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Methyl iodide → Ethyl 2-methylacetoacetate

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantMethyl iodideHCID 6328—
ReactantEthyl benzoylacetateHCID 7170—
ReactantEthyl AcetoacetateHCID 8868—
ReactantEthyl 2-oxocyclopentanecarboxylateHCID 69136—
ReactantEthyl 2-methyl-beta-oxobenzenepropanoateHCID 2760276—
ProductEthyl 2-methylacetoacetateHCID 701—
ProductEthyl 1-methyl-2-oxocyclopentane-1-carboxylateHCID 227353—
ProductEthyl 2,2-dimethylbenzoylacetateHCID 68118422—

Reaction Steps

When the thallous salts of ethyl acetoacetate, 2-carbethoxycyclopentanone, ethyl benzoylacetate, and ethyl 2-methylbenzoylacetate, prepared according to Example 1, are refluxed with methyl iodide as described in Example 1 for periods of about 4, 9, 4, and 14 hours, respectively, ethyl 2-methylacetoacetate (b.p. 82°/25 mm.), 2-methyl-2-carbethoxycyclopentanone (b.p. 124°-126°/35 mm.), ethyl 2-methylbenzoyl acetate (b.p. 96°-97°/0.25 mm.), ), and ethyl 2,2-dimethylbenzoylacetate (b.p. 98°-100°/0.35 mm.), respectively, are obtained in quantitative yield.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS04020073
Source datasetuspto-grants-1977_04
ORD IDord-8ebda59bd5414c03b8ae05616bd75bb4
Source noteuspto-grants-1977_04