Diethyl Carbonate → 4-(Methoxymethyl)-1,3-dioxolan-2-one

HRID 1087610Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1087610 reaction equation
[CH3:1][O:2][CH2:3][CH:4]([OH:7])[CH2:5][OH:6].[C:8](=O)(OCC)[O:9]CC.[H-].[Na+]>>[CH3:1][O:2][CH2:3][CH:4]1[CH2:5][O:6][C:8](=[O:9])[O:7]1

Participants

4

Reactant 3

HCID 7766Diethyl CarbonateHCID 24758Sodium hydrideHCID 928223-Methoxy-1,2-propanediol

Product 1

HCID 43844854-(Methoxymethyl)-1,3-dioxolan-2-one

Procedure

A mixture of 14 g (0.132 mol) of 3-methoxypropane-1,2-diol (S)and 31.16 g (0.264 mol) of diethyl carbonate in the presence of 0.108 g of 50% sodium hydride is heated until distillation of the alcohol formed. After completion of the reaction, the aimed product is distilled.

Workup

  1. customformed
  2. customAfter completion of the reaction
  3. distillationthe aimed product is distilled

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-232a71c783ce456081e5648dee449bfc
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1991_07
Patent number
US05036091

Reaction notes

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