Iodoethane → 2-Ethyl-2-methyl-cyclohexanone

Reaction equation

[CH3:1]C1CCCCC1=O.C(I)C.[CH3:12][C:13]1([CH3:20])[CH2:18][CH2:17][CH2:16][CH2:15][C:14]1=[O:19]>>[CH2:12]([C:13]1([CH3:20])[CH2:18][CH2:17][CH2:16][CH2:15][C:14]1=[O:19])[CH3:1]

Participants

Reactant 3

HCID 6340Iodoethane

HCID 114192-Methylcyclohexanone

HCID 1369292,2-Dimethylcyclohexan-1-one

Product 1

HCID 215726662-Ethyl-2-methyl-cyclohexanone

Procedure

The alkylation of 2-methylcyclohexanone with ethyl iodide takes place in a manner similar to that described above for the preparation of 2,2-dimethyl-cyclohexanone.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-f9806c1703d24d3e95559c9a94bcdb30
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2010_06
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US07727979B2

Reaction notes

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