Pivaloyl chloride → ethyl 4-pivaloylbenzoate

HRID 537495Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 537495 reaction equation
I[C:2]1[CH:12]=[CH:11][C:5]([C:6]([O:8][CH2:9][CH3:10])=[O:7])=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.[C:13](Cl)(=[O:18])[C:14]([CH3:17])([CH3:16])[CH3:15]>C1COCC1>[C:13]([C:2]1[CH:12]=[CH:11][C:5]([C:6]([O:8][CH2:9][CH3:10])=[O:7])=[CH:4][CH:3]=1)(=[O:18])[C:14]([CH3:17])([CH3:16])[CH3:15]

Participants

4

Conditions

Temperature
0 °C

Procedure

A round bottom flask was charged with the ethyl 4-iodobenzoate (10 g, 36 mmol) and THF (45 mL). Solution cooled down to 0° C. Turbo Grignard 1.3 M in THF (30.6 mL, 39.8 mmol) was then added in one portion and the reaction stirred for 30 minutes at 0° C. Pivaloyl chloride (5.35 mL, 43.5 mmol) was then charged in a second flask in THF (10 mL) and the preformed anion transferred via canula to the acyl chloride. The reaction was then slowly warmed to room temperature and stirred overnight. The reaction was quenched with ammonium chloride solution (sat. aq.) and extracted with ethyl acetate (2×), washed with brine (1×), dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated to provide ethyl 4-pivaloylbenzoate as a crude yellow gum (8.50 g). Used without further purification. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 1.30-1.36 (m, 9H) 1.42 (t, J=7.04 Hz, 3H) 4.40 (q, J=−7.24 Hz, 2H) 7.61-7.69 (m, 2H) 8.04-8.12 (m, 2H); MS (M): 234.

Workup

  1. temperatureThe reaction was then slowly warmed to room temperature
  2. stirringstirred overnight
  3. customThe reaction was quenched with ammonium chloride solution (sat. aq.)
  4. extractionextracted with ethyl acetate (2×)
  5. washwashed with brine (1×)
  6. dry with materialdried over sodium sulfate
  7. filtrationfiltered
  8. concentrationconcentrated

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-565d01bb35cb49688fc086f89c0671ba
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2014_10
Patent number
US08859591B2

Reaction notes

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