Hydrogen Peroxide → 4-(3-Bromophenyl)butan-1-ol

To a solution of 1-bromo-3-(but-3-en-1-yl)benzene (CA46) (7.51 g, 35.6 mmol) in hexanes (80 mL) was added (1S,5S)-9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane (0.5 M in tetrahydrofuran, 74.7 mL, 37.4 mmol). The reaction was allowed to stir at room temperature overnight. To the resulting clear solution sodium hydroxide (6.0 M, 5.93 mL, 35.6 mmol) was added dropwise. The reaction was placed in an ice water bath and hydrogen peroxide (13.8 mL, 135 mmol) was added. The resulting mixture was then heated to an internal temperature of 50° C. for overnight. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature. The biphasic solution was partitioned, and the organic layer was washed with sodium bisulfite, and brine solution. The combined aqueous layers were made basic with saturated sodium carbonate, and extracted with diethyl ether (2×100 mL). The combined organics were dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated. The liquid was loaded on to silica and purified by flash column chromatography using 0-40% ethyl acetate/hexanes as eluent providing the title compound as a clear liquid (7.50 g, 90%): 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 7.40 (t, J=1.9 Hz, 1H), 7.37 (dt, J=7.6, 1.8 Hz, 1H), 7.28-7.17 (m, 2H), 4.39 (t, J=5.2 Hz, 1H), 3.40 (td, J=6.5, 5.2 Hz, 2H), 2.57 (t, J=7.6 Hz, 2H), 1.65-1.51 (m, 2H), 1.49-1.35 (m, 2H); EIMS m/z 228 ([M]+).

1. customThe reaction was placed in an ice water bath
2. temperatureThe resulting mixture was then heated to an internal temperature of 50° C. for overnight
3. temperatureThe reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature
4. customThe biphasic solution was partitioned
5. washthe organic layer was washed with sodium bisulfite, and brine solution
6. extractionextracted with diethyl ether (2×100 mL)
7. dry with materialThe combined organics were dried over magnesium sulfate
8. filtrationfiltered
9. concentrationconcentrated
10. custompurified by flash column chromatography

ORD record

ord-0ecef67026c74bf99b94c876ad0172df

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2015_05

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US09029560B2