Ethyl cyanoacetate → Ethyl 3-(2-chlorophenyl)-2-cyanobut-2-enoate

HRID 270176

Reaction equation

HRID 270176 reaction equation
[Cl:1][C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][C:3]=1[C:8](=O)[CH3:9].[C:11]([CH2:13][C:14]([O:16][CH2:17][CH3:18])=[O:15])#[N:12].C([O-])(=O)C.[NH4+]>C(OCC)(=O)C.C(O)(=O)C.C1C=CC=CC=1>[CH2:17]([O:16][C:14](=[O:15])[C:13]([C:11]#[N:12])=[C:8]([C:3]1[CH:4]=[CH:5][CH:6]=[CH:7][C:2]=1[Cl:1])[CH3:9])[CH3:18]

Participants

7

Procedure

A mixture of 2′-chloroacetophenone (50 mmol), ethyl cyanoacetate (50 mmol), acetic acid (1.14 mL) ammonium acetate (400 mg), and benzene (50 mL) is heated to reflux in a Dean-Stark apparatus. After approximately hours, additional ethyl cyanoacetate (50 mmol), acetic acid (1.14 mL), and ammonium acetate (400 mg) are added. After an additional 10 hours, the reaction is cooled to room temperature, diluted with ethyl acetate (30 mL), washed with water (240 mL), brine (40 mL), and dried (Na2SO4). After filtering, the extract is concentrated in vacuo and the desired product, as a mixture of E and Z-isomers, is isolated by column chromatography on silica gel, eluting with 5% ethyl acetate in petroleum ether.

Workup

  1. temperatureis heated
  2. temperatureto reflux in a Dean-Stark apparatus
  3. waitAfter approximately hours
  4. washwashed with water (240 mL), brine (40 mL)
  5. dry with materialdried (Na2SO4)
  6. filtrationAfter filtering
  7. concentrationthe extract is concentrated in vacuo
  8. additionthe desired product, as a mixture of E and Z-isomers
  9. customis isolated by column chromatography on silica gel
  10. washeluting with 5% ethyl acetate in petroleum ether

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-fd54da5602114e94950de7957523fde0
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2008_11
Patent number
US07449490B2

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