N-[4-(hydroxymethyl)-3-methylphenyl]acetamide → N-(4-Formyl-3-methylphenyl)acetamide

HRID 906372Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 906372 reaction equation
[OH:1][CH2:2][C:3]1[CH:8]=[CH:7][C:6]([NH:9][C:10](=[O:12])[CH3:11])=[CH:5][C:4]=1[CH3:13]>C(#N)C.[O-2].[O-2].[Mn+4]>[CH:2]([C:3]1[CH:8]=[CH:7][C:6]([NH:9][C:10](=[O:12])[CH3:11])=[CH:5][C:4]=1[CH3:13])=[O:1]

Participants

4

Reactant 1

HCID 54053024N-[4-(hydroxymethyl)-3-methylphenyl]acetamide

Product 1

HCID 12931765N-(4-Formyl-3-methylphenyl)acetamideYield 92%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 178418406HCID 178418406, compoundCatalystHCID 6342AcetonitrileSolvent

Conditions

Temperature
120 °C

Procedure

N-[4-(Hydroxymethyl)-3-methylphenyl]acetamide (D51) (0.36 g, 2 mmol) and manganese dioxide (0.875 g, 10 mmol) were combined in acetonitrile (16 ml) and heated to 120° C. in the microwave for 7 minutes. The MnO2 was filtered off and the reaction mixture was concentrated to give the crude product which was purified by column chromatography. Elution with 0-100% EtOAc/petroleum ether yielded the title compound as a cream solid (0.326 g). δH (CDCl3, 400 MHz) 10.27 (1H, s), 7.79 (1H, d), 7.50 (1H, d), 7.45 (1H, s), 7.35 (1H, br.s), 2.66 (3H, s), 2.20 (3H, s). MH+ 178.2.

Workup

  1. filtrationThe MnO2 was filtered off
  2. concentrationthe reaction mixture was concentrated
  3. customto give the crude product which
  4. customwas purified by column chromatography
  5. washElution with 0-100% EtOAc/petroleum ether

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-a79c42f25f0146c2b1db41b41f5ff86b
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2011_09
Patent number
US08012981B2

Reaction notes

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