2-Oxo-3,4-benzobicyclo-(3,3,1)-nonene-(3) carboxylic acids-8 thereof and process therefor
United States Patent 1 [111 3,880,917  
 Winkler Apr. 29, 1975 I I 2-OXO-3,4-BENZOBlCYCLO-(3,3,1)- [56] References Cited NONENE-(3) CARBOXYLIC ACIDS-8 THEREOF AND PROCESS THEREFOR Inventor: Adolf Winkler, Leverkusen.  
 Germany Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft,  
 Leverkusen, Germany Filed: May 9, 1973 Appl. No.1 358.788  
 Foreign Application Priority Data May 12 I972 Germany 2223127 U.S. Cl 260/515 Rt 260/590; 424/522 Int. Cl C07c 63/00; C07C 63/42 Field of Search 260/515 R OTHER PUBLICATIONS J. Chem. Soc. (1956). Pp. 809I8l2. Ber., Vol. 98 (1965), PP- 1270-1271.  
 Primary Examinertlames A. Patten Anorney, Agent, or Firm-Burgess, Dinklage &amp; Sprung 18 Claims, No Drawings 2-OXO-3 .4-BENZOBlCYCLO-( 3.3. l )-NONENE-( 3) CARBOXYLIC ACIDS-8 THEREOF AND PROCESS THEREFOR This invention relates to a process for the preparation f 2-oxo-3.4-benzo-bicyclo-l 3.3.l ]-nonene-( 3) and its carboxylic acids-8 and new cisand trans-2-oxo-3.4- benzo-bicyclo-[ 3.3.1 l-nonene-( 3 )-carboxylic acids-8.  
 SUMMARY It has been found that 2-oxo-3.4-benzo-bicyclo- [3.3.1 ]-nonene-(3) and cisand trans-Z-oxo-3.4- benzo-bicyclo-[3.3.l l-nonene-(3) carboxylic acid-8 are obtained when A cyclo hexenecarboxylic acid or A-tetrahydrophthalic acid anhydride is reacted with benzene in the presence of hydrogen fluoride preferably at a temperature of between 75and 200C.  
 DESCRIPTION The reaction is preferably carried out within the temperature range of 90C to 175C.  
  The temperature employed for the reaction of A cyclohexene carboxylic acid are generally at the lower end of the range specified above. preferably between 100C and l()C. whereas for the reaction of A -tetrahytlrophthalic acid anhydride higher temperatures, between 130C and 160C. are preferably used.  
  Of the starting materials, the more easily obtainable benzene is generally used in excess. preferably 2 to 5 times the stoichiometrically required quantity although there is no harm in using a larger excess.  
  The hydrogen fluoride used generally serves both as catalyst and as solvent. It is therefore used in an excess preferably of up to 30 or 50 mol. preferably in a quan tity of 5 to 20 mol and in the particular about mol. based on the starting material which is used in a less than equivalent quantity. However. the quantity of hydrogen fluoride used may be varied within wide limits without any deleterious effect on the reaction although the excess should generally not be less than 3 mol.  
  Aprotic organic solvents which do not react with the starting compounds under the conditions of the process according to the invention may also be used, for example nitrobenzene or chlorinated hydrocarbons. The benzene used in excess as starting material may also serve as solvent.  
  The reaction is generally carried out by heating the mixture of reactants to the selected reaction temperature and then keeping them at this temperature for some time. Owing to the volatility of hydrogen fluoride, it is generally advisable to carry out the reaction in a closed vessel at the pressure which is developed during the reaction. although a lower or higher pressure may also be used.  
  lt is generally advisable to keep the reaction mixture at the reaction temperature for about 2 to 6 hours. If desired. the optimum reaction time may be determined by a few tests.  
  After termination of the reaction. the reaction product can generally easily be isolated by distilling off the hydrogen fluoride and excess benzene. and it may then be purified by known methods. e.g.. by recrystallisation or chromatographic purification and. in the case of the carboxylic acids. also over salts.  
  The process according to the invention may be represented. for example. in the case of the reaction with benzene, by the following reaction scheme:  
  O A: n U (JOOII Q) III  COO1I When the reaction is carried out with A-cyclohexene carboxylic acid (I). 4-phenyl-cyclohexane carboxylic acid (V) is obtained as by-product which cannot be cyclised and can easily be removed due to the solubility of its alkali metal salts in water.  
