Methyl 3-oxovalerate → methyl (E)-3-methoxy-2-pentenoate

HRID 1168068Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1168068 reaction equation
[O:1]=[C:2]([CH2:8][CH3:9])[CH2:3][C:4]([O:6][CH3:7])=[O:5].[CH:10]([O-])([O-])OC>>[CH3:10][O:1]/[C:2](/[CH2:8][CH3:9])=[CH:3]/[C:4]([O:6][CH3:7])=[O:5]

Participants

3

Procedure

reacting methyl 3-oxovalerate with methyl orthoformate (commercially available) to give methyl (E)-3-methoxy-2-pentenoate,

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-5a821134353e4a019b556d78716c0973
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2003_09
Patent number
US06620941B2

Reaction notes

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