Researchers who often do experiments know that organic synthesis is a process of preparing more complex target molecules from simple raw materials through one or more chemical reactions. Generally, it requires fewer steps, and cheap raw materials. 1459-93-4, name is Dimethyl isophthalate, A new synthetic method of this compound is introduced below., COA of Formula: C10H10O4
In a 3-necked 500 mL round-bottomed flask equipped with a mechanical stirrer was placed dimethyl isophthalate (20.00 g, 0.103 mol, 1 eq.) dissolved in acetone (200 mL). To this mixture was added dropwise over 20 min a sln of NaOH (4.33 g, 0.108 mol, 1.05 eq.) in MeOH (40 mL). The resulting milky suspension was stirred at r.t. overnight. Then, another portion of NaOH (0.433 g, 0.011 mol, 0.1 eq.) was added into the reaction and the suspension was stirred for another 5 hours. The solvent was removed under vacuum and the white precipitate thus obtained was dissolved in water (400 mL). Concentrated HCl (15 mL) was added dropwise until pH~1. Then, the suspension was filtered; the collected precipitate was washed with water (4×100 mL) and dried under vacuum at 65C for 24 hours to give white solid 18.25 g. The obtained monomethyl isophthalate was used directly without further purification. In a 3 necked 500 mL round-bottomed flask equipped with a magnetic stirrer and a low temperature thermometer under a nitrogen atmosphere was placed monomethyl isophthalate (5.00 g, 0.027 mol, 1 eq.) dissolved in dry THF (125 mL). Then, this solution was placed in an ice-water bath and a solution of BH3?SMe2 (2M in THF, 70 mL, 0.14 mol, 5 eq.) was added dropwise slowly over 90 min to maintain the temperature in the solution below 7C. After another 15 min, the cooling bath was removed and the solution was allowed to reach ambient temperature. After 5 hours, the reaction was carefully quenched (strong gas evolution) with small pieces of ice while cooling in an ice-water bath. When the gas evolution ceased, brine (50 mL) was added and the resulting mixture was extracted with diethyl ether (3×100 mL). The combined organic extracts were washed with diluted bleach (50 mL, original solution 9.6% bleach diluted 10 times), brine (50 mL) and dried (MgSO4). The solvent was removed under vacuum to give an oil which contained a small amount of white precipitate. Diethyl ether (20 mL) was added and the solid was removed by filtration and washed with Et2O (2×10 mL). The filtrate was concentrated to yield a pale yellow oil (4.48 g). The crude oil was then purified by silica gel column chromatography (PE:EA, 4:1 to 7:3) to afford methyl 3-hydroxymethylbenzoate (2d) as colorless oil (3.77 g, 82%). Rf = 0.17 (EtOAc:PE = 1:4); 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3), delta (ppm): 8.00 (s, 1H, HAr), 7.93 (dt, J = 7.7, 1.4 Hz, 1H, HAr), 7.61 – 7.51 (m, 1H, HAr), 7.40 (t, J = 7.7 Hz, 1H, HAr), 4.71 (s, 2H, OCH2), 3.89 (s, 3H, OMe).
The basis of chemical reaction formula synthesis, the synthesis route is composed of some specific reactions and combined according to certain logical thinking. We look forward to the emergence of more reaction modes in the future.
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Article; Wang, Shuai; Lafont, Dominique; Rahkila, Jani; Picod, Benjamin; Leino, Reko; Vidal, Sebastien; Carbohydrate Research; vol. 372; (2013); p. 35 – 46;,
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