Dimethyl Sulfoxide → 1-(3,4-Dichlorophenyl)-2-[4-(methylthio)phenyl]ethane-1,2-dione

HRID 53848Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 53848 reaction equation
CS(C)=O.FC(F)(F)C(OC(=O)C(F)(F)F)=O.[Cl:18][C:19]1[CH:20]=[C:21]([C:26](=[O:37])[CH:27]([OH:36])[C:28]2[CH:33]=[CH:32][C:31]([S:34][CH3:35])=[CH:30][CH:29]=2)[CH:22]=[CH:23][C:24]=1[Cl:25].C(N(CC)CC)C>C(Cl)Cl.O>[Cl:18][C:19]1[CH:20]=[C:21]([C:26](=[O:37])[C:27]([C:28]2[CH:33]=[CH:32][C:31]([S:34][CH3:35])=[CH:30][CH:29]=2)=[O:36])[CH:22]=[CH:23][C:24]=1[Cl:25]

Participants

7

Conditions

Temperature
-65 °C

Procedure

Dimethyl sulfoxide (16.3 mmol, 1.20 mL) was added to methylene chloride (70 mL) and the solution was cooled to -65° C. Trifluoroacetic acid anhydride (13.1 mmol, 1.84 mL) was added over 2 minutes and the cold solution was stirred an additional 10 minutes. A solution of 1-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-2-hydroxy-2-[4-(methylthio)phenyl]ethanone from step 2 (7.10 mmol, 2.32 g) in methylene chloride (ca. 10 mL) was introduced and after 30 minutes, triethylamine (32.6 mmol, 4.53 mL) was added. The mixture was warmed to 0° C. over 30 minutes, diluted with water (60 mL) and extracted with ethyl acetate (200 mL). The organic phase was separated, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered through silica gel, and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was subjected to chromatography on silica gel using mixtures of hexane and ethyl acetate as eluents, affording the title compound as a yellow solid (2.035 g, 88%).

Workup

  1. temperatureThe mixture was warmed to 0° C. over 30 minutes
  2. extractionextracted with ethyl acetate (200 mL)
  3. customThe organic phase was separated
  4. dry with materialdried over magnesium sulfate
  5. filtrationfiltered through silica gel
  6. concentrationconcentrated in vacuo

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-fcb977775c504da7abc4811408e2ca56
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1997_04
Patent number
US05620999

Reaction notes

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