Benzoic acid, 4-[(methylsulfonyl)oxy]-, methyl ester → Methanesulfonic acid 4-hydroxymethyl-phenyl ester

Participants

Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

Under nitrogen atmosphere 4-methanesulfonyloxy-benzoic acid methyl ester (2.3 g, 10 mmol) was dissolved in dry THF (50 mL) and LiAlH4 (0.28 g, 10 mmol) was added at 0° C. After the addition was completed the ice bath was removed and stirring was continued at r.t. for 2 h. The mixture was cooled down to 0° C. again and excess LiAlH4 was hydrolyzed by the addition of MeOH, H2O and aq. HCl (2N). After extracting DCM the combined organic layers were dried (MgSO4) and evaporated under reduced pressure to afford the crude but mainly pure product as an oil which was used in the next step without further purification (1.95 g, 96.4%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 7.35-7.37 (d, 2H), 7.21-7.23 (d, 2H), 4.65 (s, 2H), 3.09 (s, 3H).

Provenance & Evidence