Hydrochloric Acid → Methyl(6-hydroxy-4,7-dimethyl-1-benzofuran-3-yl)acetate

To ethyl 4-chloro-3-oxobutanoate (3.08 mL) was added sulfuric acid (8.10 mL) at 0° C., then was added 2,5-dimethylbenzene-1,3-diol (3.0 g) in several portions at 0° C. The mixture was warmed to room temperature and stirred at room temperature for 2 h. The reaction mixture was poured into water under stirring at 0° C. The precipitate was collected by filtration and washed with hexane to give a solid. The solid was added to 1N NaOH (40 mL) at room temperature. The mixture was stirred at 100° C. for 1 h. After cooling, the reaction mixture was acidified with 6 N HCl (7.0 mL). The mixture was extracted with EtOAc. The organic layer was washed with brine, dried over MgSO4, and concentrated in vacuo to give the crude product. To a mixture of the crude product and MeOH (50 mL) was added H2SO4 (0.057 mL). The mixture was stirred at 60° C. for 2 h. The mixture was concentrated. The residue was neutralized with saturated aqueous NaHCO3 and extracted with EtOAc. The organic layer was washed with brine, dried over MgSO4, and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (EtOAc/hexane) to give the title compound (865 mg).

1. stirringunder stirring at 0° C
2. filtrationThe precipitate was collected by filtration
3. washwashed with hexane
4. customto give a solid
5. stirringThe mixture was stirred at 100° C. for 1 h
6. temperatureAfter cooling
7. extractionThe mixture was extracted with EtOAc
8. washThe organic layer was washed with brine
9. dry with materialdried over MgSO4
10. concentrationconcentrated in vacuo
11. customto give the crude product
12. stirringThe mixture was stirred at 60° C. for 2 h
13. concentrationThe mixture was concentrated
14. extractionextracted with EtOAc
15. washThe organic layer was washed with brine
16. dry with materialdried over MgSO4
17. concentrationconcentrated in vacuo
18. customThe residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (EtOAc/hexane)

ORD record

ord-c7776a37d08545feafef141de963996a

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2016_01

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US09238639B2