tert-Butanol → Tert-butyl 3-(3-iodophenyl)-3-oxopropanoate
Reaction equation
[I:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[C:4]([C:8](=[O:15])[CH2:9][C:10](OCC)=[O:11])[CH:5]=[CH:6][CH:7]=1.[C:16]([OH:20])([CH3:19])([CH3:18])[CH3:17]>>[I:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[C:4]([C:8](=[O:15])[CH2:9][C:10]([O:20][C:16]([CH3:19])([CH3:18])[CH3:17])=[O:11])[CH:5]=[CH:6][CH:7]=1Participants
3
Procedure
Ethyl 3-(3-iodophenyl)-3-oxopropanoate (29.3 g, 92.1 mmol) was heated to 120° C. in a sealed tube in t-butanol (80 mL) for 4 hours. The mixture was concentrated in vacuo and purified by column chromatography (0–3% ethyl acetate in hexanes) to provide the titled compound (12.1 g, 38%).
Workup
- concentrationThe mixture was concentrated in vacuo
- custompurified by column chromatography (0–3% ethyl acetate in hexanes)
Sources & evidence
- ORD record
- ord-96bea1d70b5246ef96a59b516ecb7738
- Source dataset
- uspto-grants-2007_01
- Patent number
- US07169797B2
Reaction notes
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