Potassium Hydroxide → 5-Bromo-2-methoxy-4-methylaniline

Temperature

5 °C

A 250 ml 3-neck RBF fitted with a magnetic stirring bar, a thermometer, a dropping funnel and a condenser was charged with 5-bromo-2-methoxy-4-methylbenzamide 12b (6 g, 24.6 mmol), anhydrous MeOH (40 mL) and 25% NaOMe solution in MeOH (21 mL, 98.4 mmol). This slurry was cooled to 5° C. and bromine (1.4 mL, 27.1 mmol) was added drop wise causing an exothermic reaction and the formation of a cloudy solution. The reaction mixture was stirred for 30 min at RT, and then heated to reflux for 1 hour. The solvent was removed under vacuum, the residue was re-dissolved in EtOH (50 mL) and KOH (5.5 g, 98.4 mmol) was added. The mixture was allowed to react under reflux for 16 hours in order to hydrolyze the intermediate methylcarbamate. Then the reaction mixture was diluted with H2O (300 mL) and the product was extracted into Et2O (3×100 mL). The combined organic layers were filtered through a pad of silica gel and evaporated to dryness to give 5-bromo-2-methoxy-4-methylaniline 12c (4.8 g, 90% yield) pure by 1H NMR as a light brown solid.

1. customA 250 ml 3-neck RBF fitted with a magnetic stirring bar
2. customan exothermic reaction
3. temperatureheated
4. temperatureto reflux for 1 hour
5. customThe solvent was removed under vacuum
6. dissolutionthe residue was re-dissolved in EtOH (50 mL)
7. customto react
8. temperatureunder reflux for 16 hours in order
9. extractionthe product was extracted into Et2O (3×100 mL)
10. filtrationThe combined organic layers were filtered through a pad of silica gel
11. customevaporated to dryness

ORD record

ord-5b11c19f549b4b2f9c9027903b270e64

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2009_09

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US07582766B2