Diethyl Ether → 2-(1-Methylethyl)-5,9,13-trimethyl-2,4,8,12-cyclotetradecatetraen-1-one

HRID 1110178Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1110178 reaction equation
CCOCC.[CH3:6][CH:7]([C:9]1[C:10]([O:28][Si](C)(C)C)(C#N)[CH2:11][C:12]([CH3:25])=[CH:13][CH2:14][CH2:15][C:16]([CH3:24])=[CH:17][CH2:18][CH2:19][C:20]([CH3:23])=[CH:21][CH:22]=1)[CH3:8].[F-].C([N+](CCCC)(CCCC)CCCC)CCC>O1CCCC1>[CH3:8][CH:7]([C:9]1[C:10](=[O:28])[CH2:11][C:12]([CH3:25])=[CH:13][CH2:14][CH2:15][C:16]([CH3:24])=[CH:17][CH2:18][CH2:19][C:20]([CH3:23])=[CH:21][CH:22]=1)[CH3:6]

Participants

5

Procedure

The above cyanohydrine trimethylsily ether compound, 2-(1-methylethyl)-5,9,13-trimethyl-1-trimethylsiloxy-2,4,8,12-cyclotetradecatetraen-1-carbonitrile (657 mg, 1.7 mmol) was dissolved in 10% aqueous tetrahydrofuran (10 ml). To the solution on an ice-water bath was added a solution of 1M tetra n-butylammonium fluoride in tetrahydrofuran (0.02 ml), and the mixture was stirred and then allowed to stand at room temperature for 2 days. Most of the tetrahydrofuran was removed in vacuo and the residue was dissolved in ethyl ether. The ether layer was dried over MgSO4, filtered, concentrated, and subjected to silica gel column chromatography (solvent: n-hexane/ethyl acetate=30:1) to obtain the ketone compound, 2-(1-methylethyl)-5,9,13-trimethyl-2,4,8,12-cyclotetradecatetraen-1-one (411 mg, 85%).

Workup

  1. customMost of the tetrahydrofuran was removed in vacuo
  2. dissolutionthe residue was dissolved in ethyl ether
  3. dry with materialThe ether layer was dried over MgSO4
  4. filtrationfiltered
  5. concentrationconcentrated

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-530b68a701264e69a9e0813b472d01a4
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1994_06
Patent number
US05324869

Reaction notes

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