1,3-Dimethyl-2-imidazolidinone → Cyclododecanone

HRID 1059264Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1059264 reaction equation
[O:1]1[CH:3]2[CH2:4][CH2:5][CH2:6][CH2:7][CH2:8][CH2:9][CH2:10][CH2:11][CH2:12][CH2:13][CH:2]12.[Cl-].[Li+].CN1C(=O)N(C)CC1>CN1CCCC1=O>[C:2]1(=[O:1])[CH2:13][CH2:12][CH2:11][CH2:10][CH2:9][CH2:8][CH2:7][CH2:6][CH2:5][CH2:4][CH2:3]1

Participants

5

Procedure

For example, German Patent No. 3,744,094 discloses an isomerization of an epoxycyclododecane in the presence of a catalyst consisting of lithium chloride in a reaction medium consisting of N-methylpyrrolidone or N,N′-dimethylethyleneurea to produce cyclododecanone with a yield of 94%.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-082ddc1f595c4e1280066f849c3977fa
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2003_02
Patent number
US06518461B2

Reaction notes

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