Acetic Acid → Ethyl 2-benzyl-3-oxopropanoate

HRID 705823

Reaction equation

HRID 705823 reaction equation
[H-].[Na+].[C:3]1([CH2:9][CH2:10][C:11]([O:13][CH2:14][CH3:15])=[O:12])[CH:8]=[CH:7][CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=1.[CH:16](OCC)=[O:17].C(O)(=O)C>COCCOC>[CH:16]([CH:10]([CH2:9][C:3]1[CH:8]=[CH:7][CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=1)[C:11]([O:13][CH2:14][CH3:15])=[O:12])=[O:17]

Participants

6

Reactant 4

HCID 176Acetic AcidHCID 8025Ethyl formateHCID 16237Ethyl 3-phenylpropionateHCID 24758Sodium hydride

Product 1

HCID 562571Ethyl 2-benzyl-3-oxopropanoateYield 100%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 80711,2-DimethoxyethaneSolvent2×

Procedure

To a suspension of NaH (2.338 g, 58.5 mmol) in DME (20 mL) was added dropwise a solution of ethyl 3-phenylpropanoate (3.2 g, 19.49 mmol) and ethyl formate (6.28 mL, 78 mmol) in DME (20 mL) at room temperature. The reaction mixture was then stirred overnight. It was neutralized with acetic acid (4 mL), then extracted with EtOAc. The organic phase was collected, washed with brine, dried over Na2SO4, filtered, and concentrated affording the crude title compound (4.02 g, 100% yield). LCMS: rt=2.82 and 3.51 min (a mixture of ketone and enol isomer), [M+H+]=207.1

Workup

  1. extractionextracted with EtOAc
  2. customThe organic phase was collected
  3. washwashed with brine
  4. dry with materialdried over Na2SO4
  5. filtrationfiltered
  6. concentrationconcentrated

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-7f8a389c3bc0491d9d17997fc27404b0
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2015_11
Patent number
US09174968B2

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