Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jun 2, 2026

Synthesis of a Borylated Ibuprofen Derivative Through Suzuki Cross-Coupling and Alkene Boracarboxylation Reactions
Published on: November 30, 2022
[(2R,5R,6S,9R)-6-Isopropyl-9-methyl-1,4-dioxaspiro-[4.5]decan-2-yl]methyl 4-bromo-benzoate
Abstract:
The title compound, C(20)H(27)BrO(4), a 4-bromo-benzoyl derivative of a stereoisomer of glycerol menthonide, synthesized as part of a study of 3-carbon stereochemical moieties, crystallizes with two crystallographically independent mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit, the two mol-ecules differing only in one of the C-O-C-C torsion angles around the ester O atom [-106.5 (7) and 146.1 (6)°]. The two mol-ecules are crystallographically related by a pseudotranslation along the (011) diagonal of the unit cell, emulating a primitive monoclinic cell of half the volume. The translational symmetry is broken by the 4-bromo-benzoate groups. The crystallographic assignment of the absolute stereochemistry is consistent with having started with (-)-menthone, the acetal C atom is R and the secondary alcohol is R. This brings the bromo-benzoate into approximately the same plane as the menthyl ring and cis to the isopropyl group. The glycerol menthonide sections of the molecules interact with each other via C-H⋯O interactions, leading to the formation of chains either A or B molecules that stretch parallel to [010], forming column-shaped double chains. Interactions between neighboring columns are limited to van der Waals contacts.
More Related Videos
06:34Synthesis of Antiviral Tetrahydrocarbazole Derivatives by Photochemical and Acid-catalyzed C-H Functionalization via Intermediate Peroxides (CHIPS)
Published on: June 20, 2014
11:04Preparation of Enantiopure Non-Activated Aziridines and Synthesis of Biemamide B, D, and epiallo-Isomuscarine
Published on: June 13, 2022
Related Concept Videos
NMR Spectroscopy of Benzene Derivatives
Nomenclature of Aromatic Compounds with Multiple Substituents
For disubstituted benzene derivatives, with two groups attached to the benzene ring, three constitutional isomers are possible. For example, consider dimethyl benzene, often called xylene, where the second methyl group can be substituted at the second, third, or fourth carbon. The relative position of the substituents is represented by prefixes ortho, meta, or...
Reactions at the Benzylic Position: Halogenation
Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution: Fluorination and Iodination of Benzene
Structure of Benzene: Molecular Orbital Model
Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution: Elimination–Addition