Hydrochloric Acid → 1-(2-Methoxy-3-nitrophenyl)ethanone

A slurry of 1-(2-hydroxy-3-nitrophenyl)ethanone (1.00 g, 5.52 mmol) and potassium carbonate (3.05 g, 22.08 mmol) in DMF (20 mL) was stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes, then iodomethane (1.338 mL, 16.56 mmol) was added dropwise and the resulting mixture was allowed to stir at room temperature overnight. LCMS indicated some un-reacted starting material remained, therefore additional iodomethane (1.338 mL, 16.56 mmol) was added and the mixture was warmed to 50° C. over 2 days. Reaction was quenched by the addition of water to give a solution followed by adjusting the pH with 1N HCl to ˜7. The resulting solution was extracted with ethyl acetate (80 mL×3) and the combined organic extracts were washed with brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated to afford the product, 1-(2-methoxy-3-nitrophenyl)ethanone (1.05 g, 5.38 mmol, 97% yield) as a tan oil. HPLC (Method N) RT=1.86 minutes.

1. temperaturethe mixture was warmed to 50° C. over 2 days
2. customReaction
3. customwas quenched by the addition of water
4. customto give a solution
5. extractionThe resulting solution was extracted with ethyl acetate (80 mL×3)
6. washthe combined organic extracts were washed with brine
7. dry with materialdried over anhydrous sodium sulfate
8. filtrationfiltered
9. concentrationconcentrated

ORD record

ord-a8dc8e1cda124ce4bd4d084332cec486

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2016_04

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US09315494B2