3-Chlorobenzoic Acid → 3-Chloro-3'-methoxybenzophenone

HRID 614700Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 614700 reaction equation
C([Li])CCC.Br[C:7]1[CH:8]=[C:9]([O:13][CH3:14])[CH:10]=[CH:11][CH:12]=1.[Cl:15][C:16]1[CH:17]=[C:18]([CH:22]=[CH:23][CH:24]=1)[C:19](O)=[O:20]>CCOCC.C1COCC1>[Cl:15][C:16]1[CH:17]=[C:18]([C:19](=[O:20])[C:7]2[CH:12]=[CH:11][CH:10]=[C:9]([O:13][CH3:14])[CH:8]=2)[CH:22]=[CH:23][CH:24]=1

Participants

6

Conditions

Temperature
-20 °C

Procedure

0.2 mol of butyl-lithium (a suspension in ether, containing 1.8 mol/liter) is placed in a 500 cm3 flask; it is cooled to -20° C. and 37.4 g (0.2 mol) of meta-bromoanisole diluted with 50 cm3 of anhydrous ether are added dropwise; when the addition has ended, the mixture is stirred for 10 to 15 minutes at the same temperature and 15.7 g (0.1 mol) of meta-chlorobenzoic acid dissolved in the minimum amount of THF are added dropwise; the temperature is allowed to return to ambient temperature and the reaction mixture is stirred for 2 hours under these conditions; it is then poured onto water, the ether is decanted and the aqueous phase is extracted with ether; the combined ether phases are washed with sodium bicarbonate and then with water, dried, decolorised and concentrated in vacuo. 26 g of a solid melting at 52° C. are obtained.

Workup

  1. customis placed in a 500 cm3 flask
  2. additionare added dropwise
  3. additionwhen the addition
  4. additionare added dropwise
  5. customto return to ambient temperature
  6. additionit is then poured onto water
  7. customthe ether is decanted
  8. extractionthe aqueous phase is extracted with ether
  9. washthe combined ether phases are washed with sodium bicarbonate
  10. dry with materialwith water, dried
  11. concentrationconcentrated in vacuo

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-59b6a9a0d2774222bd89a30c01fb0ea3
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1979_03
Patent number
US04146385

Reaction notes

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