Azobisisobutyronitrile → 4-(Bromomethyl)-2-(trifluoromethyl)benzoic acid

Temperature

90 °C

A suspension of 4-methyl-2-trifluoromethyl-benzoic acid (commercially available) (20.242 g), N-bromosuccinimide (“NBS”) (19.52 g) and 2,2′-azobis-(2-methylpropanenitrile) (“AIBN”) (0.859 g) in α,α,α-trifluorotoluene (160 ml) was heated to 90° C. for 1.5 hours. The reaction mixture was allowed to cool to ambient temperature and then diluted with ethyl acetate (200 ml) and aqueous hydrochloric acid (1M) (100 ml). The phases were separated and the organic phase was washed with aqueous hydrochloric acid (1M) (100 ml) and brine (150 ml), dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated. The residue was triturated with dichloromethane (40 ml). The solids were isolated by filtration and dried to give 4-bromomethyl-2-trifluoromethyl-benzoic acid (5.01 g) as a white powder. The filtrate was concentrated, re-dissolved in heptane/dichloromethane (1:1) (40 ml) and the dichloromethane slowly evaporated to initiate crystallization. The solids were isolated by filtration, rinsed with pentane and dried to give a second fraction of 4-bromomethyl-2-trifluoromethyl-benzoic acid (7.00 g) as a white powder. 1H-NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz): 11.5 (br s, 1H), 8.03-7.20 (m, 3H), 4.52 (s, 2H).

1. temperatureto cool to ambient temperature
2. customThe phases were separated
3. washthe organic phase was washed with aqueous hydrochloric acid (1M) (100 ml) and brine (150 ml)
4. dry with materialdried over sodium sulfate
5. concentrationconcentrated
6. customThe residue was triturated with dichloromethane (40 ml)
7. customThe solids were isolated by filtration
8. customdried

ORD record

ord-8d3cf9b57b604a3ea3cb23c8b3fd6b9a

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2014_01

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US08623896B2