Thionyl Chloride → 2-(Chloromethyl)-3-methoxypyridine hydrochloride

HRID 46488Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 46488 reaction equation
O[CH2:2][C:3]1[C:8]([O:9][CH3:10])=[CH:7][CH:6]=[CH:5][N:4]=1.S(Cl)([Cl:13])=O>C(Cl)(Cl)Cl>[ClH:13].[Cl:13][CH2:2][C:3]1[C:8]([O:9][CH3:10])=[CH:7][CH:6]=[CH:5][N:4]=1

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 24386Thionyl ChlorideHCID 5324774(3-Methoxypyridin-2-yl)methanol

Product 1

HCID 204742082-(Chloromethyl)-3-methoxypyridine hydrochloride

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 6212ChloroformSolvent

Procedure

3-Hydroxy-2-hydroxymethylpyridine (4.4 g) was added to a solution of sodium (0.81 g) in methanol (50 ml). The solvent was evaporated off, treated with toluene, reevaporated and taken up in dimethylsulphoxide (88 ml) to which was added methyl iodide (5.0 g) in dimethylsulphoxide (12 ml) while the solution was stirred for 30 minutes at 18°. After stirring overnight, the solvent was removed and the residue was partitioned between chloroform and water. The chloroform extract was evaporated and a solution of the residue in ethanol was treated with ethanolic hydrogen chloride to yield 2-hydroxymethyl-3-methoxypyridine hydrochloride (3.0 g) m.p. 208° dec. 2-Hydroxymethyl-3-methoxypyridine (4.2 g) was dissolved in chloroform (60 ml) and to the stirred solution was added thionyl chloride (6 ml). After stirring for 90 minutes and evaporation of the solvent, the residue was recrystallised from ethanol/ether to give 2-chloromethyl-3-methoxypyridine hydrochloride (5.1 g), m.p. 171.5°-172.5°.

Workup

  1. customevaporation of the solvent
  2. customthe residue was recrystallised from ethanol/ether

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-0169c0a206ba47ddb37f0eea57d4e6ed
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1979_11
Patent number
US04173644

Reaction notes

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