Acetic Acid → 2-(4-Ethoxyphenyl)-2-oxoethyl acetate

Reaction equation

[CH2:1]([O:3][C:4]1[CH:13]=[CH:12][C:7]([C:8](=[O:11])[CH2:9]Br)=[CH:6][CH:5]=1)[CH3:2].[C:14]([OH:17])(=[O:16])[CH3:15]>>[C:14]([O:17][CH2:9][C:8]([C:7]1[CH:12]=[CH:13][C:4]([O:3][CH2:1][CH3:2])=[CH:5][CH:6]=1)=[O:11])(=[O:16])[CH3:15]

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 176Acetic Acid

HCID 21130602-Bromo-1-(4-ethoxyphenyl)ethanone

Product 1

HCID 7893162-(4-Ethoxyphenyl)-2-oxoethyl acetate

Procedure

Following the procedure of Example 1, 5 grams of 4-ethoxyphenacyl bromide are reacted with 5 grams of acetic acid to obtain 4-ethoxyphenacyl acetate, m.p. 81°-82° C.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-41b4ac161326466a84680b04af6292f8
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1977_10
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US04054719

Reaction notes

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