Isopentyltriphenylphosphonium bromide → 9-Bromo-2-methyl-4-decene

HRID 978668Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 978668 reaction equation
[CH2:1]([Li])CCC.[Br-].[CH3:7][CH:8]([CH3:30])[CH2:9]C[P+](C1C=CC=CC=1)(C1C=CC=CC=1)C1C=CC=CC=1.[Br:31][CH2:32][CH2:33][CH2:34][CH2:35][CH2:36][CH:37]=O>O1CCCC1>[Br:31][CH:32]([CH3:1])[CH2:33][CH2:34][CH2:35][CH:36]=[CH:37][CH2:7][CH:8]([CH3:30])[CH3:9]

Participants

5

Conditions

Temperature
-70 °C

Procedure

n-Butyl lithium (1.5M solution in hexane, 6.8 ml) was added to a stirred suspension of (3-methylbutyl)-triphenylphosphonium bromide (4.1 g) in dry tetrahydrofuran (50 ml) at -60° C. under nitrogen. The dark mixture was stirred for 40 minutes at -70° C. then a solution of 6-bromohexanal (1.8 g) in dry tetrahydrofuran (6 ml) was added. The pale mixture was stirred for a further 1 hour at -70° C. then evaporated under vacuum. The residue was extracted with ether and the extract was evaporated to a pale oil which was chromatographed on silica gel, eluting with 1:1 ether:hexane, to give the title compound as a colourless oil. MS M+ 232/234.

Workup

  1. stirringThe pale mixture was stirred for a further 1 hour at -70° C.
  2. customthen evaporated under vacuum
  3. extractionThe residue was extracted with ether
  4. customthe extract was evaporated to a pale oil which
  5. customwas chromatographed on silica gel
  6. washeluting with 1:1 ether

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-b78ad94356a54bb1b3cfb873fa2d1426
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1987_05
Patent number
US04665189

Reaction notes

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