Mesityl oxide → Piperitenone

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Reaction Steps

A 688 ml (6.0 mol) portion of mesityl oxide was put into a one liter capacity four neck flask and mixed with 6.30 g (0.02 mol) of barium hydroxide octahydrate and 2.28 g (10 mmol) of benzyltriethylammonium chloride, and the mixture was heated to 80° C. To this was added dropwise 172 ml (2.0 mol) of 4-hydroxy-2-butanone spending 1 hour while keeping at 80° C. After completion of the dropwise addition, this was stirred for 30 minutes and then the reaction solution was distilled under a reduced pressure to obtain 182 g of piperitenone. Yield 62%.

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