Benzyl Bromide → Benzyl 4-bromo-2-fluorobenzoate

HRID 896883Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 896883 reaction equation
[CH2:1](Br)[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.[Br:9][C:10]1[CH:18]=[CH:17][C:13]([C:14]([OH:16])=[O:15])=[C:12]([F:19])[CH:11]=1.N12CCCN=C1CCCCC2>C(#N)C>[Br:9][C:10]1[CH:18]=[CH:17][C:13]([C:14]([O:16][CH2:1][C:2]2[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=2)=[O:15])=[C:12]([F:19])[CH:11]=1

Participants

5

Procedure

Benzyl bromide (0.86 g, 5.0 mmol, 1.1 eq.) was added neat to a solution of 4-bromo-2-fluorobenzoic acid. (1.0 g, 4.6 mmol) and 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (1.36 mL, 9.2 mmol, 2.0 eq.) in anhydrous acetonitrile (20 mL). The reaction was stirred at room temperature for 18 hours before removing the solvent in vacuo. The residue was diluted with ether and washed with water, saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate, saturated aqueous ammonium chloride, and brine. The organic layer was dried (MgSO4) and concentrated in vacuo to provide the title compound as a pale yellow oil that crystallized into long needles upon standing (1.4 g, 99%): 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.82 (t, 1 H), 7.42-7.31 (m, 7 H), 5.35 (s, 2 H); GC/MS m/z 308/310 (M+ and M+2).

Workup

  1. custombefore removing the solvent in vacuo
  2. additionThe residue was diluted with ether
  3. washwashed with water, saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate, saturated aqueous ammonium chloride, and brine
  4. dry with materialThe organic layer was dried (MgSO4)
  5. concentrationconcentrated in vacuo

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-1a86251a9cd6421ca65550736fe2f425
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2005_07
Patent number
US06919371B2

Reaction notes

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