Triethylamine → 2-propylcyclopentanone

Participants

Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

In a 100 ml-volume three-way-cocked eggplant type flask whose atmosphere had been displaced with nitrogen was charged 845 mg (0.5 mmole) of Ru2Cl4 ((+)-BINAP)2 (NEt3), and 12.4 g (100 mmole) of 2-propylidenecyclopentanone and 50 ml of methylene chloride were added thereto to form a solution. The solution was put in a 100 ml autoclave having been displaced with nitrogen and stirred at 50° C. under a hydrogen pressure of 90 kg/cm2 for 28 hours to conduct a hydrogenation reaction. The solvent was removed from the reaction mixture by distillation, and the residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography using a mixed solvent of diethyl ether and hexane (1:4 by volume) as an eluent to obtain 12 g (percent yield: 97%) of 2-propylcyclopentanone as a clear yellow liquid. 1H-NMR (CDCl3)δ(ppm): 1.50 (t, 3H, J=7 Hz), 1.42 (m, 4H), 1.50-2.80 (m, 7H)

Provenance & Evidence