Methanol → 3-(3-Chloro-benzo[b]thiophen-2-yl)-propan-1-ol

HRID 406798Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 406798 reaction equation
C[O:2][C:3](=O)[CH2:4][CH2:5][C:6]1[S:10][C:9]2[CH:11]=[CH:12][CH:13]=[CH:14][C:8]=2[C:7]=1[Cl:15].[Li+].[BH4-].CO.[OH-].[Na+]>CCOCC>[Cl:15][C:7]1[C:8]2[CH:14]=[CH:13][CH:12]=[CH:11][C:9]=2[S:10][C:6]=1[CH2:5][CH2:4][CH2:3][OH:2]

Participants

6

Reactant 4

HCID 887MethanolHCID 14798Sodium HydroxideHCID 4148881Lithium borohydrideHCID 667607513-(3-Chloro-benzo[b]thiophen-2-yl)-propionic acid methyl ester

Product 1

HCID 219644313-(3-Chloro-benzo[b]thiophen-2-yl)-propan-1-olYield 79%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 3283Diethyl EtherSolvent

Procedure

An ice cold solution of 3.63 g (14.3 mmol) of 15 in 60 mL of ether was treated with LiBH4 (621 mg, 28.5 mmol) and methanol (2 mL). After 30 min., 30 mL of 0.5 M NaOH solution was added. The mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate (2×25 mL) and the combined ethyl acetate solution washed with brine (50 mL), dried (MgSO4), filtered and evaporated. The residue was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel (5-20% ethyl acetate/hexane) to give 2.57 g (11.3 mmol, 79%) of the alcohol (16).

Workup

  1. extractionThe mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate (2×25 mL)
  2. washthe combined ethyl acetate solution washed with brine (50 mL)
  3. dry with materialdried (MgSO4)
  4. filtrationfiltered
  5. customevaporated
  6. customThe residue was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel (5-20% ethyl acetate/hexane)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-2df5ae921b354aada0f7e6e45394064c
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2014_06
Patent number
US08754122B2

Reaction notes

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