Hydrochloric Acid → methyl (2-oxopropoxy)acetate

HRID 635976Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 635976 reaction equation
C[Zn]C.[C:4]1(C)C=CC=CC=1.Cl[C:12]([CH2:14][O:15][CH2:16][C:17]([O:19][CH3:20])=[O:18])=[O:13].Cl>[Cl-].[Na+].O.[CH2-]C1C=CC=CC=1.C1C=CC(P(C2C=CC=CC=2)C2C=CC=CC=2)=CC=1.C1C=CC(P(C2C=CC=CC=2)C2C=CC=CC=2)=CC=1.Cl[Pd+]>[O:13]=[C:12]([CH3:4])[CH2:14][O:15][CH2:16][C:17]([O:19][CH3:20])=[O:18]

Participants

7

Reactant 4

HCID 313Hydrochloric AcidHCID 1140TolueneHCID 12361282Methyl (2-chloro-2-oxoethoxy)acetateHCID 178477796HCID 178477796, compound

Product 1

HCID 11701055methyl (2-oxopropoxy)acetateYield 84.7%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 11007180Palladium(2+) chloride phenylmethanide--triphenylphosphane (1/1/1/2)CatalystHCID 57417360Sodium chloride; waterSolvent

Conditions

Temperature
0 °C

Procedure

A solution of 2M dimethyl zinc in toluene (21 mL, 42 mmol) was cooled to 0° C. under nitrogen, treated with trans-benzyl(chloro)bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(II) (0.57 g, 76 mmol), treated with methyl 2-(chloroformylmethoxy)acetate (12.6 g, 76 mmol) dropwise over 0.5 hours, stirred for 0.5 hours at 0° C., stirred for 16 hours at ambient temperature, treated with 1M HCl (40 mL) and then brine (20 mL). The organic layer was dried (MgSO4), filtered and concentrated. The residue was purified by flash chromatography over silica gel (1:2 ethyl acetate/hexanes) to provide the title compound (5.2 g).

Workup

  1. stirringstirred for 16 hours at ambient temperature
  2. dry with materialThe organic layer was dried (MgSO4)
  3. filtrationfiltered
  4. concentrationconcentrated
  5. customThe residue was purified by flash chromatography over silica gel (1:2 ethyl acetate/hexanes)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-51f80755275f44c8b612c5f75ade9500
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2001_02
Patent number
US06191140B1

Reaction notes

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