Water → Methyl 2-(4-chloromethylphenoxy)propionate

HRID 426434Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 426434 reaction equation
O[CH2:2][C:3]1[CH:15]=[CH:14][C:6]([O:7][CH:8]([CH3:13])[C:9]([O:11][CH3:12])=[O:10])=[CH:5][CH:4]=1.S(Cl)([Cl:18])=O.O>CN(C)P(=O)(N(C)C)N(C)C>[Cl:18][CH2:2][C:3]1[CH:15]=[CH:14][C:6]([O:7][CH:8]([CH3:13])[C:9]([O:11][CH3:12])=[O:10])=[CH:5][CH:4]=1

Participants

5

Conditions

Temperature
-10 °C

Procedure

12 gm (0.058 mol) of methyl 2-(4-hydroxymethyl-phenoxy)-propionate were dissolved in 60 ml of hexamethylphosphoric acid triamide, the solution was cooled to -10° C., and 4.4 ml (0.06 mol) of thionyl chloride were added dropwise thereto. The resulting mixture was stirred for 30 minutes at 0° C. and then for one hour at 10° C., and subsequently poured into water. The aqueous mixture was extracted with ether, and the extract solution was washed with water, sodium bicarbonate solution and again with water, and dried. The ether was subsequently removed in vacuo at room temperature, leaving methyl 2-(4-chloromethyl-phenoxy)-propionate as a residue.

Workup

  1. waitfor one hour at 10° C.
  2. extractionThe aqueous mixture was extracted with ether
  3. washthe extract solution was washed with water, sodium bicarbonate solution and again with water
  4. customdried
  5. customThe ether was subsequently removed in vacuo at room temperature

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-e85283782f1743b38c530220aabbb815
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1979_10
Patent number
US04169720

Reaction notes

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