  When the reaction is carried out with A -tetrahydrophthalic acid anhydride (ll). a mixture of the cisand transisomers of 2-oxo-3.4-benzo-bicyclo-[3.3.1lnonene-( 3 )-carboxylic acids-8 (IV a. [V b), is obtained which may be separated e.g. by crystallisation.  
  2-Oxo-3.4-benzo-bicyclo-[3.3.ll-nonene-(3) is already known (J. Chem. Soc. 1956 (I809-l8l2) but could previously only be obtained by complicated multi-stage synthesis methods. The process according to the invention has the advantage of producing the required reaction product in a simple manner by a single stage reaction from inexpensive starting materials.  
  Cisand trans-Z-oxo-3,4-benzo-bicyclo-[3.3.1]- nonene-( 3 )-carboxylic acid-8 have not previously been known. Their preparation by the process according to the invention is particularly surprising since it is known that when A tetrahydrophthalic acid anhydride is reacted with benzene in a Friedel-Krafts reaction. it yields 4- and. S-phenyl-l 2.3.4.5 ,6- hexahydro-benzophenone-carboxylic acids-( 2) (Ber. 98. 1270, 1271 (1965).  
  Another advantage of the process according to the invention is that hydrogen fluoride and benzene can easily be removed from the reaction product and used again.  
 The starting materials for the process according to the invention are already known. Both cisand transtures may be used as starting material. the product being in all cases a mixture of cisand trans-2 oxo-3,4- benZo-bicyclo-[3,3.l ]-nonene-( 3 )-carboxylic acid-8.  
  The compounds obtainable by the process according to the invention are capable of various reactions on account of their carbonyl and, in some cases. carboxyl function. They may therefore be used as solvents or perfumes either as such or after esterification of the carboxyl group. In the same way as other aromaticaliphatic ketones, e.g., acetophenone or tetralone, they may be used as intermediate products for the manufacture of medicaments, e.g., anticoagulants and narcotics, or for the manufacture or pesticides, e.g., rodenticides.  
 EXAMPLE 1 76 g (0.5 mol) of A*-tetrahydrophthalic acid anhydride, 180 ml (2 mol) of benzene and 100 ml mol) of hydrogen fluoride were stirred in a 0.7 litre refined steel autoclave at 150C for 5 hours under the pressure developed by the mixture. After termination of the reaction, the hydrogen fluoride was distilled off and the residue stirred up with water. A brown, nonhomogeneous product was separated. This was stirred up with benzene and the resulting crystallisate was suction filtered. The mother liquor which contained benzene was washed, dried clarified and concentrated by evaporation. When it was left to stand, another portion of crystalline reaction product precipitated, 42.7 g (37.2 of the theory), of cis-2-oxo-3,4-benzo-bicyclo- [3,3,1]-nonene-(3)-carboxylic acid-8 were obtained. Melting point: 203-205C (after crystallisation from dilute acetic acid).  
 Analysis: Found: C 72.6; 72.8% H 6.1% O 21.1% CuHnOg Calculated: C H 20.8%  
 EXAMPLE 2 76 g (0.5 mol) of N-tetrahydrophthalic acid anhydride, 360 ml (4 mol) of benzene and 100 ml (5 mol) of hydrogen fluoride were stirred at 150C for 5 hours. The reaction mixture -was worked up as described in Example 1. This process was repeated 3 times with the same starting materials. The benzene-containing mother liquors from the four batches were combined and the solvent completely removed by evaporation. The oily residue was taken up with a mixture of 1 l of water and 100 ml of 45% sodium hydroxide solution. The undissolved residue was extracted with ether and discarded. Excess sodium chloride was added to the hot alkaline solution to precipitate the sodium salt of 4-phenyl-hexahydrophthalic acid which was formed as by-product, and the precipitate was suction filtered while hot. When the alkaline mother liquor which was stirred in the cold was triturated, the sodium salt of trans-2-oxo-3,4- benzo-bicyclo-[ 3,3,1 ]-nonene-( 3-carboxylic acid-8 precipitated. The acid was liberated from this salt by treatment with hydrochloric acid.  
  140 g (30.4% of the theory) of cis-2-oxo-3,4-benzobicyclo-[3,3,l ]-nonene-(3)-carboxylic acid-8 were obtained. Melting point: 203 to 205C. In addition, 107 g (23.2% of the theory) of trans-2-oxo-3,4- benzo-bicyclo-[3.3,l ]-nonene-(3) carboxylic acid-8 were obtained. Melting point: 123 to 125C (after crystallisation from dilute acetic acid).  
