Methyl Acetate → 4-Methoxy cinnamic acid

HRID 260564

Reaction equation

HRID 260564 reaction equation
[CH3:1][O:2][C:3]1[CH:10]=[CH:9][C:6]([CH:7]=O)=[CH:5][CH:4]=1.[C:11]([O:14][CH3:15])(=[O:13])[CH3:12]>>[CH3:1][O:2][C:3]1[CH:10]=[CH:9][C:6]([CH:7]=[CH:12][C:11]([O:14][CH3:15])=[O:13])=[CH:5][CH:4]=1.[CH3:1][O:2][C:3]1[CH:10]=[CH:9][C:6]([CH:7]=[CH:12][C:11]([OH:14])=[O:13])=[CH:5][CH:4]=1

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 6584Methyl AcetateHCID 312444-Methoxybenzaldehyde

Product 2

HCID 132454-Methoxy cinnamic acidHCID 928414-Methoxycinnamate methyl ester

Procedure

The process of claim 1 wherein p-methoxy benzaldehyde is reacted with methyl acetate in step (a); methyl p-methoxycinnamate is formed in step (b) and methyl p-methoxycinnamate and p-methoxycinnamic acid are reacted with a C8 alkanol in step (e) to produce a C8 alkyl p-methoxycinnamate as the product of the process.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-87750b6dcbd94ff195e4a634e9e04e77
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1996_06
Patent number
US05527947

Linked notes

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