4-Methoxybenzyl alcohol → 4-Methoxybenzyl bromide

A solution of 4-methoxybenzyl alcohol (6.2 ml, 50 mmol) in dry ether (120 ml) was treated dropwise with phosphorus tribromide (2.07 ml, 22 mmol). The mixture was heated under reflux for 1 h, cooled, washed twice with water, dried and the solvent was evaporated. The 4-methoxybenzyl bromide thus produced was added to a mixture of 4-bromo-1,2-dihydro-3,6-pyridazinedione (for a preparation see Example 6(a)) (4 g, 21 mmol) and potassium carbonate (8.28 g, 60 mmol) in dry DMF (60 ml) and stirred overnight at rt. The mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate, washed 3 times with water, dried over magnesium sulfate and evaporated to low volume. Some solid was filtered off and washed with ethyl acetate. The filtrate was evaporated to dryness and the residue chromatographed on silica, eluting with 20% ethyl acetate/hexane and then 100% ethyl acetate. This gave the less polar of the two desired products (3.233 g), the more polar of the two desired products (1.626 g) and a mixture of these (1.351 g). Total yield: 6.30 g, 70%.

1. temperatureThe mixture was heated
2. temperatureunder reflux for 1 h
3. temperaturecooled
4. washwashed twice with water
5. customdried
6. customthe solvent was evaporated

ORD record

ord-6990d0cf1daf4d29b3b323fc9c755945

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2011_12

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US08071592B2