Acetic Anhydride → 2-Butyl-5-nitrobenzofuran

HRID 1268412

Reaction equation

C([C:3]1[CH:17]=[C:16]([N+:18]([O-:20])=[O:19])[CH:15]=[CH:14][C:4]=1[O:5][CH:6]([CH2:10][CH2:11][CH2:12][CH3:13])[C:7](O)=O)=O.C(=O)([O-])[O-].[K+].[K+].C(OC(=O)C)(=O)C>>[N+:18]([C:16]1[CH:15]=[CH:14][C:4]2[O:5][C:6]([CH2:10][CH2:11][CH2:12][CH3:13])=[CH:7][C:3]=2[CH:17]=1)([O-:20])=[O:19]

Participants

Reactant 3

HCID 7918Acetic Anhydride

HCID 11430Potassium Carbonate

HCID 111735572-(2-Formyl-4-nitrophenoxy)hexanoic acid

Product 1

HCID 98373582-Butyl-5-nitrobenzofuran

Procedure

23.4 g of 2-(2-formyl-4-nitro-phenoxy)hexanoic acid and 2.3 g of potassium carbonate were charged into a 200 ml reactor containing 80 g of acetic anhydride.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-716589425bc747338d3e7c4fd285b046
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2003_04
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US06555697B1

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