1,6-Dibromohexane → 1-[2-[(6-Bromohexyl)oxy]ethyl]-4-methoxybenzene

HRID 981708Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 981708 reaction equation
[CH3:1][O:2][C:3]1[CH:8]=[CH:7][C:6]([CH2:9][CH2:10][OH:11])=[CH:5][CH:4]=1.[Br:12][CH2:13][CH2:14][CH2:15][CH2:16][CH2:17][CH2:18]Br.[OH-].[Na+]>S(=O)(=O)(O)[O-].C([N+](CCCC)(CCCC)CCCC)CCC.O>[Br:12][CH2:13][CH2:14][CH2:15][CH2:16][CH2:17][CH2:18][O:11][CH2:10][CH2:9][C:6]1[CH:7]=[CH:8][C:3]([O:2][CH3:1])=[CH:4][CH:5]=1

Participants

6

Reactant 3

HCID 123681,6-DibromohexaneHCID 14798Sodium HydroxideHCID 697054-Methoxyphenethyl alcohol

Product 1

HCID 197980401-[2-[(6-Bromohexyl)oxy]ethyl]-4-methoxybenzeneYield 237.5%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 94433Tetrabutylammonium hydrogen sulfateCatalystHCID 962WaterSolvent

Procedure

4-Methoxybenzeneethanol (5.0 g) and 1,6-dibromohexane (23.7 g) were stirred rapidly at RT with tetra-n-butyl ammonium bisulphate (0.94 g) and 12.5M aqueous NaOH (30 ml) for 16 h. The mixture was diluted with H2O (125 ml), extracted with ER (3×150 ml) and the combined organic extracts were washed consecutively with H2O (125 ml), BR (125 ml), dried and evaporated to give an oil (24.6 g). The oil was purified by [FCS] eluting with ER-CX (0:100→4:96) to give the title compound as a colourless oil (8.30 g). T.l.c. (CX-ER (40:1)) Rf 0.33.

Workup

  1. extractionextracted with ER (3×150 ml)
  2. washthe combined organic extracts were washed consecutively with H2O (125 ml), BR (125 ml)
  3. customdried
  4. customevaporated

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-5b53f0d8a56c4e2a9fa5c6ddaf9b5fdf
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1991_02
Patent number
US04992474

Reaction notes

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