Cesium carbonate → 3-((3-Bromophenoxy)methyl)pentan-3-ol

HRID 74338Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 74338 reaction equation
[CH2:1]([C:3]1([CH2:6][CH3:7])[CH2:5][O:4]1)[CH3:2].[Br:8][C:9]1[CH:10]=[C:11]([OH:15])[CH:12]=[CH:13][CH:14]=1.C(=O)([O-])[O-].[Cs+].[Cs+]>CS(C)=O>[Br:8][C:9]1[CH:10]=[C:11]([CH:12]=[CH:13][CH:14]=1)[O:15][CH2:5][C:3]([OH:4])([CH2:6][CH3:7])[CH2:1][CH3:2]

Participants

5

Conditions

Temperature
120 °C

Procedure

2,2-Diethyloxirane (6.5 g of a 60% crude, 40 mmol), 3-bromophenol (5.7 g, 33 mmol), and cesium carbonate (12.0 g, 37 mmol) were combined in anhydrous DMSO (20 mL) in a sealed pressure tube and the reaction was stirred and heated at 120° C. for 2 d. Crude product was extracted from water with diethyl ether. The combined organic was washed with brine, dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated under reduced vacuum. Purification by flash chromatography (0-20% EtOAc/hexanes gradient) gave 3-((3-bromophenoxy)methyl)pentan-3-ol as a colorless oil. Yield (7.1 g, 79%): NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.19 (t, J=8.0 Hz, 1H), 7.05-7.12 (m, 2H), 6.90-6.94 (m, 1H), 4.31 (s, 1H), 3.71 (s, 2H), 1.41-1.55 (m, 4H), 0.80 (t, J=7.6 Hz, 6H).

Workup

  1. extractionCrude product was extracted from water with diethyl ether
  2. washThe combined organic was washed with brine
  3. dry with materialdried over Na2SO4
  4. filtrationfiltered
  5. concentrationconcentrated under reduced vacuum
  6. customPurification by flash chromatography (0-20% EtOAc/hexanes gradient)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-7efadc1324c640deab996a67ddde556b
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2014_09
Patent number
US08829244B2

Reaction notes

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