Hydrochloric Acid → 1-(2-Ethyl-butyl)-cyclohexanecarboxylic acid ethyl ester

Temperature

-65 °C

To a solution of diisopropylamine (2.37 g, 23.4 mmol) in THF (12 mL) 1.6 M n-BuLi in hexane (13.2 mL, 21.09 mmol) was added with stirring over 20 min at −65° C. The suspension was warmed up to −40° C. and then added via a teflon tube over 20 min to a stirred solution of cyclohexanecarboxylic acid ethyl ester (2.196 g, 14.1 mmol) in THF (20 mL) at −65° C. The resulting solution was stirred 1 h at −65° C., then 1-bromo-2-ethylbutane (3.714 g, 22.5 mmol) in THF (10 mL) was added at −65° C. over 20 min. The solution was stirred 1.5 h at −65° C. and then overnight without a cooling bath while slowly warming up to room temperature. At 5° C. ice-water (15 mL) was added, followed by 2N HCl (30 mL). The organic phase was diluted with ethyl acetate and washed with sat. aq. NaHCO3 and with aq. NaCl. The aqueous phases were extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic phases were combined, dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated. The crude product (3.4 g) was distilled at 50° C. (0.01 mbar) to give 2.6 g (77%) 1-(2-ethyl-butyl)-cyclohexanecarboxylic acid ethyl ester as a colorless oil, purity 92.6% (GC area) (cyclohexanecarboxylic acid diisopropylamide as impurity: 3.8% in dist. product and 3.1% in crude product)

1. temperatureThe suspension was warmed up to −40° C.
2. stirringThe resulting solution was stirred 1 h at −65° C.
3. stirringThe solution was stirred 1.5 h at −65° C.
4. temperatureovernight without a cooling bath while slowly warming up to room temperature
5. washwashed with sat. aq. NaHCO3 and with aq. NaCl
6. extractionThe aqueous phases were extracted with ethyl acetate
7. dry with materialdried over sodium sulfate
8. concentrationconcentrated
9. distillationThe crude product (3.4 g) was distilled at 50° C. (0.01 mbar)

ORD record

ord-62bb7d5c835b4642b157d1c907637dcc

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2011_12

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US08071803B2