Acetone → α-Cyclopropyl-4-(methylthio)benzenemethanol

HRID 846622Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 846622 reaction equation
CO.[CH:3]1([C:6]([C:8]2[CH:13]=[CH:12][C:11]([S:14][CH3:15])=[CH:10][CH:9]=2)=[O:7])[CH2:5][CH2:4]1.[BH4-].[Na+].CC(C)=O>C(Cl)(Cl)Cl>[CH:3]1([CH:6]([OH:7])[C:8]2[CH:9]=[CH:10][C:11]([S:14][CH3:15])=[CH:12][CH:13]=2)[CH2:4][CH2:5]1

Participants

6

Reactant 4

HCID 180AcetoneHCID 887MethanolHCID 4311764Sodium borohydrideHCID 13533274Cyclopropyl[4-(methylsulfanyl)phenyl]methanone

Product 1

HCID 14988329α-Cyclopropyl-4-(methylthio)benzenemethanolYield 74.2%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 6212ChloroformSolvent

Procedure

To 200 ml of methanol solution containing 24 g of cyclopropyl (4-methylthiophenyl)ketone was added slowly 9.4 g of sodium borohydride under an ice-cooled condition, the reaction mixture was stirred for 2 hours. Then an adequate amount of acetone was added to the reaction mixture and concentrated under a reduced pressure. To the residue thus obtained was added chloroform, and the chloroform solution was washed with water, dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate, and the solvent was removed by evaporation to yield 18 g of 1-(cyclopropyl, hydroxylmethyl)-4-methylthiobenzene as in the form of colorless oily substance.

Workup

  1. temperaturecooled condition
  2. concentrationconcentrated under a reduced pressure
  3. customTo the residue thus obtained
  4. washthe chloroform solution was washed with water
  5. dry with materialdried with anhydrous sodium sulfate
  6. customthe solvent was removed by evaporation

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-5103d4df205549d684f7607cc47b20fd
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1992_08
Patent number
US05137889

Reaction notes

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