S- -3-Chloro-l,2-propanediol

S-(+)-3-Chloro-l,2-propanediol Methanesulfonyl chloride Potassium t-butoxide 4-Nitrobenzenesulfonyl chloride Hydrochloric acid Diisopropylethylamine Benzyl chloroformate... 

Tetrahydrofuran (3.2 ml) and S-(+)-3-chloro-l,2-propanediol (0.299 ml, 3.58 mmol, 1.19 eq) are mixed. The mixture of THF (3.2 ml) and S-(+)-3-chloro-1,2-propanediol (0.299 ml, 3.58 mmol, 1.19 eq) is cooled to -16°C and potassium t-butoxide (3.2 ml, 1.0 M) in THF (3.2 mmol, 1.07 eq) is added at less than -10°C. The resulting slurry is stirred at -14-0°C for 1 hour. Then added to the lithium anion mixture while maintaining both mixtures at 0°C, then rinsed in with THF (2 ml). The resultant slurry is stirred at 20-23°C for 2 hour and then cooled to 6°C and a mixture of citric acid monohydrate (0.4459 g, 2.122 mmol, 0.705 eq) in water (10 ml) is added. The resultant liquid phases are separated and the lower aqueous phase is washed with ethyl acetate (12 ml). The organic layers are combined and solvent is removed under reduced pressure until a net weight of 9.73 g remains. Heptane (10 ml) and water (5 ml) are added and solvent is removed 4-nitrobenzenesulfonyl chloride y reduced pressure until a total volume of 5 ml remains. The precipitated product is collected by vacuum filtration and washed with water (7 ml). The solids are dried in a stream of nitrogen to give (R)-[N-3-(3-fluoro-4-(4-morpholinylphenyl)-2-oxo-5-oxazolidinyl]methanol. 

The merchant market for chi orohydrin s is small, primarily for specialty appHcations. Ethylene chlorohydrin is sold ia the United States by BASF Corp., Parsippany, N.J., available ia 230 kg net lined steel dmms. Glycerol monochlorohydrin (3-chloro-l,2-propanediol) is available from Dixie Chemical Co., Houston, Tex., in lined steel dmms (227.3 kg net) from Raschig Corp., Richmond, Va. and from Henley Chemicals, Inc., Montvale, N.J., ia steel dmms (240 kg net). Glycerol dichi orohydrin (l,3-dichloro-2-propanol) is not currentiy being produced for the U.S. merchant market but has been available ia the past at a selling price of 5—6/kg. 

A. S-fBromomethyD-Z-fahloromethyD-l, 3-dioxane A 100-mL, round-bottomed flask 1s equipped with a 10-mL Dean-Stark apparatus and a condenser. The flask 1s charged with 30.0 g (0.138 mol) of l-bromo-3-chloro-2,2-dimethoxypropane (Note 1), 10.0 mL (0.138 mol) of 1,3-propanediol (Note 2), and 3 drops of concentrated sulfuric acid. The resulting solution is heated (bath temperature 140°C) for 8 hr (Note 3) with distillative removal of methanol (ca. 11 mL). The mixture is allowed to cool to room temperature and the crude product is partitioned in 150 mL of pentane and 40 mL of water. The... 

Steele, W.V., Chirico, R.D., Knipmeyer, S.E., and Nguyen, A. Vapor pressure, heat capacity, and density along the saturation line measurements for benzenamine,butylbenzene, sec-butylbenzene, ferf-butylbenzene, 2,2-dimethylbutanoic acid, trideca-fluoroheptanoic acid, 2-butyl-2-ethyl-l, 3-propanediol, 2,2,4-trimethyl-l, 3-pentanediol, and l-chloro-2-propanol, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 47(4) 648-666, 2002a. 

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