To a round-bottom flask under a N
2 atmosphere were added
methanol (9 mL), 1,2,3-benzotriazole (0.599 mg, 5.03 mmol, 1 equiv),
potassium
tert-butoxide (848 mg, 7.55 mmol, 1.5 equiv),
and bromo-2-ethylhexane (1.04 mL, 5.84 mmol, 1.16 equiv). The reaction
mixture was stirred at reflux for 118 h. After cooling, the solvent
was removed, and the crude was dissolved in chloroform, washed with
water, dried with anhydrous Na
2SO
4, filtered,
and evaporated. The residue was purified by flash column chromatography
using the eluent petroleum ether/EtOAc 9:1.
33 (link) It was possible to afford two isomers: 2-(2-ethylhexyl)-2
H-benzotriazole (colorless oil) (η = 42%)
1H NMR (400 MHz,CDCl
3) δ (ppm): 7.86 (dd,
J = 6.6, 3.0 Hz, 2H), 7.37 (dd,
J = 6.6,
3.0 Hz, 2H), 4.63 (d,
J = 7.2 Hz, 2H), 2.23 (m, 1H),
1.37–1.24 (m, 8H), 0.92 (t,
J = 7.6 Hz, 3H,
H2), 0.87 (t,
J = 7.0 Hz, 3H) and also 2-(2-ethylhexyl)-1
H-benzotriazole (η = 38.5%)
1H NMR (400
MHz, CDCl
3) δ (ppm): 8.06 (d,
J =
8.4 Hz, 1H), 7.49 (m, 2H), 7.35 (ddd,
J = 8.0, 6.4,
1.4 Hz, 1H), 4.52 (d,
J = 7.2 Hz, 2H), 2.09 (m, 1H),
1.36–1.24 (m, 8H), 0.93 (d,
J = 7.4 Hz, 3H),
0.86 (t,
J = 7.0 Hz, 3H).
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