Reaction #1833263

Reaction equation

2-hydroxyethyl acrylate

1-naphthoic acid

EDC

→

naphthalene-1-carbonyloxy-2-ethyl acrylate

Yield 82.3%

Solvents

CH2Cl2

Conditions

Workup

1. 1
   OtherThe reaction was quenched with a 5% solution of NH4Cl
2. 2
   Washthe mixture was washed with water
3. 3
   ExtractionAfter extraction with EtOAc (3×20 ml)
4. 4
   Dryingthe organic layers were dried over anhydrous MgSO4
5. 5
   Otherpurified with column chromatography on silica gel (1:4, EtOAc:hexanes)

Procedure

To a solution of 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate (1.01 g, 8.7 mmol) and 1-naphthoic acid (1.00 g, 5.8 mmol) in 10 ml of freshly distilled CH2Cl2 was added EDC (1.60 g, 8.7 mmol) and DMAP (cat. amount) at room temperature. The resultant mixture was stirred at room temperature until TLC indicated the disappearance of starting material. The reaction was quenched with a 5% solution of NH4Cl and the mixture was washed with water. After extraction with EtOAc (3×20 ml), the organic layers were dried over anhydrous MgSO4 and purified with column chromatography on silica gel (1:4, EtOAc:hexanes) to give 1.29 g (82%) of naphthalene-1-carbonyloxy-2-ethyl acrylate as a colorless oil. 1H NMR (250 MHz) δ 8.91 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 1H), 8.21 (d, J=7.1 Hz, 1H), 8.04 (d, J=8.2 Hz, 1H), 7.90 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 1H), 7.57 (m, 3H), 6.49 (d, J=17.3 Hz, 1H), 6.19 (dd, J=17.3, 10.4 Hz, 1H), 5.71 (d, J=10.4 Hz, 1H), 4.66 (m, 2H), 4.58 (m, 2H). 13C NMR (63 MHz) δ 167.2, 165.9, 133.8, 133.6, 131.5, 131.3, 130.5, 128.6, 128.0, 127.8, 126.6, 126.2, 125.7, 124.5, 62.7, 62.3.

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