Hydrochloric Acid → Ethyl-4-(3-isopropyl-2-methoxyphenyl)-4-methyl-2-oxo-pentanoate

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

15.3 ml (129.71 mmol) of tin tetrachloride is added in drops to a mixture, cooled to −72° C., that consists of 28.16 g (135.19 mmol) of 2-(3-isopropyl-2-methoxyphenyl)-propan-2-ol and 50.9 g (270.38 mmol) of 2-trimethylsilanyloxy-acrylic acid ethyl ester in 420 ml of dichloromethane. In this case, the temperature increased to −65° C. After 30 minutes of stirring in this temperature interval, the reaction mixture is poured onto a mixture that consists of saturated sodium carbonate solution and dichloromethane (in each case 250 ml). After 30 minutes of stirring at room temperature, the batch is transferred into a spherical separating funnel, and a 1:1 mixture that consists of water and dichloromethane is added until a phase separation takes place. After the organic phase is shaken with sodium carbonate, 1N HCl and water, it is dried with sodium sulfate. After the usual procedure, the residue is chromatographed on silica gel (mobile solvent: ethyl acetate/hexane). 20.44 g (48.35%) of the desired compound is obtained.

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