Benzoyl Peroxide → Methyl 2-bromo-2-(3-fluoro-4-methoxyphenyl)acetate

HRID 76859Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 76859 reaction equation
[CH3:1][O:2][C:3](=[O:14])[CH2:4][C:5]1[CH:10]=[CH:9][C:8]([O:11][CH3:12])=[C:7]([F:13])[CH:6]=1.C1C(=O)N([Br:22])C(=O)C1.C(OOC(=O)C1C=CC=CC=1)(=O)C1C=CC=CC=1>C(Cl)(Cl)(Cl)Cl>[CH3:1][O:2][C:3](=[O:14])[CH:4]([Br:22])[C:5]1[CH:10]=[CH:9][C:8]([O:11][CH3:12])=[C:7]([F:13])[CH:6]=1

Participants

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Reactant 3

HCID 7187Benzoyl PeroxideHCID 67184N-bromobutanimideHCID 14897830Methyl 2-(3-fluoro-4-methoxyphenyl)acetate

Product 1

HCID 58827055Methyl 2-bromo-2-(3-fluoro-4-methoxyphenyl)acetate

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 5943Carbon TetrachlorideSolvent

Procedure

The (3-fluoro-4-methoxyphenyl)acetic acid methyl ester (5.16 g, 26.0 mmol) is dissolved in carbon tetrachloride (300 mL) along with NBS (5.56 g, 31.3 mmol) and benzoyl peroxide (0.63 g, 2.60 mmol) and refluxed for 2 h. The solution is then allowed to cool to room temperature and is filtered. The filtrate is evaporated and the residue purified via flash column chromatography (EtOAc/hexanes 5:95→EtOAc/hexanes 2:8) to give bromo-(3-fluoro-4-methoxyphenyl)acetic acid methyl ester as a yellow oil. 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 7.37 (d, J=12 Hz, 1H), 7.26-7.23 (m, 1H), 6.93 (t, J=8 Hz, 1H), 5.31 (s, 1H), 3.91 (s, 3H), 3.81 s, 3H).

Workup

  1. temperaturerefluxed for 2 h
  2. filtrationis filtered
  3. customThe filtrate is evaporated
  4. customthe residue purified via flash column chromatography (EtOAc/hexanes 5:95→EtOAc/hexanes 2:8)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-8a8c369710e54f858ac57f4c90a8b9a2
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2014_09
Patent number
US08835646B2

Reaction notes

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