 23664618Potassium methoxide

Product 1

HCID 853610482-Methyl-6-nitrobenzaldoxime

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 176Acetic AcidSolventHCID 962WaterSolvent

Conditions

Temperature
-40 °C

Procedure

1200 ml of anhydrous DMF are initially charged in a 4 l reaction flask and cooled to −40° C. At this temperature, 336.5 g (4.56 mol) of potassium methoxide (95%) are added and suspended with stirring. A mixture of 300 g (1.92 mol) of 3-nitro-o-xylene (97%) and 274 g (2.52 mol) of n-butyl nitrite (95%) is then added dropwise at −40° C. over a period of 7 hours (if the mixture is cooled accordingly, the duration of this addition can be reduced as desired; a longer period of addition has not yet been tested; temperature variations between −35 and −45° C. are tolerated). The complete conversion of the starting material is checked by HPLC. The reaction discharge is then added with stirring, at from −5 to 0° C., to a mixture of 300 ml of water and 300 ml of glacial acetic acid. The reaction mixture is then poured onto 6 kg of ice-water and the solid is separated off by filtration (without any problems, filter resistance has not yet been determined) and washed twice with in each case 500 ml of water (careful: the crude product smells strongly). The crude product (HPLC: 96 area %) is purified by suspending the moist solid in 800 ml of toluene for 1.5 h. The solid is filtered off (without any problems, the filter resistance has not yet been determined) and dried at 50° C. in a vacuum drying cabinet.

Workup

  1. additionis then added dropwise at −40° C. over a period of 7 hours (if the mixture
  2. temperatureis cooled accordingly
  3. additionthe duration of this addition
  4. additiona longer period of addition
  5. customtemperature variations between −35 and −45° C.
  6. additionThe reaction discharge is then added
  7. customthe solid is separated off by filtration (without any problems
  8. filtrationfilter resistance
  9. washwashed twice with in each case 500 ml of water (careful: the crude product
  10. customThe crude product (HPLC: 96 area %) is purified
  11. customfor 1.5 h
  12. filtrationThe solid is filtered off (without any problems
  13. customdried at 50° C. in a vacuum
  14. customdrying cabinet

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-b46e73eccbac44979a6e1dda98dcd488
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2003_08
Patent number
US06608209B2

Reaction notes

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