Hydrochloric Acid → 4-(1-Hydroxy-4-chlorobutyl)-alpha,alpha-dimethylphenylacetic acid

HRID 990219Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 990219 reaction equation
[Cl:1][CH2:2][CH2:3][CH2:4][C:5]([C:7]1[CH:12]=[CH:11][C:10]([C:13]([CH3:18])([CH3:17])[C:14]([OH:16])=[O:15])=[CH:9][CH:8]=1)=[O:6].[BH4-].[Na+].Cl>CO>[OH:6][CH:5]([C:7]1[CH:12]=[CH:11][C:10]([C:13]([CH3:18])([CH3:17])[C:14]([OH:16])=[O:15])=[CH:9][CH:8]=1)[CH2:4][CH2:3][CH2:2][Cl:1]

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 313Hydrochloric AcidHCID 4311764Sodium borohydrideHCID 109235672-(4-(4-Chlorobutanoyl)phenyl)-2-methylpropanoic acid

Product 1

HCID 222694034-(1-Hydroxy-4-chlorobutyl)-alpha,alpha-dimethylphenylacetic acid

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 887MethanolSolvent

Procedure

To a solution of 50 mg of 4-(4-chloro-1-oxobutyl)-α,α-dimethylphenylacetic acid in 3 mL of methanol was added 50 mg of NaBH4. The mixture was stirred for 30 minutes, acidified with 2N HCl, and the methanol was removed in vacuo. The concentrate was extracted with EtOAc. The organics were dried over Na2SO4, filtered, and concentrated to afford 4-(1-hydroxy-4-chlorobutyl)-α,α-dimethylphenylacetic acid.

Workup

  1. customthe methanol was removed in vacuo
  2. extractionThe concentrate was extracted with EtOAc
  3. dry with materialThe organics were dried over Na2SO4
  4. filtrationfiltered
  5. concentrationconcentrated

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-58f43a5b5c04406a93a6120dda94682f
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2002_10
Patent number
US06458958B1

Reaction notes

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