1-Bromo-3-chloropropane → Methyl 3-(3-chloropropoxy)-4-methoxybenzoate

HRID 871290Notes

Reaction equation

C(=O)([O-])[O-].[K+].[K+].[OH:7][C:8]1[CH:9]=[C:10]([CH:15]=[CH:16][C:17]=1[O:18][CH3:19])[C:11]([O:13][CH3:14])=[O:12].Br[CH2:21][CH2:22][CH2:23][Cl:24]>CN(C=O)C>[Cl:24][CH2:23][CH2:22][CH2:21][O:7][C:8]1[CH:9]=[C:10]([CH:15]=[CH:16][C:17]=1[O:18][CH3:19])[C:11]([O:13][CH3:14])=[O:12]

Participants

Conditions

Temperature: 0 °C

Procedure

To DMF (80 mL) was added potassium carbonate (5.7 g, 41.1 mmol) and methyl 3-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzoate (5.0 g, 27.4 mmol). The mixture was cooled to 0° C. and 1-bromo-3-chloropropane (8.64 g, 57.9 mmol) in DMF (10 mL) was added dropwise over 30 minutes. The mixture was allowed to warm to r.t overnight. After removing most of the DMF in vacuo, the remaining oil was diluted with H2O and filtered to give methyl 3-(3-chloropropoxy)-4-methoxybenzoate (6.65 g, 25.8 mmol, 94%). 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 7.61 (d, 1H), 7.47 (s, 1H), 7.09 (d, 1H), 4.12 (t, 2H), 3.85 (s, 3H), 3.80 (s, 3H), 3.78 (t, 2H), 2.23-2.15 (m, 2H); LC-MS (ESI) m/z 259 (M+H)+.

Workup

temperatureto warm
customAfter removing most of the DMF in vacuo
additionthe remaining oil was diluted with H2O
filtrationfiltered

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-c885fce5e5e242acaef334cbe4345f0d
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2015_03
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US08969587B2

Reaction notes

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