Diethyl Ether → 4-Nitro-o-toluic acid

HRID 886640Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 886640 reaction equation
I[C:2]1[C:7]([N+:8]([O-:10])=[O:9])=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][C:3]=1[CH3:11].[C:12](=O)([O-:14])[O-:13].[K+].[K+].C(OCC)C.CCCCCC>O.CN(C)C=O.C(OCC)(=O)C.C1(P(C2C=CC=CC=2)C2C=CC=CC=2)C=CC=CC=1.C1(P(C2C=CC=CC=2)C2C=CC=CC=2)C=CC=CC=1.[Pd](Cl)Cl>[N+:8]([C:7]1[CH:6]=[CH:5][C:4]([C:12]([OH:14])=[O:13])=[C:3]([CH3:11])[CH:2]=1)([O-:10])=[O:9]

Participants

9

Reactant 4

HCID 3283Diethyl EtherHCID 8058HexaneHCID 11430Potassium CarbonateHCID 2347812-Iodo-3-nitrotoluene

Product 1

HCID 747904-Nitro-o-toluic acidYield 31.2%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 4

HCID 6102075Dichlorobis(triphenylphosphine)palladiumCatalystHCID 962WaterSolvent2×HCID 6228DimethylformamideSolventHCID 8857Ethyl AcetateSolvent

Procedure

A mixture of 1.0 g(3.8 mmol) of 2-iodo-nitrotoluene, 2.1 g(15.2 mmol) potassium carbonate and 27 mg(0.038 mmol) of palladium(II) dichloride bis(triphenylphosphine) in a mixture of 5 mL of water and 10 mL of N,N-dimethylformamide. This was placed in a Fisher/Porter bottle under 15 psig of carbon monoxideand heated at 70 C for 16 hours. The solution became homogeneous when heated. The reaction was cooled, diethyl ether and water was added, the organic layer separated and discarded. The aqueous layer was acidified with iN hydrohloric acid, extracted with ethyl acetate, washed with water, brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated to yield 0.5 g of crude material. This dissolved in ethyl acetate, hexane added and the resulting brown solid discarded. The filtrate was concentrated, and then recrystallized fom diethyl ether/hexane to afford 215 mg of 4-nitro-2-methylbenzoic acid, m/e=182(M+H).

Workup

  1. temperatureheated at 70 C for 16 hours
  2. temperatureheated
  3. temperatureThe reaction was cooled
  4. customthe organic layer separated
  5. extractionextracted with ethyl acetate
  6. washwashed with water, brine
  7. dry with materialdried over magnesium sulfate
  8. filtrationfiltered
  9. concentrationconcentrated
  10. customto yield 0.5 g of crude material
  11. concentrationThe filtrate was concentrated
  12. customrecrystallized fom diethyl ether/hexane

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-03c802c532a846c595b2ba4d1ace5d7a
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2012_08
Patent number
USRE043596E1

Reaction notes

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