Org. Synth. 1945, 25, 55
DOI: 10.15227/orgsyn.025.0055
m-HYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE
[Benzaldehyde, m-hydroxy-]
Submitted by R. B. Woodward
Checked by C. S. Hamilton and Raymond J. Andres.
1. Procedure
A solution of 450 g. (2 moles) of powdered stannous chloride dihydrate (Note 1) in 600 ml. of concentrated hydrochloric acid in a 3-l. beaker provided with an efficient mechanical stirrer is cooled in an ice-salt bath. When the temperature of the solution has fallen to 5°, the ice bath is removed, and 100 g. (0.66 mole) of m-nitrobenzaldehyde (Note 2) is added in one portion. The temperature rises slowly at first, reaching 25–30° in about 5 minutes. As it then rises rapidly to about 100° the ice-salt bath is again placed around the beaker. Stirring must be vigorous or the reaction mixture may be forced out of the beaker (Note 3). During the reaction the m-nitrobenzaldehyde dissolves, and an almost clear red solution is obtained. The solution is cooled with very slow stirring (Note 4) in an ice-salt mixture for 2.5 hours. The orange-red paste of the stannichloride of m-aminobenzaldehyde (Note 5) is filtered on a sintered-glass funnel (Note 6).
A suspension of the material in 600 ml. of concentrated hydrochloric acid is stirred mechanically in a 3-l. beaker which is set in an ice-salt bath. A solution of 46 g. of sodium nitrite in 150 ml. of water in a 250-ml. dropping funnel fixed with its stem below the surface of the suspension is added slowly while the temperature of the mixture is kept at 4–5° (Note 7). After the addition is completed (in approximately 80 minutes), stirring in the ice-salt bath is continued for 1 hour to crystallize completely the stannichloride of the diazonium salt. The reddish brown salt is filtered on a sintered glass funnel (Note 6).
The damp salt is added cautiously in small portions to 1.7 l. of boiling water in a 4-l. beaker in the course of 40 minutes. During the reaction, the water lost by vaporization is replaced (Note 8). The solution is treated with 4 g. of Norit, boiled a few minutes, and filtered hot. The red filtrate is kept in an icebox for 12–16 hours; during this time scratching is employed occasionally to induce crystallization (Note 9). The yield of orange crystals melting at 99–101° is 48–52 g. (59–64%). A solution of this product in about 1 l. of boiling benzene is treated with Norit, filtered, and concentrated to 300 ml. On cooling, 41–45 g. (51–56%) of light-tan crystals melting at 101–102° is obtained (Note 10).
2. Notes
1.
A chemically pure grade of
stannous chloride (SnCl
2·2H
2O) should be used. Lower yields are obtained with technical
stannous chloride.
2.
A practical grade of
m-nitrobenzaldehyde (m.p.
52–55°) was used by the submitter. The checkers used Eastman's
m-nitrobenzaldehyde (m.p.
57–58°).
3.
Less satisfactory yields are obtained when the reaction is moderated by the addition of the
m-nitrobenzaldehyde in several portions.
4.
Stirring must be very slow since gradual cooling is necessary in order to obtain particles large enough to permit fairly rapid filtration.
5.
The exact formula of the
m-aminobenzaldehyde stannichloride is not known.
6.
As a substitute for the
sintered-glass funnel, a
large Büchner funnel provided with an asbestos fiber mat under the filter paper will serve. The asbestos mat can be washed and used repeatedly.
7.
Best results are obtained by keeping the temperature during diazotization at 4–5°. Below 0° the speed of diazotization is greatly decreased, and above 5° the diazonium salt begins to decompose.
8.
Concentrating the solution below 1.7 l. results in markedly decreased purity.
9.
If scratching does not succeed in inducing crystallization, a small portion of the solution may be removed and evaporated for seed.
10.
According to the submitter, further purification can be effected by sublimation: the material is placed in the bottom of a
Pyrex desiccator which is then evacuated and placed on a
steam bath overnight. The mat of interwoven needles can be removed easily. One crystallization from
benzene gives
37–40 g. (
47–49%) of needles melting at
103–104°.
3. Discussion
m-Hydroxybenzaldehyde has been made by reduction of
m-hydroxybenzoic acid with
sodium amalgam in weak acid solution;
1 by oxidation of the arylsulfonic ester ArSO
2OC
6H
4CH
3 with
manganese dioxide and
sulfuric acid to the corresponding derivative of
m-hydroxybenzaldehyde ArSO
2OC
6H
4CHO and hydrolysis of the latter with concentrated
sulfuric acid;
2 from
m-dichloromethylphenyl benzoate by heating with water and
calcium carbonate under a pressure of 4–5 atm.
3 The present method is derived from that of Tiemann and Ludwig
4 and is similar to the procedure for the preparation of
m-chlorobenzaldehyde.
5
This preparation is referenced from:
Appendix
Chemical Abstracts Nomenclature (Collective Index Number);
(Registry Number)
sulfuric acid (7664-93-9)
hydrochloric acid (7647-01-0)
Benzene (71-43-2)
sodium nitrite (7632-00-0)
stannous chloride
calcium carbonate (471-34-1)
Norit (7782-42-5)
sodium (13966-32-0)
manganese dioxide (1313-13-9)
stannous chloride dihydrate (10025-69-1)
Benzaldehyde, m-hydroxy-,
m-Hydroxybenzaldehyde (100-83-4)
m-Chlorobenzaldehyde (587-04-2)
m-hydroxybenzoic acid (99-06-9)
m-Nitrobenzaldehyde (99-61-6)
m-aminobenzaldehyde (1709-44-0)
m-dichloromethylphenyl benzoate
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