Methyl iodide → 1-(2-Methoxyethyl)-3,5-bis(methoxymethoxy)benzene

Temperature

4 °C

2-[3,5-Bis(methoxymethoxy)phenyl]ethanol (4.6 g, 19 mmol) obtained in Example 1, Step 2 was dissolved in N,N-dimethylformamide (40 mL), and a 60% sodium hydride dispersion in mineral oil (0.30 g, 7.5 mmol) was added thereto at 4° C. in an atmosphere of nitrogen, followed by stirring at 4° C. for 1 hour. Methyl iodide (3.6 mL, 58 mmol) was added dropwise to the reaction mixture, followed by stirring at 4° C. for 3 hours. To the reaction mixture were added a saturated aqueous solution of ammonium chloride (30 mL) and water (0.2 L), and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate (0.20 L). The organic layer was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and then concentrated under reduced pressure. The resulting residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (ethyl acetate/hexane=1/9-1/2) to obtain a quantitative yield of 1,3-bis(methoxymethoxy)-5-(2-methoxyethyl)benzene. 1H-NMR (CDCl3, 270 MHz) δ (ppm): 6.61-6.59 (m, 3H), 5.14 (s, 4H), 3.59 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 3.48 (s, 6H), 3.36 (s, 3H), 2.83 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 2H)

1. customat 4° C.
2. stirringby stirring at 4° C. for 3 hours
3. extractionthe mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate (0.20 L)
4. dry with materialThe organic layer was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate
5. concentrationconcentrated under reduced pressure
6. customThe resulting residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (ethyl acetate/hexane=1/9-1/2)

ORD record

ord-20c1ec60487c445e93bfcd3181c808aa

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2009_05

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US07538224B2