Butanal → Ethyl 4-(1-hydroxybutyl)benzoate

HRID 537424Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 537424 reaction equation
[Cl-].[Li+].C([Mg]Cl)(C)C.I[C:9]1[CH:19]=[CH:18][C:12]([C:13]([O:15][CH2:16][CH3:17])=[O:14])=[CH:11][CH:10]=1.[CH:20](=[O:24])[CH2:21][CH2:22][CH3:23]>O1CCCC1>[OH:24][CH:20]([C:9]1[CH:19]=[CH:18][C:12]([C:13]([O:15][CH2:16][CH3:17])=[O:14])=[CH:11][CH:10]=1)[CH2:21][CH2:22][CH3:23]

Participants

5

Conditions

Temperature
-40 °C

Procedure

At −40° C., isopropylmagnesium chloride lithium chloride (15.3 mL, 1.3 M in THF, 19.9 mmol) was added dropwise to a solution of ethyl 4-iodobenzoate (5000 mg, 18.11 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (30 mL). The solution was stirred at −40° C. for 40 minutes. Butyraldehyde (1830 mg, 25.4 mmol) was added. The mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature over 3 hours. The reaction was quenched with 1N HCl and extracted three times with ethyl acetate. The combined organic layers were dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated to give ethyl 4-(1-hydroxybutyl)benzoate. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3, δ): 8.02 (d, J=8.6 Hz, 2H), 7.41 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 2H), 4.83-4.66 (m, 1H), 4.38 (q, J=7.2 Hz, 2H), 1.86 (d, J=3.7 Hz, 1H), 1.83-1.61 (m, 2H), 1.51-1.42 (m, 1H), 1.39 (t J=7.2 Hz, 3H), 1.36-1.23 (m, 1H), 0.94 (t, J=7.6 Hz, 3H).

Workup

  1. temperatureto warm to room temperature over 3 hours
  2. customThe reaction was quenched with 1N HCl
  3. extractionextracted three times with ethyl acetate
  4. dry with materialThe combined organic layers were dried over sodium sulfate
  5. filtrationfiltered
  6. concentrationconcentrated

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-7daf0d6123e64105b602d121918c1515
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2014_10
Patent number
US08859591B2

Reaction notes

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