Citric Acid → Benzoic acid, 2-chloro-6-(trimethylsilyl)-

HRID 610860Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 610860 reaction equation
[Cl:1][C:2]1[CH:10]=[CH:9][CH:8]=[CH:7][C:3]=1[C:4]([OH:6])=[O:5].CN(CCN(C)C)C.[Li]C(CC)C.C1CCCCC1.[CH3:30][Si:31](Cl)([CH3:33])[CH3:32].C(O)(=O)CC(CC(O)=O)(C(O)=O)O>C1COCC1>[Cl:1][C:2]1[CH:10]=[CH:9][CH:8]=[C:7]([Si:31]([CH3:33])([CH3:32])[CH3:30])[C:3]=1[C:4]([OH:6])=[O:5]

Participants

8

Conditions

Temperature
-100 °C

Procedure

2-Chlorobenzoic acid (3.91 g, 25 mmol), THF (60 mL), and TMEDA (8.6 mL, 57 mmol) were stirred under nitrogen and cooled to -100° C. 1.3M s-BuLi in cyclohexane (0.055 mol, 42.3 mL) was added dropwise keeping the temperature below -80° C. After the addition was complete, TMSCl (2.7 g, 25 mmol) was added dropwise and the resulting mixture was allowed to stir and slowly warm to -30° C. 25% citric acid (100 mL) was added and the mixture was extracted with two 50 mL portions of ether, which were then combined and washed three times with water, dried (MgSO4) and concentrated. The crude product was purified by HPLC, eluting with 2:3 ethyl acetate/hexanes. The product was recovered as a white solid in 63% yield. m.p. 129-131° C.

Workup

  1. customthe temperature below -80° C
  2. additionAfter the addition
  3. temperatureslowly warm to -30° C
  4. extractionthe mixture was extracted with two 50 mL portions of ether, which
  5. washwashed three times with water
  6. dry with materialdried (MgSO4)
  7. concentrationconcentrated
  8. customThe crude product was purified by HPLC
  9. washeluting with 2:3 ethyl acetate/hexanes
  10. customThe product was recovered as a white solid in 63% yield

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-5f9778677f454123a6c7311e7ebac851
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1999_12
Patent number
US05998466

Reaction notes

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