Mesityl oxide → 4-Octen-3-one

HRID 1283902

Reaction equation

HRID 1283902 reaction equation
[O:1]=[C:2]([CH:4]=[C:5](C)C)[CH3:3].[CH2:8](Cl)[CH:9]=[C:10]([CH3:12])C>CC(C)=O>[CH3:5][CH2:4][C:2](=[O:1])[CH:3]=[CH:8][CH2:9][CH2:10][CH3:12]

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 8858Mesityl oxideHCID 104291-Chloro-3-methyl-2-butene2×

Product 1

HCID 842164-Octen-3-one

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 180AcetoneSolvent2×

Procedure

Acetone under the reaction conditions forms mesityl oxide, and this then reacts with the prenyl chloride to produce the above isomers; in the same manner, acetone reacts with prenyl chloride to produce methyl heptenone.

Workup

  1. customto produce the above isomers

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-49f72c2decb24435a2523cc8631aa5cc
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1976_08
Patent number
US03976700

Linked notes

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