Methyl iodide → 1-(4-Bromo-2-fluorophenyl)ethanol

HRID 449254Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 449254 reaction equation
[Br:1][C:2]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][C:5]([CH:6]=[O:7])=[C:4]([F:10])[CH:3]=1.[CH3:11][Mg]I.[Mg].CI>C(OCC)C>[Br:1][C:2]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][C:5]([CH:6]([OH:7])[CH3:11])=[C:4]([F:10])[CH:3]=1

Participants

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Reactant 4

HCID 6328Methyl iodideHCID 1435174-Bromo-2-fluorobenzaldehydeHCID 5462224MagnesiumHCID 178418373HCID 178418373, compound

Product 1

HCID 596944341-(4-Bromo-2-fluorophenyl)ethanol

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 3283Diethyl EtherSolvent2×

Procedure

A solution of 4-bromo-2-fluorobenzaldehyde (5 g, 24.62 mmol) in diethyl ether (10 ml) was added to an ice-cold solution of methylmagnesium iodide prepared from magnesium (1.7 g, 73.88 mmol) and methyliodide (4.58 ml, 73.88 mmol) in diethyl ether (50 ml). The mixture was warmed stirred at RT. for 12 h, and cooled to 0° C., quenched with dil. 6N HCl and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was dried over sodium sulphate and concentrated under reduced pressure to afford the title compound as red colour liquid (5 g, 94%). 1H-NMR (δ ppm, CDCl3, 400 MHz): δ 7.40 (t, J=8.2 Hz, 1H), 7.30 (dd, J=8.3, 1.7 Hz, 1H), 7.21 (dd, J=9.9, 1.9 Hz, 1H), 5.17 (q, J=6.4 Hz, 1H), 1.49 (d, J=6.5 Hz, 3H).

Workup

  1. temperatureThe mixture was warmed
  2. temperaturecooled to 0° C.
  3. customquenched with dil. 6N HCl
  4. extractionextracted with ethyl acetate
  5. dry with materialThe organic layer was dried over sodium sulphate
  6. concentrationconcentrated under reduced pressure

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-0ec1728dcdda4e9d9aafda497825a95c
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2013_07
Patent number
US08481739B2

Reaction notes

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