Benzyl Bromide → Methyl [3,5-bis(benzyloxy)phenyl]acetate

HRID 888649Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 888649 reaction equation
[CH3:1][O:2][C:3](=[O:13])[CH2:4][C:5]1[CH:10]=[C:9]([OH:11])[CH:8]=[C:7]([OH:12])[CH:6]=1.[CH2:14](Br)[C:15]1[CH:20]=[CH:19][CH:18]=[CH:17][CH:16]=1.C(=O)([O-])[O-].[K+].[K+]>CN(C=O)C>[CH3:1][O:2][C:3](=[O:13])[CH2:4][C:5]1[CH:10]=[C:9]([O:11][CH2:14][C:15]2[CH:20]=[CH:19][CH:18]=[CH:17][CH:16]=2)[CH:8]=[C:7]([O:12][CH2:4][C:5]2[CH:10]=[CH:9][CH:8]=[CH:7][CH:6]=2)[CH:6]=1

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 7498Benzyl BromideHCID 11430Potassium CarbonateHCID 579787Methyl 3,5-dihydroxyphenylacetate

Product 1

HCID 640121Methyl [3,5-bis(benzyloxy)phenyl]acetateYield 177.3%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 6228DimethylformamideSolvent

Procedure

A mixture of (3,5-dihydroxy-phenyl)-acetic acid methyl ester (from Aldrich, 70 g, 0.385 mol), benzylbromide (137 mL, 1.16 mol), potassium carbonate (160 g, 1.16 mol) and DMF (1.5 L) under N2 was mechanically stirred at room temperature overnight. The resulting reaction mixture was poured into a mixture of 1.5 L of ice-water with stirring. The precipitate was obtained by filtration and washed with heptane successively to remove benzyl bromide to give the title compounds (123.7 g) as a brown solid which was air dried for the next reaction. 1H-NMR (CDCl3): δ 3.60 (s, 2H), 3.71 (s, 3H), 5.05 (s, 4H), 6.60 (s, 3H), 7.35-7.50 (m, 10H); Calcd for C23H22O4 (M+H) 363.15. Found 363.

Workup

  1. customThe resulting reaction mixture
  2. stirringwith stirring
  3. customThe precipitate was obtained by filtration
  4. washwashed with heptane successively
  5. customto remove benzyl bromide

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-5535a686072c424f868056232bcc8a56
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2012_08
Patent number
US08247610B2

Reaction notes

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