2-(2-Butoxyethylthiomethyl)oxirane → Hydroxypropylene

HRID 2352669Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2352669 reaction equation
[CH2:1]([O:5][CH2:6][CH2:7][S:8][CH2:9][CH:10]1[CH2:12][O:11]1)[CH2:2][CH2:3][CH3:4].CC(C)([O-])C.[K+]>>[CH2:1]([O:5][CH2:6][CH2:7][S:8][CH:9]=[CH:10][CH2:12][OH:11])[CH2:2][CH2:3][CH3:4].[CH:1]([OH:5])=[CH:2][CH3:3]

Participants

4

Procedure

Following the procedure of Example 10, 2-butoxyethyltosylate (26.85 g, 98.7 mmol) and 3-mercapto-1,2-propanediol (10.68 g, 98.7 mmol) are reacted together to give 3-(2-butoxyethylthio)-1,2-propanediol, which diol (10.0 g, 52.5 mmol) is reacted with tosyl chloride (10.0 g) in pyridine. The tosylate (9.27 g, 25.6 mmol) is reacted with NaOH (1.02 g, 25.6 mmol) to give 2-(2-butoxyethylthiomethyl)oxirane. The oxirane (1.0 g, 5.26 mmol) and potassium t-butoxide (0.18 g, 1.58 mmol) are reacted together to give 3-(2-butoxyethylthio)-2-propenol, which propenol (4.72 g, 25.0 mmol) is reacted with acetic anhydride to give 3-(2-butoxyethylthio)-2-propenyl acetate.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-7d88d35363c1442a9e293b6e08f663b4
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1989_10
Patent number
US04877899

Reaction notes

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