 Analysis: Found: C 71.0; 71.3% H 6.4; 6.5% 20.9; 21.0%  
 C H O Calculated: C 73.1% H 6.1% O 20.8%  
 EXAMPLE 3 68 g (0.5 mol) of A-cyclohexene carboxylic acid, 180 ml (2 mol) of benzene and 100 ml (5 mol) of hydrogen fluoride were heated to 100C for 3 hours. The hydrogen fluoride was drawn off after the reaction had been terminated, and the residue was then taken up with soda solution. The organic layer was separated and the aqueous phase extracted several times with ether. The organic phases were combined, washed, dried and distilled. 21 g (23% of the theory) of 2-oxo- 3,4-benzo-bicyelo-[3,3,l]-nonene-(3) were obtained. Boiling point: 101 to 104C/0.1 mm Hg; &#39;1 1.5779.  
 Analysis: Found C 84.0, 84.1% H 7.7, 7.8% O 8.5% C H O calculated: C 83.9% H 7.5% O 8.6%  
 About 60% of the theoretical amount of 4-phenylcyclohexane carboxylic acid was obtained by acidifying the solution which had been made alkaline with soda.  
 EXAMPLE 4 68 g (0.5 mol) of cyclohexene-(3l-carboxylie acid- (I), 180 ml (2 mol) of benzene and 100 ml of hydrogen fluoride were heated to 150C in an autoclave for 3 hours. The product was then processed as described in Example 3. 20.3 g (21.8% of the theory) of 2-oxo-3,4- benzo-bicyclo-[3,3,l]-nonene-(3) and 59 g (55% of the theory) of 4-phenyl-cyclohexane carboxylic acid were obtained.  
 What is claimed is:  
  1. Process for preparing 2-oxo-3,4-benzo-bicyclo- [3,3,1 ]-nonene-(3) and cisand trans-2-oxo-3,4- benzo-bieyclo-[ 3,3,1 ]-nonene-( 3 )-carboxylic acid-8 which comprises reacting A -Cyclohexene-carboxylic acid acid of N-tetrahydrophthalic acid anhydride at elevated temperature with benzene and hydrogen fluoride.  
  2. Process of claim 1 carried out at a temperature of between and 200C.  
  3. A process of claim 1 wherein A-cyclohexenecarboxylic acid is reacted with benzene and hydrogen fluoride at a temperature of from to C.  
  4. Process of claim 1 wherein benzene is used in excess of the stoichiometrically required quantity.  
  5. Process of claim 1 wherein hydrogen fluoride is used in an excess of up to 50 mols. based on the starting material used in a less than equivalent quantity.  
  6. Process of claim 1 carried out in the presence of an aprotic solvent.  
  7. Process of claim 7 wherein the aprotic solvent is nitrobenzene or a chlorinated hydrocarbon.  
  8. Process of claim 1 carried out in a closed vessel under the pressure developed in the reaction.  
  9. Cis-2-oxo-3,4-benzo-bicyclo-[3,3,1 ]-nonene-( 3 carboxylic acid-8.  
  l0. Trans-2-oxo-3,4-benzo-bicyclo-l 3,3,1 ]-nonene- (3 )-carboxylic acid-8.  
  11. Process for preparing cisand trans-Z-oxo- 3,4-benzo-bicyclo-l3.3.1l-nonene-(3l-carboxylic acid- 8 which comprises reacting N-tetrahydrophthalic acid anhydride at elevated temperature with benzene and hydrogen fluoride.  
  12. Process of claim 11 carried out at a temperature of between 75 and 200C.  
 13. A process of claim 11 wherein A-tetrahydroph- 6 thalic acid anhydride is reacted with benzene and hy- 16. Process of claim 11 carried out in the presence drogen fluoride at a temperature of from 130 to of an aprotic solvent. 1 160C. 17. Process of claim 16 wherein the aprotic solvent 14. Process of claim 11 wherein benzene is used in is notrobenzene or a chlorinated hydrocarbon. excess of the stoichiometrically required quantity. 5 18. Process of claim 11 carried out in a closed vessel 15. Process of claim 11 wherein hydrogen fluoride is er the pressure developed in the reaction. used in an excess of up to 50 mols. based on the starting material used in a less than equivalent quantity.  
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