Acetic Acid → 3,4-Diacetoxy-1-butene

HRID 54728

Reaction equation

[O:1]1[CH2:5][CH:2]1[CH:3]=[CH2:4].[C:6]([O:9]C(=O)C)(=[O:8])[CH3:7].C(N(CC)CC)C.[C:20](O)(=[O:22])[CH3:21]>COCCOCCOC>[C:6]([O:9][CH:2]([CH2:5][O:1][C:20](=[O:22])[CH3:21])[CH:3]=[CH2:4])(=[O:8])[CH3:7]

Participants

Conditions

Temperature: 125 °C

Procedure

A 300-mL autoclave was charged with 40 mL (0.50 mol) of 3,4-epoxy-1-butene, 56.2 g (0.55 mol) acetic anhydride, 2.0 g (0.02 mol ) of triethylamine, 3.6 g (0.06 mol) acetic acid and 4.2 mL of diglyme. The autoclave was purged with nitrogen twice, then the vessel was pressurized to 8 bars (100 psig) with nitrogen. The agitator was started and an initial sample was taken. Then the mixture was heated to 125° C. During the course of 2.5 hrs, samples were obtained every 15 min for analysis by GC. GC analysis of the crude mixture after 2.5 hrs revealed a 96% yield of 3,4-diacetoxy-1-butene and 1.4% 3,4-epoxy-1-butene. The reaction was observed to be first order in 3,4-epoxy-1-butene with a first order rate constant of 0.037 min-1 (Table A). This example demonstrates the catalytic effect of a tertiary amine with three molar equivalents of acetic acid (Table B).

Workup

customThe autoclave was purged with nitrogen twice
customDuring the course of 2.5 hrs, samples were obtained every 15 min for analysis by GC

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-ca47668524a7466ebbc86aa56b1ea08f
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1997_04
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US05623086

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