Benzyl Bromide → 4-Pentenoic acid, phenylmethyl ester

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Reaktionsschritte

To 10.53 g (105 mmol) of pent-4-enoic acid in 150 ml ethanol was added 17.1 g (52.5 mmol) of Cs2CO3 and the reaction mixture was stirred at 40° C. for 2 h. The solvent was removed in vacuo, the residue coevaporated three times with toluene and then dissolved in 150 ml of DMF. 17.96 g (105 mmol) of benzyl bromide were added and the reaction mixture stirred at room temperature for 48 h. The reaction mixture was filtered, diluted with water and extracted three times with heptane. The combined organic phases were dried over MgSO4, filtered and the solvent was removed in vacuo. Yield: 19.92 g.

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